Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Thanks to inflation, everything is more expensive now. Seems like a good excuse to raise your rates, and now is the perfect time. The easiest time to raise your rate is on the cusp of something new — a new year, a new project, a new client. With the new year just around the corner, now is the time to inform your clients that your rates will be going up next year.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Product management can be a great stepping stone for ambitious early career professionals, and it’s not just for those with an engineering background. With real-world examples and personal experiences, the authors of this article explain what product management is about, the critical skills a PM needs to have, as well as how to start out and match your strengths to different types of PM roles.

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

How can you build a consulting business that thrives — without sacrificing your health, relationships, or sanity along the way? Building your consulting business is like navigating an uncharted ocean: full of opportunity, but relentless and unforgiving. The true challenge isn’t just charting the course. It’s surviving the journey long enough to reach the horizon.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

How one executive took on transforming California’s troubled Department of Motor Vehicles — and what he learned.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Perfect for Managers, HR Professionals, and Office Workers – A Holiday Gift to Remember! Chicago, IL – November 29, 2024 – Harmonious Workplaces, an organizational development and change management consultancy, has released Shermie the HR Hermit Crab, an 88-page cartoon book that humorously tackles common workplace challenges. Available now on Amazon, this delightful book is […] The post New Cartoon Book: Shermie the HR Hermit Crab appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This blog summarizes the Harmonious Workplaces podcast episode “Leveraging Communication Tools for Change Management.” The episode features host Rich Cruz and co-hosts Sharyl Volpe and Ben Kleinman discussing the importance of communication tools in driving successful change initiatives. The hosts emphasize that communication is a crucial aspect of any change management project.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A tariff avoidance stockpiling rush is underway.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This blog post summarizes episode 37 of the Harmonious Workplaces podcast, “Scary Stories of Change Management Gone Bad.” The episode features host Rich Cruz and his colleagues, Sharyl Volpe and Ben Kleinman, discussing their experiences with poorly managed change initiatives and providing tips for handling such situations. The episode begins with the hosts acknowledging the […] The post Ep. 37: Scary Stories of Change Management Gone Bad appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

For the last two weeks, my weather app has informed me that there’s a real risk (in this case, wildfires). But, after a few days, that’s not severe weather. That’s just weather. (Metaphor alert). Patterns are easy to ignore. We pay attention when the pattern is interrupted. The nature of alerts is that they’re not persistent.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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