David A Fields

JUNE 24, 2015

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Management Consulted

JUNE 21, 2015

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at E-Myth , an insightful book written by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). Our author today is Golibe, one of our fabulous content editors and a whiz at everything media. Enjoy! Why Read It: The E-myth was first recommended to me by my wife, who had the book recommended to her by the teacher in a finance class she took at her school.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2015

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Janine Clifford, Recruitment & HR Manager at L.E.K. Consulting. L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and analytical rigor to help clients solve their most critical business problems. Please read my discussion with Janine below. This will be of particular interest for students and recent graduates who are looking to pursue a career in the management consulting industry.

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Women in Consulting

JUNE 2, 2015

By: Rita Barber. Even if you’ve never heard of the story “Leo the Late Bloomer,” the title says it all! I think I’m a lot like Leo when it comes to realizing the benefits of certain activities and practices. Such was the case when I first started facilitating workshops more than 18 years ago! I thought all I was doing was transferring information from facilitator to participant and participant to participant, all for a modest price.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 13, 2015

Welcome to episode #053 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Dr. Thomas Phelan. When it comes to critical communications, comprehension is imperative. It can literally mean the difference between life and death. And yet, according to recent research conducted by Dr. Thomas Phelan, the majority of “emergency management messages may be reaching their intended audiences, but at a level that is not being understood” In this episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast

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David A Fields

JUNE 3, 2015

*This is a remedy for discouragement, not depression. I am not a therapist. If you are suffering from depression, please seek help from a trained, mental health professional. Text and images are © 2015 David A. Fields, all rights reserved.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 17, 2015

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Airbnb. Airbnb, a California-based private company, to-date has had more than 25M people use its services for stays at locations in more than 34,000 cities and 190 countries worldwide, and has been stirring things up in the hospitality industry for the past few years by empowering every individual to turn his or her home into a bed- or bed-and-breakfast.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 3, 2015

Crowdfunding is a growing trend that allows individuals, non-profits and start-ups to fund projects by raising money from the crowd using an online platform. Last week I attended a crowdfunding discussion at the Oxford Launchpad with Jonathan May , CEO of Hubbub, and representatives from the development offices of various Oxford colleges. Asking for donations from alumni is one of the things that Oxford’s colleges do best, but crowdfunding offers a new and largely untested approach.

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Women in Consulting

JUNE 2, 2015

By: Rita Barber. Even if you’ve never heard of the story “Leo the Late Bloomer,” the title says it all! I think I’m a lot like Leo when it comes to realizing the benefits of certain activities and practices. Such was the case when I first started facilitating workshops more than 18 years ago! I thought all I was doing was transferring information from facilitator to participant and participant to participant, all for a modest price.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 28, 2015

Welcome to episode #054 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Claudia Liute. Claudia is a humanitarian who works on the ground in some very hostile and conflicted crisis-affected communities. In her experience, one of the things she sees far too often is people rushing in with the best of intentions for helping, but too often forgetting to first take the time to speak with the communities to get their take on things, their needs and preferred means of communication.

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MishTalk

JUNE 12, 2015

If you did not have insurance before Obamacare, but do now, or if you are heavily subsidized, you may consider Obamacare a blessing. If you are not in those select groups, then you are highly likely to be paying more for insurance now than before. And it's going to get worse. Some plan types really take a premium hut. Premiums Jump 12% On Average Health Pocket reports Obamacare Insurers Propose 12% Higher Premiums for 2016.

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David A Fields

JUNE 17, 2015

There’s a gap in your marketing communication. A chasm. A gaping hole large enough to drive prospects through. On a bus. Yep, you’re losing out on a busload of prospects… but we’ll get to that in a moment. You know that you have to meet your customers “where they are,” right? But where are they, and where are you? Let’s arrange your prospective clients along a spectrum of awareness: Below is a scientific (looking) graph depicting how prospective clients are arrayed across the spectrum.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 7, 2015

Sandy Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems, once summed up consulting interviews perfectly when she said, “The first rule of any game is to know you’re in one.”. If you’re anything like us, when you play, you play to win. In the research you’ve been doing into the wild world of management consulting, you should have noticed how important the case interview is on your road to a job offer.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 26, 2015

I had coffee in early June with Chris McKenna , Associate Professor at Oxford’s Said Business School. When I say we “had coffee”, we didn’t actually drink coffee, but I had offered to buy Chris one as I thought it might give him a reason to meet with me. Chris’s area of expertise is strategy and business history, and he is also Director of the Centre for Professional Service Firms.

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Chad Barr

JUNE 24, 2015

This week’s reflection point: Have you ever performed in a show? Long days of rehearsals, learning lines and music, sets and costumes in preparation for the opening night. The incredible anxiety and anticipation for an exciting show, or in my case, the launch of the new site for The Chad Barr Group is exhilarating and awesome. It’s going to be nothing short of remarkable.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 6, 2015

Welcome to episode #052 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Monika Lancucki. When the company Monika Lancucki worked for went into receivership, they knew they were in for a crisis management challenge. Adding to the challenge, Monika and her team were only given three days notice before the receivership needed to be publicly announced – two of which were weekend days.

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MishTalk

JUNE 1, 2015

Thanks to inane economic policies enacted by former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and kept in place by current president Nicolás Maduro, it's impossible to find an apartment to rent in Venezuela. Mish-modified translation from Libre Mercado. Renting an apartment in Venezuela is impossible mission. Supply is tight and prices exorbitant, quite inaccessible to the vast majority of the population thanks to the 2011 Law Against Eviction and Arbitrary Unemployment.

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David A Fields

JUNE 10, 2015

estimonials are like stunt doubles. Someone else does the work, and you get the credit. Let me give you an example. This past week I asked a decision maker how she will decide which consulting firm to bring in. (I’m in the running for a substantial project with a drug-development company). She answered, “We’re looking for cultural fit, and experience, and your references… but I see you’ve worked with Acme Corp, and the comments from Norman, their VP of Development were very impressive, so we’re

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. You have told us – over and over again – that you loved it. In June, we launched BBS – our once-a-year program for aspiring consultants to work together, as a group, to be the best that we can be. It’s almost July, and we’ve got big plans – MBA meet-and-greets and a 1-month consulting immersion course in South Africa.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 10, 2015

(Source: Flickr ). In consulting interviews, when you are asked a behavioural interview question, you will typically want to include five things in your answer: A specific situation; The goal you set for yourself or obstacle you faced; The action you took; The outcome achieved; and. What you learned from the experience. [For more information on consulting interviews, please download “ The HUB’s Guide to Consulting Interviews “ ].

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Chad Barr

JUNE 17, 2015

This week’s reflection point: I remember going through some old photo albums several years ago when my young son, astonished by viewing the black and white photos, said: “when did the world turn colorful?” Cute and innocent as it may sound, it made me realize that we often take our technology and innovation for granted. Just think about it.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 11, 2015

What’s most important in a transaction, or just life in general? Is it money, legacy, what happens to others or something else? The following story (i.e. case study) is about a potential buy-sell deal for a small business but it could easily be about getting a new job, securing a new customer or a personal relationship. The business seller made it very clear – money was number three on the list of priorities.

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MishTalk

JUNE 17, 2015

The war of words between Greece and its creditors took a leap in intensity today, with Greece declaring its debt illegal and odious, and Germany calling the Greek leaders "clowns". Debt Illegitimate, Odiousness, Illegal, Unsustainable Please consider a few snips from a translation of the Executive Report of the Hellenic Parliament's Debt Truth Committee.

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David A Fields

JUNE 15, 2015

A consultant sent me the following question in an email: You mentioned that one approach to dealing with a prospect who decides to go the Do It Yourself route is to clarify what success looks like. When I was in this situation recently I felt like I was doing the prospect a disservice, because they won’t succeed. What about asking some more pointed questions that highlight their mistake.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

SEABURY GROUP CONSULTING. Welcome back to our Firm Profiles. Today, we’re going to be looking at the consulting arm of aviation specialists Seabury Group. As part of a group that’s focused on Aviation, Aerospace and Defence, you won’t be at all surprised to find out that consulting at Seabury Group falls fairly and squarely within the realms of boutique consulting.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2015

(Source: Flickr ). Behavioural interview questions are one type of question that you are likely to encounter in the consulting interview. Below we provide thirteen (13) sample questions to give you an idea of what to expect: Tell me about yourself. Can you provide an example of a time when you demonstrated leadership? Can you provide an example of an obstacle you faced, and how you overcame it?

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Chad Barr

JUNE 10, 2015

This week’s reflection point: As part of our digital empire creation program, I’m privileged to spend great quality time with my many brilliant clients when they come to my studio to create video content for their sites. Many of them spend days and weeks in meticulous preparation making sure the written content to be loaded on the teleprompter is perfect.

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Gina Abudi

JUNE 11, 2015

Conflicts are common on every team. Expect them and let your team know to expect that conflicts will occur. Prior to a conflict occurring, however, work with the team to have a process in place for how conflicts will be managed and resolved when they do occur. Consider these steps to resolve a conflict between [.]. The post Resolving Conflicts between Team Members appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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