Consulting Success
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Transcript. Let’s talk about ideal clients for a moment and the importance of honing in and being clear as to who your ideal client is. You want to set up a very clear and specific set of criteria. The most effective marketing is marketing that polarizes. You don’t want to and shouldn’t want to try and attract the majority of the market place.
David A Fields
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Capturing follow-on business from current clients is relatively easy. But how does your consulting firm win that crucial, first project at a new client? By offering an irresistible PIE. The most powerful force in any type of employment, whether contract (i.e., outsourcing or hiring a consulting firm), part-time or full-time, is the trust cycle.
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Jacq Hackett Consulting
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Being a solo consultant doesn't mean you have to do everything yourself. In fact, you shouldn't.
Steve Shu Consulting
OCTOBER 8, 2017
I’ve been asked on a number of occasions to describe how consultants are evaluated in terms of performance, so I thought that I’d finally write these thoughts down publicly. Here’s a whirlwind overview of an illustrative consulting firm evaluation framework for single career tracks. In a nutshell: Analyst / Associate – Performance on project activities and workstreams for a project as evaluated by the manager and partner/principal for the project plus any client feedback, minim
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Successful Independent Consulting
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Photo: ID 76303802 © Leowolfert | Dreamstime. Perhaps the hardest thing for an independent consultant is not knowing where your next project is coming from, or when. While nurturing your own network is usually the best way to find work ( see tips in my article ), many consultants also supplement their business development efforts by affiliating with agencies and, increasingly, online platforms or marketplaces.
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Consulting Success
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Transcript. Today I want to talk with you about a mindset that is incredibly important for established consultants. The mindset is what I call Foot on the Pedal. It becomes very important when your consulting business is taking off, when things are going well, when you have plenty of clients and plenty of opportunities surrounding you. The foot on the pedal mindset is essential.
David A Fields
OCTOBER 24, 2017
You’ve decided to write a white paper because you’re a serious, deep-thinking, knowledgeable consultant. How do you make that effort yield eager clients lining up to work with your consulting firm? You know you can attract clients to your consulting firm with well placed, pithy articles.
Jacq Hackett Consulting
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Managing project scope is one of those tricky issues that tends to keep consultants up at night. Here are five tips to manage your client’s expectations about project scope.
Steve Shu Consulting
OCTOBER 8, 2017
Prior to my current role, I spent many years in the traditional management consulting space. As I see it, the traditional segment of the management consulting industry values MBAs primarily because it facilitates a plug-and-play kind of model where people are interchangeable and can start working on a broad swathe of business problems. Management consulting projects can span diverse areas from operational to finance to marketing to strategy to IT management, etc.
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Markovitz Consulting
OCTOBER 24, 2017
The “All Blacks,” New Zealand’s rugby team, is arguably the most successful sports team in history. Since its founding in 1903, the team has won 77% of its matches. However, something went wrong in 2003. They lost the World Cup that year, and by the following year, players were drunk and disorderly, on-field discipline faltered, senior players threatened to quit, and the team began losing.
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 29, 2017
We have many of you ask us what it’s like to be a woman in consulting. How is the firm culture? Is there time to have a family and rise up the ranks inside a top firm? Today, Jenny Rae … Continued. The post Two Current Women Entrepreneurs talk about their experience as Women in Consulting appeared first on Management Consulted.
Consulting Success
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Multiply and protect your income streams by expanding your skills, expertise, and presence in the consulting world. Description: Dorie Clark has transformed herself from a grad school reject to an expert in her field. She is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. The New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.
David A Fields
OCTOBER 17, 2017
You want a consulting firm that funnels more profit into your pockets with less time and stress. One key to that happy result is easy, in theory, but the details may be a bit murky. This article provides more clarity and direction. In case you didn’t hear, we lost one of America’s sales geniuses recently.
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Jacq Hackett Consulting
OCTOBER 2, 2017
For new consultants, getting your foot in the door with government organisations can seem challenging. But understanding some of the rules of engagement will help you to win business.
Clarity Consultants
OCTOBER 10, 2017
There is one thing that consistently holds companies back in their efforts to achieve goals and grow. That thing is an unwillingness to let the past be the past, and to openly embrace the future. The world is changing very rapidly, from a changing workforce to changing customer expectations. What led to business success years ago will no longer do the trick.
Markovitz Consulting
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Three days at the AME Conference in Boston showed me that there’s no shortage of skilled, knowledgeable, continuous improvement professionals who can teach their colleagues the intricacies of lean. Three days at the AME Conference also showed me that we should spend less time focusing on lean tools and techniques, and more time telling stories that reach the heart.
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 22, 2017
Welcome to Part 4 of our ongoing video series – in today’s video, Jenny Rae highlights her Top 2 BCG case interview tips. If you missed the earlier videos, check out our McKinsey, Bain, and Top 3 overall case interview … Continued. The post BCG Case Interview Tips appeared first on Management Consulted.
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Consulting Success
OCTOBER 2, 2017
Failure means a lesson has been learned. What are you going to do with your new knowledge? Description: JT Badiani is the founder of Focused Improvement Consulting, and his business has been built on the failures that he turned into his success. He started out as a MBA/chemical engineer with years of experience in the design field and great success in operations, but decided that his talents and passions could truly be put to use when he pursued his dream of helping companies achieve success.
David A Fields
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Maybe you scanned your business bucket list this morning, or maybe you glanced at your consulting firm’s annual goals last Monday… or maybe not. Does it matter? Of course. Let’s talk about the right time to review your goals. Is there a right time to be responsive to your clients? Yes: any time you’re working.
Jacq Hackett Consulting
OCTOBER 2, 2017
Public sector consultants are definitely in demand. But too often those who’re just starting out as consultants find it difficult to navigate the system and get their foot in the door. I’ve been successfully consulting to the government sector for eighteen years now, but there are definitely a few things I wish I’d known at the start that would have helped to kick-start my business.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 9, 2017
When confronting an abusive supervisor, employees often assume they have two choices: confrontation or avoidance. But our research , forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal , suggests a third option: Targets of abuse can flip the script, shifting the balance of power in their favor when bosses make life miserable. As subordinates gain leverage over time, they can strategically influence supervisors to stop abuse and even motivate them to mend strained relationships.
This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.
Markovitz Consulting
OCTOBER 3, 2017
A reader questioned my post about the lean conference I recently attended where everyone was a rabid adherent of Paul Akers’s 2 Second Lean philosophy. He wondered whether these companies are truly practicing lean, or just kaizen. In fact, he argued that perhaps Paul should be calling it “2 Second Kaizen” rather than “2 Second Lean.” He has a point.
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 15, 2017
We’re back this week with our one top tip for Bain case interviews. Watch as Jenny Rae highlights the differences between the Bain, BCG, and McKinsey approaches to a case, and what Bain specifically values in its candidates as they … Continued. The post Bain Case Interview Tips appeared first on Management Consulted.
Consulting Success
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Pricing projects based on the value they deliver — instead of the time you spend on them — will allow you to increase your fees. Description: Adam started out as an electrical apprentice while in college pursuing an electrical engineering degree. After 20 years in construction management, he decided to make the leap to consulting, as a way to give back to the construction and contracting community.
David A Fields
OCTOBER 31, 2017
In consulting, the size of your network matters. Whether you’re making rain for a $40k startup or a $40m boutique consulting firm, one of your challenges is increasing your pool of prospects—contacts who could become lucrative, long-term clients.
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