David A Fields

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The moment immediately after a prospect becomes your client is when the Onboarding phase of your consulting firm’s client experience begins. Beginnings matter. Which is why the best practices to start your projects are discussed below. Consider some famous beginnings: Four score and seven years ago (Gettysburg address) It was the best of times, it … Continued The post 7 Steps to Kick Off Every Consulting Project Perfectly appeared first on David A.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 28, 2024

If you're preparing to launch your own business, you're probably experiencing a mix of excitement and anxiety. As someone who's helped hundreds of professionals make the leap to self-employment, I can assure you that those feelings are completely normal. But here's the good news: with the right preparation, mindset, and support, you can move forward with confidence.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Happy New Year! Its the first week of the year and a good time to ponder what you and your consulting firm should focus on. What’s the best thing to do right now, particularly if you want more engagements at higher fees with more clients? Your consulting prospects are asking a similar question: What should … Continued The post What’s Important Right Now to Sell More Consulting Services appeared first on David A.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 23, 2024

[podcast_headshot url=”[link] How exactly does a mechanical engineer with dreams of working with race cars end up becoming The Fry Guy with his own million-dollar consulting business in the potato processing industry? Mike DeLong, President of Projex Consultants, is here to share his unconventional journey doing just that. Striking out on his own after years.

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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 27, 2024

If you’re not consistently learning about your ideal clients, your marketing isn’t half as good as it could be. In this article, I’ll give you a simple and practical method for conducting market research for your consulting business. Using this method, you’ll Understand your ideal clients deeply; Write messaging that resonates with them; Sell more.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Credit card defaults are up 50 percent from a year ago.

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Effective Managers

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Effective decision-making is the cornerstone of successful management, but its far from a purely logical process. Psychological factors deeply influence how managers assess information, weigh options, and ultimately make decisions. Understanding these factors is crucial for improving decision quality. In this article, we explore how cognitive biases, emotions, and social influences impact managerial decisions and offer strategies to enhance the decision-making process.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 3, 2024

What’s the indicator that your consulting firm is outstanding at your craft? Revenue? Repeat clients? Glowing testimonials? Phenomenal client outcomes? Jaw-dropping client list? No, the real sign that you run a great consulting firm is that you deftly employ Spirographs. Metaphorically, of course. Those other indicators are all good. They show you’re able to attract … Continued The post This is the Pinnacle of Consulting Firm Excellence appeared first on David A.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 4, 2024

How much time a day are you devoting to Artificial Intelligence (AI)? If your answer is anything other than at least an hour a day, you are missing the boat and costing your business tremendous opportunities. In today’s fast-paced world, AI is no longer a luxury or a buzzword—it’s a survival necessity. Spending time each day learning and leveraging AI may mean the difference between thriving and merely surviving.

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Matrix organizational structure has become common for a great number of business organizations and thats for a good reason: it facilitates flexibility, contributes to employee engagement and retention, and lets companies utilize the potential of a diverse pool of resources. At the same time, it has some inherent limitations that can wipe out the convenience and benefits of this corporate framework.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When something goes wrong with an AI system or model, the approaches used to respond to problems caused by traditional software systems don’t work. A new playbook is required. It includes defining AI, identifying relevant harms, designating responders, developing plans to contain the damage in the short term, carrying out a longer-term containment strategy to stop the harm from spreading further, and conducting a post-mortem review.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The clean Green energy fiasco has reached a new level of incompetence and waste.

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Effective Managers

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Effective delegation is a powerful leadership skill that drives team performance and helps achieve better outcomes. It’s not just about assigning tasks—it’s about choosing the right people, providing the necessary support, and holding team members accountable. When done right, delegation allows leaders to focus on strategic priorities while empowering their teams to grow and contribute meaningfully.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Impact of CEOs on Strategy: Driving Vision and Execution Stakes are high for CEOs; almost 25% of Fortune 500 CEOs are dismissed each year. In recent months, Nike, Peloton, and Starbucks have all changed their chief executives in search of higher performance. We know from leadership simulation assessment data that the impact of CEOs on strategy matters.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In the crowded space of global consulting, thought leadership and entrepreneurship, your expertise alone isn’t enough. What separates influential advisors from the rest is their ability to make complex insights instantly digestible. This is where Transformation Visuals® become your most powerful communication tool. Consider this: When McKinsey presents to Fortune 500 CEOs, they don’t lead with walls of text.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the ever-evolving corporate landscape, businesses face constant challenges to maintain relevance, achieve growth, and optimize processes. This is where Business Consultants step in as strategic allies. Whether you’re a startup aiming to build your foundation or an established enterprise looking to scale, these professionals provide the expertise needed to unlock your companys potential.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Powered by data, AI can only look backward. We need people to imagine better futures.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2024

I keeps getting harder to find a new job if you lose one.

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Effective Managers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Mentoring and coaching are two essential practices that play a critical role in leadership development. Both foster a culture of growth and help individuals enhance their skills, setting the stage for long-term success. By cultivating future leaders through mentoring and coaching, organizations not only improve performance but also create a robust pipeline of talent.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In corporate training and development, having a reliable framework to guide your team’s growth is essential for achieving lasting success. The ADDIE modelan acronym for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluatehas long been recognized as a strategic approach to instructional design. This article explores the components of the ADDIE model and why it is an effective strategy for developing high-performing teams.

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Buzzsprout

DECEMBER 8, 2024

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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.

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People Business Psychology

DECEMBER 5, 2024

“Our customers are our priority” This value statement I picked just now from a large for-profit company with a presence across Europe. It seems to be a self-evident statement; after all, are there entities that rely on customers where those customers are not their priority? You would be forgiven to feel that the value statements that are thrown at us by companies, organisations and even politicians sound a bit hollow nowadays.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Visualizing what people are really doing with gen AI, the long tail of layoffs, beer and boycotts, and more.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Hunter Biden was convicted earlier this year on federal gun and tax charges.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Importance of Feedback at Work: Why It Is Hard to Get Right Without consistent and effective feedback it is almost impossible to fully align individual and team performance with broader business goals in a way fosters employee engagement and continuous improvement. The good news is that employees who receive frequent feedback are twice as engaged and three times less likely to quit.

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