David A Fields
JULY 10, 2018
What makes a consulting firm exceptional? Yes, tiramisu at lunch every Friday. And what else makes a consulting firm exceptional? Outstanding clients. Selecting your clients carefully is essential for your consulting firm to grow and provide the rewards you’re looking for.
Tom Spencer
JULY 7, 2018
Daryl Morey slinks away to a secluded weight-room with two muted TVs broadcasting the tipoff of his beloved Houston Rockets, the team he created. As general manager, he had the power to build the team to exactly his desires. But how did he attain this power in a league where two thirds of GMs are former players? Daryl Morey took the path less travelled, the path that began with academia and consultancy.
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Consulting Success
JULY 12, 2018
It was Sunday morning. I woke up feeling less than rested. Rewind 6 hours earlier… A couple of neighbours came over to the house. I organized a Scotch night where we tasted four lovely bottles with an assortment of snacks over a few hours of conversation. Now, it was 6 am on Sunday morning. Rei, my daughter let my wife and I know that she had awoken with the typical “Momma!
Management Consulted
JULY 9, 2018
Inside Secrets for Resume Review Reviewers spend as little as six seconds reading your resume. That’s six seconds to put your best foot forward, presenting a lifetime of professional skills, successes, stories and style onto a single page. At the most, … Continued. The post Inside Secrets For Resume Review appeared first on Management Consulted.
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Peter Stark
JULY 8, 2018
leading an unwanted change. One of the most difficult challenges leaders need to accomplish is implementing a change that they are not in support of or a change that they know their direct reports are not going to be excited about incorporating into how they currently do their jobs. A couple of great examples where a leader may be required to implement these difficult changes are when a merger or acquisition occurs or when the leader receives a new boss.
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Confessions of a Consultant
JULY 1, 2018
‘How not to’ allocate business! This blog format is relatively straightforward. Grab attention. Make the point. Move on. But every now and again, a slightly more difficult topic is worth exploring. Indulge me this week as you take a 5-minute executive break! Avoiding Decoys: In the bad old days of consulting, the focus was on avoiding decoys.
Clarity Consultants
JULY 26, 2018
Learn how AR and VR are changing the training landscape in learning and development with Clarity Consultants. The post 2 Ways AR and VR are Changing the Training Landscape appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Learning and Development.
Consulting Success
JULY 26, 2018
I’m excited to share the results of our 2018 Marketing Strategies for Consultants Study. Marketing is always a hot topic for consultants. Many struggle with it. Few excel in it. All must do it to attract new clients and grow their business. In this study, we polled our list of 33,000 consultants and asked them about their marketing — and you’ll learn how you compare to other consultants when it comes to your own marketing.
David A Fields
JULY 24, 2018
When a prospective client responds “Now’s not the right time” to your proposal, you could feel dejected. Don’t. Delayed consulting projects can be a blessing. Benefits of Delayed Projects You have time to plan your resources. This is particularly important if you’re already stretching your capacity to deliver quality that delights your clients.
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Successful Independent Consulting
JULY 21, 2018
Recent court ruling likely to impact independent consultants in the U.S. This article was written by Henry Telfeian, a labor relations and employment attorney as well as the general counsel for the Professional Independent Consultants of America, Inc. (PICA Inc.). A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is an active member of the Supreme Court bar and an advocate for self-employed professionals.
Steve Shu Consulting
JULY 7, 2018
In recent study I having been working with Hal Hershfield and Shlomo Benartzi at UCLA, we worked with a FinTech company that had its roots in providing a mobile app to Millennials to get them to save incremental money through rounding up purchases. For example, if you bought a cup of coffee for $4.55, you could round things up to $5.00 and save the incremental $0.45.
Management Consulted
JULY 18, 2018
Yes, you’re on the right website – this is Management Consulted, not the “Live Your Best Life Now Blog.” So why are we dedicating an entire post to the two travel cards that should vy for the top spot in … Continued. The post The Two Travel Cards in every New Consultant’s Wallet appeared first on Management Consulted.
Clarity Consultants
JULY 12, 2018
Learn why decentralized learning may work for your corporate learning strategy with Clarity Consultants. The post Why You Should Let Go and Decentralize Ongoing Learning appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Learning and Development.
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Consulting Success
JULY 23, 2018
Lead generation webinars are a powerful tool for generating high-ticket sales appointments. In recent years, building high-converting sales webinars and sales presentations have become a top priority for coaches, consultants, and solo entrepreneurs looking to sell their courses through specialists. One such company is The Webinar Agency, run by Joel Erway.
David A Fields
JULY 3, 2018
On July 4th, Americans celebrate throwing. Throwing off the yoke of British rule, throwing baseballs, throwing barbecues and throwing back beers. Not throwing trees—that’s more of a European thing. In the spirit of independence, celebration, and throwing. Let’s throw a party for independent consulting and toss out a few reasons why it rocks.
Harvard Business
JULY 5, 2018
mattjeacock/Getty Images. We all have life events that distract us from work from time to time — an ailing family member, a divorce, the death of a friend. You can’t expect someone to be at their best at such times. But as a manager what can you expect? How can you support the person to take care of themselves emotionally while also making sure they are doing their work (or as much of it as they are able to)?
Steve Shu Consulting
JULY 1, 2018
Here are some firms and practice groups in the behavioral science and economics space: Behavioral Insights Team – Home – Behavioural Insights Team. BEworks – Home – BEworks. BeSmart at Boston Consulting Group. BVA: BVA : BVA Nudge Unit. The Decision Lab – The Decision Lab – Behavioral Science, Applied. (Disclosure: I am formally an advisor there).
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Management Consulted
JULY 9, 2018
Inside Secrets for Resume Review Reviewers spend as little as six seconds reading your resume. That’s six seconds to put your best foot forward, presenting a lifetime of professional skills, successes, stories and style onto a single page. At the most, … Continued. The post Inside Secrets For Resume Review appeared first on Management Consulted.
Clarity Consultants
JULY 19, 2018
Learn how peer to peer knowledge sharing can make a difference in your learning and development program with Clarity Consultants. The post The Understated Value of Peer-Peer Knowledge Sharing appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Learning and Development.
Consulting Success
JULY 20, 2018
Michael was recently featured on the How To Lose Money podcast, which you can listen to here: How to Lose Money by Selling a Product That Nobody Wants with Michael Zipursky Any entrepreneur who’s earned success knows that it’s not always fun and games. If you’ve read our articles or listened to our podcasts, you know that I’ve found tremendous success.
David A Fields
JULY 31, 2018
Consulting can sometimes feel like an unequal, parent-child type relationship. They set rules. They control your payments. They tell you to turn your music down. But the relationship isn’t as unequal as it seems. In fact, it needn’t be unequal at all.
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Harvard Business
JULY 13, 2018
Pat LaCroix/Getty Images. Brad was leading a difficult turnaround of his company and had decided to fire his head of sales, who was a nice guy but wasn’t performing. Three months later, he still hadn’t fired him. I asked him why. His answer? “I’m a wimp!” Brad (not his real name — I’ve changed some details to protect people’s privacy) is the CEO of a financial services firm and is most definitely not a wimp.
Markovitz Consulting
JULY 2, 2018
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining the Japan Executive Development Mission to Japan from October 7-13, 2018 as guest faculty and facilitator. Having been part of different Japan study trips in the past, I can tell you that learning about lean at the source is a unique experience. The closer you get to the origin, the clearer you can see and understand the original purpose for each technique.
Management Consulted
JULY 12, 2018
Most jobs and careers fall into one of three categories: they primarily focus on working with people, things, or ideas. What makes a management consulting career unique is that it fits into the “all of the above” classification. You have … Continued. The post The Value of Networking appeared first on Management Consulted.
Clarity Consultants
JULY 5, 2018
Here are 3 ways to make sure you are providing your learners with the experiences they can best learn from as part of your corporate learning and development strategy. The post Squeezing the Value Out of Experienced-Focused Learning appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Learning and Development.
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Consulting Success
JULY 2, 2018
If you aspire to make it as a Fortune 500 company, then you might want to consider corporate consulting to help you bridge that gap from strategy to execution. Luckily we have Suzanne Bates to guide potential leaders with her company, Bates Communications. Based in Boston, they work with leaders and teams become more effective in accomplishing their tasks – both as teams and as individuals.
David A Fields
JULY 17, 2018
You’re surrounded by opportunities to accelerate your success and to enjoy the rewards of running your solo or boutique, independent consulting firm. Those opportunities are like flights that will lift you away from your current condition and land you in a different, better place. You’ve learned to ignore the flight announcements over your mental loudspeakers.
Harvard Business
JULY 12, 2018
Panayiotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto via Getty Images. There’s a fundamental contradiction when organizations ask employees to maintain a fast pace of work and be creative. What often happens in hectic workplaces is that employees resort to autopilot or habitual ways of working. When they don’t have the time or space to incubate novel and clever ideas, they may miss out on opportunities to reframe a problem and see new possibilities for potential solutions.
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