Sat.Jun 03, 2023 - Fri.Jun 09, 2023

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An Easy Routine that Will Help Your Consulting Firm Grow

David A Fields

As a consulting firm leader, you’re winning projects, delivering client delight, upgrading your support infrastructure and pondering strategies for growth. What if there was a simple routine you could layer into your ongoing activities that would accelerate your progress? Your consulting firm may already incorporate a post-project retrospective into your standard operating approach.

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How Consultants Can Create Lucrative Accreditation Programs With Skip Bowman: Podcast #293

Consulting Success

How can you get accredited for the psychometric tools? What challenges do you have to face in getting accreditation? In this episode, Skip Bowman, the founder of Safe2Great, provides insights on creating lucrative accreditation programs and explains the Safe to Great model. The concept of the model is useful for the business. It brings people.

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2 Foundational Questions of a Great Strategy…

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

It is debatable whether anyone can call a strategy “great” until you see the results of the efforts the strategy creates. But there are two essential questions at the heart of setting a good strategy: Who is your customer? What do they value? Begin with the customer. No customer, no business. Simple, foundational, but often missed because people become enamored with a new technology, tool, or idea.

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How to Solve 3 Modern Cross-Cultural Leadership Challenges

Organizational Talent Consulting

The future workforce is more diverse than ever. Census data confirms cultural diversity is growing faster than predicted, especially among Gen Z. A competitive talent landscape, technological advances, and global population shifts are rapidly increasing cultural diversity in the workplace. Regardless of your industry, you will likely experience vast differences between cultural expectations among employees, challenges in attracting and retaining culturally diverse talent, and the growing need to

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Strategic Pricing™ and Teammates

Granite Leadership Strategies

In Government contracting, teammates are often the best way to add important capabilities to your proposal to improve your evaluation score and improve your probability of winning. Teammates come with their good qualifications and their fair price, and their bad price too. Strategic pricing involves how Government contractors can effectively work with teammates to get to their target price.

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Success Mindset For Consulting Founders (Consulting Mindset)

Consulting Success

How does a high 6 or 7-figure consulting business owner think? At Consulting Success, we teach consultants about more than how to get more clients, raise your fees, or build a team. At the foundation of your business is your consulting mindset: how you think and make decisions. Everything you do stems from what’s going.

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Boost Your Online Presence Using Warm Website Photography with Suzanne Rothmeyer

Consulting Matters

Can your image make or break your business's success? Find out how personal branding photography can transform your online presence and create a powerful connection with potential clients. Join me, Betsy Jordan, as I chat with the incredibly talented Suzanne Rothmeyer, a photographer with over 20 years of industry experience and a specialization in personal branding photography.

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IQVIA Interview: Secrets to Landing Your Dream Job

Management Consulted

So, you’ve set your sights on a career at IQVIA? Well, get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey! IQVIA, the leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services, is renowned for its top-notch talent and… Read Article The post IQVIA Interview: Secrets to Landing Your Dream Job appeared first on Management Consulted.

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What Will Working with AI Really Require?

Harvard Business

To foster a symbiotic relationship between humans and AI, organizations must find the appropriate balance between investing in human skills and technological capabilities, and think strategically about how they attract and retain talent. To do this effectively, they need to think about where and how this technology will be used to assist people in their work — where people and machines will collaborate — and where either people or AI have skills that give them a clear advantage.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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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The Transformative Power of AI in Business

Tom Spencer

In the digital age, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to gain a competitive edge and streamline their operations. One technology that is revolutionizing the business landscape is artificial intelligence (AI). From enhancing customer experiences to optimizing decision-making processes, AI is reshaping the way businesses operate and opening up new possibilities for growth.

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How Product Risks Differ from Project Risks

Johanna Rothman

Up until now, when thinking about risks, I defaulted to the risks in the project pyramid. That's because each project offers different value over the product's lifetime. (See Product Roles, Part 4: Product Orientation and the Role of Projects for images of why we want ever-increasing product value, but why we might space the projects out.) If we understand our boundaries and constraints, we can trade off the various risks in the project.

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The Art of Persuasion: Building Buy-In and Inspiring Teams for Success W/ Alastair Wood

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Have you ever needed to secure buy-in from a board member or a potential employee in order to have them join your team or gain their support for a project? How did you handle the situation, and what insights did you gain from it? In this interview, we have the privilege of talking to Alastair Wood , Vice-President & General Counsel at Rhino , a New York-based real estate startup that aims to bring greater financial freedom to renters everywhere.

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To Build a Top Performing Team, Ask for 85% Effort

Harvard Business

An outdated way of thinking about peak performance is: “maximum effort = maximum results.” But research shows that it doesn’t actually work that way in reality. Here’s what actually works: The 85% rule, which counterintuitively suggests that to reach maximum output, you need to refrain from giving maximum effort. Operating at 100% effort all of the time will result in burnout and ultimately less-optimal results.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Completing Graduate School Like a Consultant

Tom Spencer

Whether you are studying for your MBA , Ph.D., or J.D., graduate school is an incredible opportunity to learn as much as you can. You might be completing case studies, conducting experiments, and writing lengthy legal reports, all of which will prepare you for your career. As someone who recently completed graduate school and began a consulting career, I have learned what was useful and important during my academic career as well as what was a waste of time.

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New Meets Traditional: How Project Teams Benefit From More Options 

PM Alliance

Though workers are beginning to spend more time back in a traditional office environment, many still want to maintain the flexibility gained during the pandemic to work remotely when it’s more appropriate or convenient. This desire for a truly hybrid experience extends to project management, where project teams and stakeholders face a growing need to strike a similar balance within processes and workflows as new technologies and new ways of working change how activities are carried out.

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Research Reveals Eight In Ten Companies Want Stronger Agency Relationships

Henry DeVries

A research study provides valuable information for marketing agencies. Learn about the three types of marketing decision-makers.

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Managing the Risks of Generative AI

Harvard Business

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become widely popular, but its adoption by businesses comes with a degree of ethical risk. Organizations must prioritize the responsible use of generative AI by ensuring it is accurate, safe, honest, empowering, and sustainable. Organizations need to be mindful of the ethical implications and take necessary steps to reduce risks.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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OPERA America’s Survey Shows an Industry in Freefall…

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Hi! 15th June 2023 at 1 PM Eastern time: we are doing another FREE webinar on brand management for professional services. If you sell into the world of tickets as a service or tool provider, this is likely up your alley. My ambition is to do one of these a month as a way to replace a little bit of the traveling I might have done in the past. So let me know what you’d like me to cover.

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A Sense of Belonging

The Consultants Peer Group

Abraham Maslow wrote, “One can choose to go back to safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” Who steps forward into growth with you? Who do you trust to take that journey with you? You do not have to go it alone. As human beings, we crave connection and a sense of belonging. We have a strong need for affiliation with like-minded, similarly situated people.

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How to Combat AI-Enhanced Scams

Kraft Kennedy

With the introduction of AI tools, bad actors are running complex phishing scams at a higher volume than ever, forcing organizations to increase their security posture on the digital and human front. What is AI? Artificial Intelligence (AI) leverages digital tools to complete tasks that would normally require human thinking or decision making. One type of AI tool that has become very popular across the business and consumer sectors is the large language model (LLM).

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AI Prompt Engineering Isn’t the Future

Harvard Business

Despite the buzz surrounding it, the prominence of prompt engineering may be fleeting. A more enduring and adaptable skill will keep enabling us to harness the potential of generative AI? It is called problem formulation — the ability to identify, analyze, and delineate problems.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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The Peerage

Alan Weiss

A “buyer” in my terms is someone who has the budget and authority to give you money in return for your value. You need to find out if the person with whom you’re speaking can do that. If so, establish a trusting relationship and move toward a proposal or letter of agreement. If not, ask that person to introduce you to the actual buyer.

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The Future of Digital Marketing: Predictions and Expectations

Chad Barr

John F. Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” With this in mind, it’s clear that the landscape of digital marketing is continuously and rapidly evolving, transforming and impacting our lives and businesses across various aspects. Today, let’s delve into four of these crucial aspects: Personalization: This has become a focal point in digital marketing.

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A Riff on the Padres/MLB/RSN and the Business of Sports…

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Is it possible for the Padres and MLB to maintain the same business model and revenue now that Diamond Sports Group has walked away from its media rights deal? No. I’ve got two reasons why I think this doesn’t work: The idea of sliding from the RSN model to an OTT model is hard to imagine. In most cases, the RSN model has worked because cable subscribers were locked into 24-month contracts and most of the packages included channels like the RSNs that customers didn’t really car

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7 Ways to Make Employees Feel Respected, According to Research

Harvard Business

Treating everyone with respect is the foundation of good leadership. Employees who feel disrespected are more likely to also feel excluded or even inferior. The authors offer seven behaviors, based on their analysis of data collected from more than 4,500 employees, that lead to a demonstration and feeling of respect. These include valuing diversity, staying in touch with individuals’ issues and concerns, building trusted, resolving conflicts, balancing results with a concern for others, encourag

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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3 Lessons from this year’s Annual Insights Report

Actionable

This year’s report may well be our most robust, now including data from 6000+ training sessions and 39,000+ participants. Here are three of my biggest takeaways from the report. The post 3 Lessons from this year’s Annual Insights Report appeared first on Actionable.co.

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How to avoid boring team meetings

The Management Centre

Meetings can be fun, empowering and a way to enable new thinking. They bring people together, to share information and collaborate. Sadly, they can also be the polar opposite – dull, frustrating events where nothing gets decided and everyone’s time is wasted. We often hear from participants on our training programmes that they actually dread team meetings.

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Impressions

Alan Weiss

The first and last person you meet in a good hotel is the doorman. It’s important that it be a positive experience. Guests don’t generally meet management on arrival. The same applies to a restaurant and the host, or the large company and the receptionist. What’s the first and last impression people have dealing with you? Speaking for myself, it will never be a virtual assistant.

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