Sat.Dec 16, 2023 - Fri.Dec 22, 2023

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“Colorado Pricing.” A Lucrative Fee Arrangement for Your Consulting Firm?

David A Fields

If your consulting firm’s offerings are suited for it, Colorado Pricing could increase your revenue and profitability while smoothing out the up/down cycle of consulting. 2-Constraint vs. 1-Constraint Consulting Projects Quite a lot of consulting consists of discrete, one-and-done projects. For instance, Cadbunny’s chocolate chips are melting, so they hire your consulting firm for $150K. … Continued The post “Colorado Pricing.

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How to Build a Magnetic Personal Consulting Brand with Joe Mechlinski: Podcast #315

Consulting Success

Build not just a brand, but a magnetic force that attracts opportunities. Today, Joe Mechlinski, the founder of Gift of Work, shows us the way to speaking, recurring revenue, and personal brand converge to reshape the future of consulting. Hear about his early struggles and how he found a unique approach to consulting that changed.

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SEO For Consultants: How To Write Content That Attracts Clients

Consulting Success

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the BEST marketing method for consultants. Over the last several years, we’ve published hundreds of articles on our consulting blog. Many of them have ranked 1st for competitive keywords. For example, here’s an article we wrote on “consulting fees” that is the first organic result — outranking a multi-billion-dollar company.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office. Earlier in the week, three people quit, the company terminated four others due to downsizing to eliminate an entire department, and payroll came a day late. Earlier that month, the administrative assistant informed everyone that health insurance costs would rise without additional subsidies and no one would receive holiday bonuses this year.

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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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6 Kinds of Board Members — and How to Influence Them

Harvard Business

Boards are not monolithic. They often are composed of people with different kinds of personalities. This article describes six types: the narcissist, the data chaser, the deferential, the status hound, the unprepared, and the stakeholder champion. It offers tactics for influencing each.

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Progress Instead of Perfection With a Single Source of Lies

Johanna Rothman

Ever since I was on the Troubleshooting Agile podcast , I've followed Squirrel and Jeffrey. (I highly recommend their podcast.) Recently, Squirrel posted something fascinating on LinkedIn: Aim for a “single source of lies” about your business. That's quite a provocative idea, especially when many of us persist in looking for a “single source of truth.” Why might you want a single source of lies?

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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

Why Law Firms Need IT Policies Is it okay to store your password on a post it note on your computer monitor in your personal office? Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product? The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable.

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The Hard Questions to Ask When Planning Your Strategy

Harvard Business

Many managers view strategy as a complex subject, but at its essence it boils down to three questions: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? What is a credible path to get there? To successfully use these questions to chart a course, people must be brutally honest with themselves about where they are now. Once a company understands its present situation, it can chart a path to creating a truly differentiated offering that can create economic value.

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Strategy Unpacked: More Than Just Plans or Tactics

Tom Spencer

Strategy is arguably one of the most overused words in the English language. Most people that use it have no idea what the word means. Yet, being strategic is one of the highest-valued skills in business. Hundreds of professors have dedicated their lives to studying strategy, and consultants are paid fortunes to develop and implement […] The post Strategy Unpacked: More Than Just Plans or Tactics first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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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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Free Fiction Story for One Week: Underdog Party

Johanna Rothman

If you read this blog or my newsletter, you know I enjoy both nonfiction and fiction writing. I have another short story as part of the 2023 Holiday Spectacular : Underdog Party. Copyright © 2023 by Johanna Rothman I was feeling pretty mellow by seven in the evening, as I relaxed back into my wooden armchair. I was in my third place, in the very back corner of the Chelsea Tavern, on December fifteenth, in plenty of time before the Underdog Day Party would start.

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Learning At the Speed of Light

Chad Barr

In today’s digital age, we are inundated with content. From articles and YouTube videos to social media posts, the volume can be overwhelming. But what if you could absorb this information at the speed of light? That’s where ChatGPT comes in. Transforming Content Consumption with ChatGPT Did you know ChatGPT can summarize lengthy content for you?

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How to Get the Honest Input You Need from Your Employees

Harvard Business

Leaders often struggle to get complete, unfiltered information from the people around them. This wealth of unspoken information represents a great untapped resource for today’s leaders, and yet most remain at a loss for how to reliably access it. Common tactics for overcoming this problem, such as taking another’s perspective or reading their body language, simply aren’t sufficient.

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Proposals, Part 2: The Potential Solutions

The Consultants Peer Group

In Proposals Part 1: Why They are a Waste? I presented five problems associated with the commonly accepted ‘standard’ consulting proposal – the kind that can be found online with a simple search. What spurred my need to write this two-part series consulting proposals? Within the past month I was talking to a relative newcomer to the consulting profession.

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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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60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for December 21, 2023

Johanna Rothman

My 60 seconds of WIP this week. I also post these on my YouTube channel. If you want a laugh, take a look at my supposedly incognito clip. As soon as I turned on the camera, I realized I could not be incognito. Yes, that moment will make it into some writing in the future. In the meantime, enjoy. (I am fine, just recovering.) I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for December 21, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress.

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Focusing attention is a skill

Seth Godin Blog

Where we choose to direct our gaze determines not only what we learn or believe, but how we choose to see the world. Typing is a skill. Juggling is a skill. So is project management. It’s easy to overlook the fact that we can get better at what we think about, create and consume. If we’re not happy with how external forces are stealing and redirecting our attention, we can change it.

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How Banks Can Stay Resilient As AI Becomes More Disruptive

Harvard Business

Historically, disruption is extremely rare. Only 23 of the 568 companies included in the Fortune 500 since 1997 were under 15 years old when they entered. But right now, there are three forces converging that might transform finance and other industries. The first is the explosive growth of AI. The second is a massive migration of tech talent from big finance to big tech.

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Exploring Strengths: From Cognitive Development to Team Dynamics

Leadership Vision Consulting

In this episode, we go beyond the surface-level appreciation of Strengths, and delve into their developmental roots, dynamic nature, and vulnerability. As we pause from recording new episodes during the holiday season, we want to share the main six lessons from our course, Seeing Strengths from a New Perspective. It's a fascinating way to think about your Strengths in a new or different way.

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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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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office. Earlier in the week, three people quit, the company terminated four others due to downsizing to eliminate an entire department, and payroll came a day late. Earlier that month, the administrative assistant informed everyone that health insurance costs […] The post You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture appeared first on Harmonious Workpl

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The friendly professional

Seth Godin Blog

Friendly doesn’t mean saying ‘yes’ all the time, or changing every policy, or giving up our principles. Friendly is how it feels, not what it does.

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Research: The Growing Inequality of Who Gets to Work from Home

Harvard Business

There is a large and growing divide in terms of who gets to work from home. Research on job postings found that remote work is far more common for higher paid roles, for roles that require more experience, for full-time work, and for roles that require more education. Managers should be aware of this divide, as it has the potential to create toxic dynamics within teams and to sap morale.

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3 Components of High Functioning Leadership Teams

LSA Global

High Functioning Leadership Teams Matter We know from our leadership simulation assessment data that high functioning leadership teams are crucial to an organization’s sustained success, resilience, and growth. Building high functioning leadership teams impacts every part of the business, from day-to-day operations to long-term strategies. Three Critical Components of High Functioning Leadership Teams In our leadership development experience, the algorithm for success requires a full comm

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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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Warm holiday wishes with our World Peace Quilt

1 to 1

This year, in the spirit of peace, unity, and the joy of giving, we are excited to share with you the results of a global creative effort. 1to1 Media and TTEC employees from around the world have come together to create our World Peace Quilt — a symbol of our collective commitment to fostering harmony in our interconnected world. Created by employee prompts and generated by AI, the quilt beautifully represents our shared values and aspirations for 2024 and beyond.

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The problems with flat out

Seth Godin Blog

The desire for 11 is proof that we often want to go all the way to ten. While 11 is silly, there is a lot of pressure to give our all. But there are problems. The first is that if you try to sprint an entire marathon, you’ll hurt yourself. Systems can be stressed for short periods, but they burn out much more quickly if we overdo it. The second is that a system running flat out needs constant attention.

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When Analytics Should Drive Sales Decisions — and When They Shouldn’t

Harvard Business

As AI proliferates, companies are using it to offer data-driven recommendations on a wide range of activities, from whom to hire to what product a salesperson should recommend to customers. How much to rely on these data-driven recommendations should hinge on two questions: How high are the decision stakes? And how reliable is the data-driven insight?

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LSA Global Delivers Manager Excellence Training For Biotech Managers

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a customized Manager Excellence Training For Biotech Managers for a company looking to use an action learning leadership development approach to improve managers’ ability to lead teams in a cross functional and fast-paced environment. 96.

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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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There’s Something Special About Podcasting

Buzzsprout

Podcasting is the perfect combination of both digital and analog media. And this has a lot to do with when it was invented. Podcasting started in the early 2000s, long before social media, algorithmic feeds, and “going viral.” It was the perfect time for podcasting. It allowed podcasting to be digitally native while retaining the original idealism of the internet, a democratized media where everybody had a voice and anybody could listen to what was important to them.

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The clamp and the mallet

Seth Godin Blog

While building a project, I found that a key part was stuck. I tapped it with a mallet, then harder, and eventually whacked at it. No luck. Then I got smart and put three clamps around the part, gently turning each one, increasing the pressure, until it simply popped out. Persistent, gentle pressure almost always outperforms sudden, violent blows.

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Getting Along: How Can I Step Up in My Boss’s Absence — Without Stepping on Their Toes?

Harvard Business

Covering for your boss when they’re out on leave can present a unique opportunity — it gives you the chance to showcase your skills and readiness for a promotion — but it can also be detrimental if you don’t handle the situation carefully. In this advice column, workplace expert Amy Gallo answers a question from a reader who’s looking for guidance on how to demonstrate her own abilities while her boss is out on maternity leave without overstepping.

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