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How To Drive Innovation & Growth In Your Consulting Business With Susan Lindner: Podcast #289

Consulting Success

We have so many brilliant minds working on producing great innovations, but we only hear from a few of them. Why? Because, often, these innovation experts struggle with their communication. Today’s guest, Susan Lindner, has observed this, leading her to create Innovation Storytellers—a consulting firm that helps companies to communicate more effectively with their ideas.

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Have you ever wondered what servant leadership is? Maybe you already understand the basic concepts but have questions about how servant leadership differs from other leadership styles or if a servant leadership approach is appropriate for your team. The costs of poor leadership often show up in the workplace disguised as low employee engagement, a lack of team cohesion and collaboration, high employee turnover, and failed execution.

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6 Key Levers of a Successful Organizational Transformation

Harvard Business

Leaders, don’t overlook your employees’ emotional journey.

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Why Do You Need a Strategy?

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

I’ve been going through my notes from a strategy class I took to see what holds weight in my thinking now or how to build off of some of the concepts I learned. I’ve typed out a few reasons I often give to people why they need a strategy. Am I missing something that is important to you? You need a definition of success to help you know if the actions you are taking are helping you, harming you, or wasting your time.

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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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Why Leaders Wake Up Early

Leadership Vision Consulting

In this episode, we introduce our new podcast series, What Leaders Do, small little digestible nuggets of wisdom to help you be a better leader. We're joined live by members of our community to discuss why the best leaders wake up early. We share insights on how leaders wake up early and stick to the habit. Plus, Brian shares his impressive, long-standing morning routine, including tips on how you can build your own morning practice.

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AI Can Be Both Accurate and Transparent

Harvard Business

Historically, tech leaders have assumed that the better a human can understand an algorithm, the less accurate it will be. But is there always a tradeoff?

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The 3rd Annual Consulting Firm Caption Contest! (Join in)

David A Fields

Whether you’re a long-time reader or you’ve recently started perusing these articles, you’ve probably grumbled at least once… “Hold on a second… David built his practice by layering chocolate references and obscure puns on top of illustrations my seven year-old could draw? Some of those line drawings don’t even make sense!

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How Use LinkedIn to Attract Your Dream Clients (in Less Time) with LinkedIn Expert Lisa Kanda

Consulting Matters

Are you ready to harness the power of LinkedIn to make authentic connections with your ideal clients and elevate your presence on this essential platform? Okay, so here’s the thing about LinkedIn. If you’re a consultant or coach (or aspiring to become one), you’re probably on LinkedIn already because you know it’s the best social platform for your type of business.

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Top 4 Challenges for a Project Management Office (PMO) and Ways to Address Them

Epicflow

According to a recent report by Wellingltone, 82% of business organizations have a project management office. And that’s no wonder – an effectively working PMO can streamline a company’s project management processes, improve their outcomes, optimize costs, and facilitate achieving an organization’s business objectives. However, despite their increasing popularity and significance, PMOs face a number of difficulties.

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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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How to Motivate Employees When Their Priorities Have Changed

Harvard Business

Four strategies.

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How to Create an Effective L&D Strategy

Clarity Consultants

Learning and development (L&D) are critical for cultivating a capable workforce and supporting educational objectives. As a result, it’s wise to have a plan in place to ensure an L&D program is aligned with broader organizational goals and learners’ needs. Often, figuring out the best approach feels challenging on the surface, but it can be more straightforward than organizations expect.

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How do I find out what makes my staff tick?

The Management Centre

In this blog, =mc Director Charlotte Scott shares practical advice on how to motivate your teams. I want my team to feel motivated in their roles – what can I do? It’s generally agreed that motivation is a good thing – and a topic all managers think about at some point. Motivated staff perform their jobs more effectively. They are also more creative, flexible and healthy.

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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before. The average consultant travels at least once a month, with the upper end of the spectrum being every Monday through Friday throughout the year.

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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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Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives

Harvard Business

A Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022.

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Writing Secret 9A: Choose How You Write: Prototype or Draft

Johanna Rothman

When I published Writing Secret 9: Keep Your Writing Clean As You Write, the feedback surprised me. Many of my fellow nonfiction writers write a lot before they get internal feedback. That might be right for them. It's not right for me. I finally understood why I write differently. I think of each iteration as a prototype , not a draft. That means I need to assess the prototype as I proceed, until I'm ready to put the prototype out for larger review or publication.

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6 Datasets to Help Gain Consensus on Your Digital Transformation Project’s Scope and Deliverables

PM Alliance

Getting everyone to agree on what a project should accomplish—and what’s best left for a future effort—can be a real challenge. This is particularly true with digital transformation initiatives, which must often balance the difficulties of long project durations against the market realities of ongoing technology advancements that can quickly change what’s needed (or expected, or available) in a new solution.

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Fool-Proof Note Taking: The Verbatim Approach

Tom Spencer

As consultants, we are required and recommended to take notes for the meetings we attend. This seems like a simple task because formal education has forced us, at one time or another, to take notes. The world of formal education, however, is typically parsed out so an individual only needs to focus on one subject at a time. Meetings in a ‘professional setting’ on the other hand, can be complex – they can be long and very detail-oriented.

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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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How to Disagree Productively

Harvard Business

Three strategies.

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3 Ways To Combat The Epidemic Of Loneliness Impacting Business

Henry DeVries

The 2023 Surgeon General's Advisory revealed that one in two Americans feel isolated and disconnected, with consequences as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes daily. Many of these are your prospects. Jamie Shibley has some helpful advice for this challenge.

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Tucker + Twitter: A Less Than Powerful Partnership

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Earlier this week, Tucker Carlson posted a video on Twitter announcing that he was coming back and bringing his show to Twitter. The initial reactions talked about what does this mean for advertisers, Twitter, and Tucker. I didn’t see much analysis from a strategic standpoint. Which got me to the question: “How likely is this partnership to work for either Twitter or Tucker Carlson?

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Podcast S2, E1: Ethics in Consulting - With the Gabriel Al-Salem Foundation

The Consultants Peer Group

"Consulting Without Borders LIVE - Perspectives" podcast! Tune in to the 13th episode of the Gabriel Al-Salem Foundation's series which spotlights international consultants and experts working to address global challenges, promote professional excellence, and build a sustainable future.

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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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To Implement Change, You Don’t Need to Convince Everyone at Once

Harvard Business

Rather than trying to convince skeptics from the outset, start with a small group of enthusiastic people.

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Ted Lasso

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: I’m considering structuring a leadership program around the lessons demonstrated in Ted Lasso. Came. The post Ted Lasso appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Happy Birthday to ‘The Business of Fun’ podcast. It turns 5!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Hi folks! Do you like the graphics? Let me know. You wanted more pictures. I’m looking at doing some seasons in the podcast covering specific topics. Would that be interesting to y’all? What or whom would you like to hear from? Planning out my summer trips right now, but here are a few stops along the way: The World Ticketing Conference in Nashville in July is penciled in right now.

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From Stuck to Unstoppable- Strategies to Overcome Life’s Ruts

Chad Barr

Most of us, at one point or another, have felt trapped in life’s quicksand, feeling stuck, as if making no progress. Lingering too long can strain our mental and physical health, dull our productivity, blind us to important opportunities, and fracture our connections with family, friends, and clients. However, successfully freeing ourselves from this rut can initiate a domino effect of positive changes, sparking personal and professional growth, invigorating creativity, opening the door to

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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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How Generative AI Changes Creativity

Harvard Business

Conversations with a video artist and innovation researchers about the new technology.

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Citrix Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-24487, CVE-2023-24488

Kraft Kennedy

Issue Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions listed below. If exploited, they can result in the following security issues: CVD-ID Description Pre-Requisites CWE CVSS Cross site scripting Cross site scripting Appliance must be configured as a Gateway (SSL VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy, or AAA Virtual Server CWE-79 6.3 CVE-2023-24487 Arbitrary file read Access to NSIP or SNIP with management interface access CWE-253 6.3 Additional Information The foll

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Be an Idea Partner

Action Plan

In the early days of my business in the late ‘80s (making me a certified dinosaur) I know I had to make new connections with business owners through networking and outreach. It was a matter of survival. So, I read a lot of books on the topic and over a period of time got very good at it. And all those connections I made provided a foundation that led to a lot of new clients.

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