David A Fields
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
With the first rays of light from the new year peeking up on the horizon, you may be pondering the goals you’ll set for growing your consulting firm. The best, first goal may be one you’ve overlooked. By the way, if you haven’t started your annual planning yet, consider the 8-step process outlined in this … Continued The post The Best, First Goal for Your Consulting Firm in 2024 appeared first on David A.
Consulting Success
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Putting the right people in the right seats is crucial to any business, but for a consulting practice, it is a matter of life or death. Michael Zipursky talks about strategic hiring in this episode with Adam Oliver, Founder and CEO of Crafted, a product development consultancy employing over 26 people. Michael and Adam discuss.
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Consulting Success
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Consultants: who is your ideal client? If you’re not clear on… Why you’ve selected your niche Your area of specialization The characteristics of your ideal client Whether you’ve properly validated your market …chances are you don’t have enough clarity on who your ideal client is. Success as a consulting business owner depends on deeply understanding.
Organizational Talent Consulting
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Are you looking to level up innovation and creativity in your business to produce a competitive advantage? Maybe you're skeptical of whether it is possible to develop a creative and innovative team and believe you should just hire for it. It's the debate of nature versus nurture. A common argument presented in support of team development is that if people were born with creativity, we would observe more consistency in creativity among team members.
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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.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Companies are increasingly emphasizing a corporate purpose beyond mere profitability. The success of this integration largely hinges on organizational culture. Leaders, spanning all tiers, need to genuinely exemplify and articulate the company’s values, as demonstrated by companies like Netflix and LUSH. It’s vital for employees to perceive their daily roles as contributing to this larger purpose, with firms like Atlassian and Cisco offering noteworthy models.
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Consulting Success
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
I recently published a short post on LinkedIn saying “I haven’t decided if I’m going to change the world yet…” That was a bit tongue-in-cheek. The truth is, my team and I are changing the world. I’m very proud of that. I believe many entrepreneurs feel the same way, yet don’t realize the impact they are.
Buzzsprout
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
As many Buzzsprout Podcasters probably noticed, Buzzsprout experienced a delay with statistics on Thursday, November 2nd, and Friday, November 3rd. All download data was delayed from about 6:45 am EST on November 2, 2023, through 11:30 pm EST on November 4, 2023. During this 40-hour window, Buzzsprout’s primary source for podcast statistics did not report data as expected.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Generative AI can be a boon for knowledge work, but only if you use it in the right way. New generative AI-enabled tools are rapidly emerging to assist and transform knowledge work in industries ranging from education and finance to law and medicine. Companies are starting to introduce generative AI-powered innovations into their processes, and to promulgate policies on how to use the tools safely.
Consulting Matters
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Transforming Browsers into Buyers Just Got Easier! Way too many consultants and coaches mistakenly believe that their website is nothing more than an online brochure or resume. I’m here to tell you – that’s far from the truth. You can turn your website into a client conversion machine , hard at work 24/7 attracting clients who are excited and ready to work with you.
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.
Consulting Success
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
You can take your experience in software development and use it to create a software consulting business. We’ve helped a number of consultants do just that. Consider the case of Blake Waldon, founder of Black Owl Strategies. Blake combines his expertise as a programmer with his skills as a consultant to create customized software for.
Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Strategy and Product Feedback Loops Many of my middle-management and senior leadership clients want certainty about future work. That's one of the reasons they create huge backlogs and long roadmaps. Yet, even those backlogs and roadmaps don't offer certainty. One of these managers said, “I have so much uncertainty and ambiguity. I feel as if I can't make a good, final decision.” When I asked why he had to make a final decision, he said, “Because I need to show strength and res
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Traditional project management skills, such as project governance or project management methodology, aren’t sufficient to meet changing organizational needs. Gartner recently surveyed 373 project management leaders to identify the “next generation” skills — from organizational awareness to financial acumen — that have a disproportionate impact on performance.
Rick Conlow
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Servant Leadership coaching your superpower means you elevate people-first. It requires a genuine commitment to lead right by helping employees succeed. It demands ethics, integrity, character, and honor in dealing with people. It is hard work to be a Servant Leader. Yet, the benefits are life-changing for you and your team. As Author Ann McGee Cooper declared, “The true heroes of the new millennium will be servant leaders, quietly working out of the spotlight to transform our world.
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Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
A common adage within business states that “it’s not about what you know, but who you know”. While consultants do need strong analytical skills, the latter half of this saying holds true; you need to network. As any aspiring management consultant knows, networking is both an art and a science. It combines organic relationship-building as well as the pursuit of a logical end-goal.
Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
I'm surprising myself with this experiment and the fact that I am continuing it. I suspect I'm successful because it's just a minute of some in-progress writing. Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for November 9, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from the Project Lifecycles book, almost ready for release.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
A common piece of developmental feedback is the need to move from tactical to strategic thinking. But what does that look like? The author, who has coached thousands of leaders to help develop their strategic thinking capabilities, has identified three core behaviors to work on: acumen (thinking), allocation (planning), and action (doing).
Kraft Kennedy
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-4966 (Citrix Bleed) Issue Additional action is recommended to address CVE-2023-4966, which is being called Citrix Bleed. Timeline October 10, 2023 – Citrix posted a security bulletin regarding CVE-2023-4966 and CVE-2023-4967 affecting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. October 17, 2023 – Citrix updated the bulletin to indicate that exploits of CVE-2023-4966 on unmitigated appliances have been observed.
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Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Hedge funds have long been shrouded in mystery, earning a reputation as lucrative yet elusive vehicles within the financial landscape. Hedge funds have gained increased attention over the years, with their involvement in financial markets drawing interest from investors, media, and the general public. However, many people still struggle to grasp what exactly hedge funds are and how they operate.
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Former pro baseball player Derin McMains talks about cultivating a world-class mindset to operate at peak performance in our professional lives.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
According to Gartner, 80% of project management tasks will be run by AI by 2030. Indeed, AI is transforming every aspect of work, including our management of people and projects. However, to realize AI’s transformational potential for project management, four critical pieces must come together: 1) organizations will need high-quality data; 2) human employees will need to think of AI as a copilot; 3) humans will need reskilling; and 4) organizations will need to prioritize the human experience.
Kraft Kennedy
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Update to Microsoft Authenticator App In the past few weeks, the Kraft Kennedy Support Team received numerus reports of the Microsoft Authenticator App failing to send Authentication requests. It turns out this is an intentional change on the part of Microsoft. For organizations using this form of Multi Factor Authentication, we’re sharing the instructions we are providing to users looking for the missing notifications.
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Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
When electricity came along, there was a swath of industries that were trapped in an old way of thinking. The only ones that thrived were able to walk away from what they used to do and eagerly embrace something new. When the internet was young, the major book publishers had everything they needed to create a dominant search engine. After all, they were in the business of organizing the world’s information.
Progressus
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
In today’s data-centric digital landscape, intelligence is central to any business strategy, especially as we look towards 2024. According to PWC , talent, technology and data will set winning professional services firms apart from the competition. Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Eighty percent of employees work for organizations that have stated values, but only 23% agreed that they could apply those values to their everyday work. The authors explore that disconnect and present a more effective, alternative way for leaders to foster shared understanding, language, and accountability in their organizations: working agreements.
Alan Weiss
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The owner of the local coffee shop has never been able to master the modern cash register he purchased about a year ago when the old one broke down. He simply charges me a round number, like $4, and tucks the money away. I have no idea what he does about taxes. All of his employees can work the register perfectly. Yesterday, once again ignoring the machine, he told me proudly that the manufacturer had to declare bankruptcy, and is going out of business.
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
Harmonious Workplaces
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Could the way your employees perceive your company hamper your sales? Late in the day, the entire staff of employees of a small firm received an email outlining the highlights of several months’ work relegated to that single month. In other words, the email listed highlights for that month’s purported revenue “wins.” The email did not come from executive management nor from the ownership.
Progressus
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Project accounting is an overly broad term. Its most general definition is processing financial transactions by project including costs, billings, and revenue. In reality, project accounting can be much more than that. What constitutes project accounting in a company is based on several factors including company type, the number of projects and company size.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Spatial computing is an evolving form of computing that blends our physical world and virtual experiences using a wide range of technologies, thus enabling humans to interact and communicate in new ways with each other and with machines, as well as giving machines the capabilities to navigate and understand our physical environment in new ways. Apple’s entrance into the market is a big step for the technology, but the idea has been in development for years.
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