Consulting Matters
APRIL 13, 2023
Today, Brad Rex shares the real reasons why executives hire consultants and coaches. He talks about his exciting career journey, which started at the Naval Academy, then to British Petroleum, and finally to Disney. He applied for a financial manager job at Disney and was one of 1400 candidates. Brad and I worked together at Disney and have been colleagues for many years.
David A Fields
APRIL 11, 2023
A senior colleague at your consulting firm keynotes Cacao Jam, the cacao dessert industry’s annual conference. As she wraps up her inspiring tale of the modern workplace melting pot, the audience rises to its feet. She basks in the thunderous applause and the glow of the spotlight framing her against the chocolatey brown backdrop. You … Continued The post Your Brand vs.
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Clarity Consultants
APRIL 12, 2023
In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, ensuring employees have comprehensive skill sets is increasingly critical for companies that want to remain competitive. However, this is challenging in the current landscape. Skill gaps are pervasive, so recruiting candidates with the missing capabilities is only sometimes practical. Fortunately, learning and development (L&D) initiatives can be used to fill learning gaps in the workplace.
Makarios Consulting
APRIL 12, 2023
Fifteen years have passed, but I (Tim) still remember the meeting as if it was yesterday. A dozen senior leaders were sitting around the conference table. I was leading them in an exercise to identify their core values. One of the executives frowned down at the materials in front of him, then caught my eye. He asked with a puzzled tone, “Do you mean my core values at work or at home?
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Epicflow
APRIL 11, 2023
Poor resource management and a lack of appropriate software are on the list of the biggest project management challenges, as stated by the Wellingtone report on the state of project management. So, it’s high time to change the situation, isn’t it? Learn how the adoption of the right resource management software can change the game – level up your resource management and contribute to achieving your business goals.
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Harvard Business
APRIL 12, 2023
The race is on to see which brands can deliver.
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 10, 2023
Every minute, it seems as if someone is talking about how great ChatGPT is. It's going to revolutionize the world! I agree— I am sure AI will revolutionize the world. At some point. But I think it's going to remove all those busy-work jobs , not the jobs where we, as humans, offer value. Here's a short test to know if your job will survive the (somewhat) imminent AI revolution: Does your job require you to analyze something someone already did?
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
APRIL 13, 2023
How do you valuate a small business?
Tom Spencer
APRIL 14, 2023
Wealth management is a critical field that helps high net worth individuals and families to achieve their financial goals and maintain their financial assets over the long-term. Wealth managers assist their clients to do this through a combination of strategies involving financial planning, investment management, and risk management. The role of a wealth manager is to understand the unique financial needs and goals of each individual or family and to create a customized financial plan.
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.
Harvard Business
APRIL 10, 2023
This short assessment will help you spot the warning signs — before you feel fried.
Henry DeVries
APRIL 9, 2023
Hannah Roth from the marketing agency Predictive ROI shares the advantages of using a Community Tree Model to map out the different elements of building a community for your brand and the brands of your clients.
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
APRIL 11, 2023
Tom Spencer
APRIL 14, 2023
This is the sixth of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. AI in Consulting: The Beginning of a New Era How AI is Changing the Game for Consultants The Role of Consultants in an AI-Driven World AI-Powered Consulting: Tools You Need to Know About Real-World Examples of AI in Consulting Ethical Implications of AI in Consulting: A Deep Dive Leveling Up: Consulting Skills for an AI-Powered World As the field of artificial intelligenc
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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.
Harvard Business
APRIL 12, 2023
Fast-acting firms are deploying the technology to predict outcomes at various stages of the customer journey.
Organizational Talent Consulting
APRIL 10, 2023
Change is certain. Getting it right isn’t. Whenever leaders introduce bold change, creating workforce desire and understanding are vital. Without these two things, any change investment will amount to nothing more than pushback and anxiety. Large-scale artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion are reshaping the workplace and world.
On the Brink Podcast
APRIL 10, 2023
Hear how planning for the future means loving change I worked with Jennifer Kluge several years ago on a Blue Ocean Strategy workshop. Her organization, the National Association for Business Resources , was focused wholly on businesses in Michigan, offering important services from insurance products to support with accounts receivables. As CEO, Jennifer has catapulted NABR into a national initiative that supports businesses with best practices, training and development, insights, leadership, and
Brimstone Consulting
APRIL 10, 2023
Taking a strategic approach to ESG can help you can a competitive advantage. An Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy is a cornerstone to accelerating impact and financial growth goals. A forward-looking ESG strategy deepens customer relationships and loyalty, improves the ability to attract and retain talent, reduces regulatory risk, increases the ability to attract capital, and results in increased resilience, driven by a more nuanced understanding of stakeholder expectations.
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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.
Harvard Business
APRIL 12, 2023
Strategies to help you rise above performative allyship, based on a series of studies conducted over four years.
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 14, 2023
One of the themes that runs through the Successful Independent Consulting: Relationships That Focus on Mutual Benefit is: “Invite people to your newsletter.” Why? Because those people gave you permission to market to them. Your subscribers don't have to like everything you write—as long as they like most of what you write. Or that you intrigue their interest with your writing.
Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog
APRIL 9, 2023
Hey! I was doodling this week, waiting for a store to open in the mall, and I came up with a drawing for what innovation really looks like: Insight Creativity Action A circle. That’s innovation. Let’s take a look at this idea: First, insights. Insights are the understanding of the cause and effect of a situation. I posted on LinkedIn on Friday about Tesla’s need to offer a new round of price cuts.
Chad Barr
APRIL 12, 2023
Do you find yourself struggling to deliver on your promises, get your work done, or create compelling content and publish your ideas? If so, you are not alone. Despite their expertise and passion, I find that many entrepreneurs and small business owners face similar challenges. The question I have is: What’s holding you back? And more importantly, how can you overcome it?
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Harvard Business
APRIL 14, 2023
It promises to shift liability onto private firms and create incentives to defend against critical vulnerabilities.
CaseInterview.com
APRIL 12, 2023
Many of the biggest decisions you’ll face in life involve other people. Will you be in a committed romantic relationship with me? Do you want to have kids? Will you give me a promotion within six months? What these decisions have in common are two-fold: 1. Your decision has high stakes; 2. Your decision depends on someone else’s decision. At first glance, these decisions seem like binary decisions.
Alan Weiss
APRIL 12, 2023
• You’re too young. • You’re too old. • You don’t have the right background. • You don’t understand the details. • You have no experience with this. • You don’t know the culture. Commonality? These are all excuses to protect someone from hearing a fresh, new, innovative idea to improve their or their organization’s performance because they are afraid to admit that they might be the cause of the problem.
The Consultants Peer Group
APRIL 11, 2023
A coaching client asked, “If I’m always providing answers to people, how is that developing them?” My response was easy, “It’s not. They’re not thinking, they’re just robots.” If I’m strategic, looking forward way into the future as a leader, then the questions I ask will develop and hold people accountable. In order to do that, I’ve got to listen. I think you can start seeing a connection here.
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
Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2023
Here are the tools managers need to properly supervise, nurture, and retain their sensitive employees.
Nash Consulting
APRIL 10, 2023
By Nash Consulting For the past several decades, comprehensive surveys of employee attitudes toward work find that around 50% of American workers confess they do only the minimum to avoid being fired. Although the idea of “quiet quitting” is now in vogue, it’s not new; many people have been silently skating by for years. As Steven Covey put it, “You can pay people for their hands and back, but they volunteer their hearts and brains.
Granite Leadership Strategies
APRIL 10, 2023
We all know that pricing must have reviews. Too often that happens at the last minute before the bid is submitted. This is true whether we are talking about commercial proposals or Government contracts proposals. Sometimes that happens in an organized fashion with the regularity of a company’s standard process of reviewing pricing. Best Practices Best practices would have at least three green pricing reviews.
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