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The Secret To Consultant Marketing

Henry DeVries

Is business development for a consultant is an expense or an investment? Your answer can have huge ramifications for attracting high-paying clients.

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What is Leadership Vision?

Leadership Vision Consulting

In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we release our very first videocast of a conversation with Leadership Vision CEO, Brian Schubring, from 2017. We discuss what Leadership Vision is, how we got started, a little bit of our history, some of our foundational beliefs, what were we trying to achieve as an organization, and how our work can help all types of teams thrive.

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7 Strategies to Build a More Resilient Team

Harvard Business

You need a foundation of trust, transparency, and self-awareness.

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Enhance Your & Your Client’s Lives Using Transformational Leadership With Nick Jankel: Podcast #170

Consulting Success

We all have the potential to change our lives better than it is now. But, admittedly, many of us need guidance on how to achieve that. In this episode, Nick Jankel shows you the power of transformational leadership. He joins Michael Zipursky to tell us all about it with his experiences and the wisdom gained through that. Enhance Your & Your Client’s Lives Using Transformational Leadership With Nick Jankel: Podcast #170 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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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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9 Impeachable Consulting Firm Offenses

David A Fields

Whatever your political leanings, you don’t want your consulting firm to lean into a bad reputation. The guardrails below will help. Great consultants come in all political stripes, from those who like nuts in their brownies to those who believe only nut-free brownies represent their values to those who don’t like brownies at all. You … Continued.

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This Two-Minute Morning Practice Will Make Your Day Better

Harvard Business

A research-based approach to building a positive outlook.

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Leadership Tip #1: Always Tell the Truth, Even When You’re Embarrassed

Johanna Rothman

You're a middle or senior manager in an organization trying to hold on in these crazy times. And you just discovered you're shipping the wrong version of the product. (Or your product doesn't work or it has some kind of horrible defect.) Your customers are angry. Your employees are running around, trying to fix the problem. What do you say? What do you do?

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What the U.S. Capitol Riot Can Teach Us About Toxic Organizations

Effective Managers

The U.S. Capitol Riot of January 6 has been decried as an attack on democracy. Whether or not all agree with this, there is no question it was a most unfortunate event, leading to loss of life, injuries, and extensive property damage. It was grounded in what many identify as a dysfunctional political system. There is no question that the polarization of American politics has had a role in increasing animosity between the parties.

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How To Build A Network Where You Don’t Have One

Henry DeVries

In my studies on business development, two of the top five ways to attract high-paying clients involve networking. The secret weapon for attracting new clients: relationships.

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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 Set Up an Ethics Advisory Board

Harvard Business

An external group of advisors can guide your decision-making on the thorniest issues.

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Feedback Loops Help When to Centralize or Decentralize Product-Based Decisions

Johanna Rothman

When I think about agile approaches to work, I think about how fast we can change and the cost of those changes. We can change the next decisions about the work because we finish the current work and release it. Multiple deliverables allow us to change what we do and what we plan next. That's why an agile approach with deliverables every day or week doesn't fit with some kinds of projects, such as events.

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Virtual Strategy Meeting Agenda (with sample)

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

With more and more office work moving to the virtual realm, strategic planning is as important as ever (if not more so). If done right, virtual strategic planning can be as valuable, collaborative and engaging as in-person sessions.

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In praise of simplicity 

The Source

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the consulting industry anything, it’s the need for straight talking—and delivery. “Why do consultants have to make things so complicated?” It’s a complaint we’ve heard many times from clients, but this, from a private equity partner waving three proposals he’d received from strategy firms, was particularly pointed: “The up-front analysis is great, but the process they’re suggesting is the kind of thing we’d have expected before the crisis.

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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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Take Your Lunch Break!

Harvard Business

Let’s leave sad desk lunches in 2020.

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More Fun on the Troubleshooting Agile Podcast, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

Jeffrey, Squirrel, and I continued our conversation on the Troubleshooting Agile Podcast, with Part 2. We addressed more of the Modern Management Made Easy principles. Specifically, we discussed the ideas of empathy and value-based integrity. We had a great discussion about several of the principles in the Modern Management Made Easy books: Empathy.

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250: Tatiana Tsoir—10 Big Ideas For Women To Create A Successful Business

On the Brink Podcast

Women entrepreneurs: hear how to be the boss of your bottom line! This was a terrific podcast with a woman who will help you start and grow your own business, today. As a corporate anthropologist who helps organizations change, I thought Tatiana Tsoir’s approach would be refreshing for those of you who listen to On The Brink and for her listeners as well.

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Self-Reflection: the First Step to Building a Personal Brand

Tom Spencer

If you get rejected from a job application, you may question why you got declined. Have you ever thought that a lack of self-awareness could be the reason? Recruiters want to hire candidates with strong self-awareness because people who understand their own strengths and weaknesses are likely to cause less trouble in a team environment. When I attended consulting career workshops, recruiters from the Big 4 and management consulting firms frequently stressed the importance of being yourself in or

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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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What to Do If Your Team Doesn’t Want to Go Back to the Office

Harvard Business

…but company leaders are insisting on it.

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Why You Need an Email Newsletter

The Fearless Marketer

I’ve been publishing an email newsletter each Tuesday for almost 24 years. Has it worked out for me? Well, let me count the ways…. First of all, virtually ALL of my clients were first subscribers to my email newsletter. Second, writing this newsletter every week has made me a much better marketing coach who can offer even better ideas to my clients.

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E Pluribus Unum: For the People NOT the Party

Rick Conlow

E pluribus unum is a Latin phrase meaning “out of many, one.” Most noteworthy, it implies people of honor working together for the common good. It is what the founding fathers hoped for. Congress adopted it as the motto of the United States with an act in 1782. However, the leadership of the US government is increasingly polarized. Gridlock rules their efforts.

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Networking from a non-target school – from unknown to referred

Tom Spencer

Not all schools have a consulting club, extensive alumni networks in consulting firms, or recruiters that come to their campus looking for top applicants. If you are at one of these schools you may find yourself at a disadvantage (to be honest you probably are) but people do still get into firms from non-target schools. Do you come from a non-target school?

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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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ESG Impact Is Hard to Measure — But It’s Not Impossible

Harvard Business

Three ways to capture the data that matters.

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How to get Google to rank your site higher

Kai Davis

The #1 most important ranking signal to Google is your backlinks. Google is in the business of delivering the most relevant, timely, authoritative content to people in response to their search queries. When Google is deciding where and how to rank your site and pages, they consider your backlinks. If you’re looking at your competitors and wondering, “Kai, how do I get to #1 for this relevant keyword?

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Workflow Breakdowns in Larger Firms: Why They Happen, What to Do About Them

Emerson Consulting Group

By Shahid Chowdhary, Founder and Director, Siliconchips Services. Accepted for publication in Society of Actuaries’ Entrepreneurial Section. Efficiency in business comes down to reaching goals with the highest degree of quality and speed possible. When workflow breaks down and this efficiency fails, it’s worth questioning why it happened and how to prevent it in the future.

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How This CEO Uses Documentation to Delegate & Promote a Culture of Openness - w/ Chris Ronzio

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Chris Ronzio is the founder and CEO of Trainual, an onboarding, training and knowledge management platform for small and growing businesses. His company replaces the traditional training manual, and gives companies the ability to tell their story and share their policies, history, culture, and vision.

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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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In the Digital Economy, Your Software Is Your Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

Too many companies leave developers out of strategic decision-making.

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How to find your most productive time each day (and what to do with it)

Kai Davis

What’s your most productive time of the day? The older I get (and the more that I internalize that heroically YOLO’ing myself through an all-nighter to ship a project does not work) , the more my interest in productivity + neurobiology grows. How can we figure out the times of day when we’re the most productive? Then, how can we lean into that knowledge and optimize our work schedule so we’re doing high-impact work during those most productive times?

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Happy (Disruptive) New Year!

Makarios Consulting

In the normal course of business, you need to respond to changes in technology, the marketplace, the economy, and more. But 2020 was not a normal year … and 2021 is not going to be normal, either. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of change has been dramatically accelerated – and your response to change must accelerate commensurately. Change is always a challenge.