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How to Provide Safe and Comfortable In-Person Training as People Return to the Office

Clarity Consultants

Re-opening processes are underway in many industries. As a result, some companies are beginning to transition back to in-person training as part of their workforce development strategy. However, since COVID-19 is still a concern for many, companies need to seize every opportunity to provide their employees with a safe, comfortable in-person training environment.

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The 5-Part Entrepreneurial Consulting Business Plan

Consulting Success

If you want to start a consulting business, then you need to write your consulting business plan. Or do you? I’ve watched countless starry-eyed entrepreneurs “start” their business with a 50-100 page business plan. They spend weeks — or even months — toiling away at their desk after their 9-5 detailing everything about their future.

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This Question Will Determine Your Consulting Firm’s Path Next Year

David A Fields

The route from your consulting firm’s current state to your desired future is absolutely crystal clear and straightforward. You could call it Easy Street. Well, except for the obstacles in the way. Those could slow you down. You know…the little speed bumps, the other consulting firms that swerve in your way, the police barricade. But … Continued.

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How to Glean Insights from Data Sets Across Clouds - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM LIVERAMP

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from LiveRamp.

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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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7 mistakes new solo consultants make

Jacq Hackett Consulting

Being new to the consulting game can be challenging – especially if you’re going it alone. Here’s seven mistakes new solo consultants commonly make.

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Driving Employee Engagement: How Good Managers Do It

Effective Managers

Many employees feel that good managers are rare. It is a shame that the most important relationship that an employee has in the organizations is failing them. It is simply unnerving to look at the common bad experiences of employees with their managers. Why is it unnerving? Well there is the simple fact that so many people are feeling unhappy about their situation.

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Forget Flexibility. Your Employees Want Autonomy.

Harvard Business

People want to make their own decisions about when and where they work, according to survey data.

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Join the “Make a Difference Economy”

The Fearless Marketer

I have been thinking of ideas my whole life about how to make the world a better place. Naive of me, right? But I can and do have an impact in my business. And the way I approach and conduct my business is the only thing I really have control over. What I believe is that we can all make a difference. But this can’t just be a nice, throwaway phrase. I think it needs to be central to the way we all do business.

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Achieving a Winning Attitude

Rick Conlow

The parable of the contented frog illustrates the obstacles we face in winning. If you boil a pot of water and drop a frog in it, guess what happens? The frog quickly jumps out. However, if you put a frog in a pot of cool water and then slowly heat the pot up, guess what happens? The frog boils to death! How often do people become contended where they are at or with what they are doing?

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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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The Paradigm of Prestige

CaseInterview.com

There’s a worldview that says the rich people are more important than the poor, the elite are better than the average, and the special are better than the regular. I call this the paradigm of prestige. It is the default premise of many country, company, and academic-institution cultures. It is part of the premise and allure of attending an Ivy League school.

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Getting Back to the Basics of Human Connection

Harvard Business

The return to in-person work can be overwhelming. These four strategies can help.

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Consulting as Racketeering: The Fallacy of Corporate Overexpansion

Tom Spencer

The incriminating title of this article was inspired by Charles Tilly’s book ‘ War Making and State Making as Organized Crime ’, which describes an instrumental, … Read the full article The post Consulting as Racketeering: The Fallacy of Corporate Overexpansion first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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Q&A with Sara Sheehan

Brimstone Consulting

Q&A with Sara Sheehan. Sara Sheehan shares the best advice she has been given and what inspires her. What are your areas of expertise? . Change Management, Executive Coaching, Organization Design, and Leadership Development . Which of our values do you most relate to? Why? . All of Brimstone’s values speak to me personally. There are three that feel particularly aligned with: 1.

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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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How To Enroll More Clients In Five Simple Steps

Henry DeVries

Offering a great service is not good enough. You need to learn the subtle art of enrolling clients through conversations. What do you say to enroll prospects?

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Creating a Meaningful Corporate Purpose

Harvard Business

Five factors to consider.

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The Paradox of Teams

Tom Spencer

The concept of a ‘team’ has been around since the 16th century , and so one would assume that the term is fairly well understood. Whilst teams are an inseparable part of modern business practice, this article seeks to explore why they are actually a conceptual paradox, and what this means for professionals. The Team-Individuality Paradox. There is a certain paradox about teams.

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Q&A with Chris Carrigan

Brimstone Consulting

Q&A with Chris Carrigan. Chris Carrigan shares the best advice he has been given and his greatest accomplishment. What are your areas of expertise? . Team and individual coaching, leadership development, and process consulting. Which of our values do you most relate to? Why? . I would say our value of “giving generously” is the one that I relate to the most.

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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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288: Todd Wheeler—How Can This Guide Help You Get To Where You Want To Go?

On the Brink Podcast

Hear how happy employees can drive your bottom line. Todd Wheeler heard me speak at a Vistage International talk I was giving on Blue Ocean Strategy ®. While it was remote (I was in New York and he in Colorado), we hit it off. What we talk about today is his fresh approach to helping people see things that are all around them. We shared so many of the same ideas about what holds people back, their resistance to the unfamiliar and the new, and their attachment to things that no longer have much v

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When Pitching an Idea, Should You Focus on “Why” or “How”?

Harvard Business

It depends on whether you’re talking to experts or novices.

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Can Consulting Make a Positive Social Impact?

Tom Spencer

In school, students spend most of their time working on homework assignments and projects, which, despite their importance in reinforcing skills learned in class, have no immediate benefit to the world. Similarly, in traditional management consulting roles, employees often utilize the latest tools to solve their clients’ problems, often without considering the impacts beyond the client themselves.

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Attract More High-Paying Clients With Enrollment Conversations

Henry DeVries

Prospective clients do not want to be sold. If you can learn how to enroll clients, you will be able to get more clients without them feeling you are selling them at all.

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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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Accountability Starts at the Top

Alan Weiss

I have about a 50% hit rate when I write to CEOs about poor service or quality, in terms of their personal response. You can delegate tasks but not accountability. Top people who have “Teflon-like responses” to complaints create cultures that are uncaring and cold.

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How to Make Your Loyalty Program Pay Off

Harvard Business

A study of 2 million transactions at one retailer shows how companies often chase the wrong customers.

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Peace

Chad Barr

I arrived in the United States in June of 1977 as an emissary to teach Israeli music and bring Israeli culture to the summer camp in Chardon, Ohio. My spoken English skills were inadequate, and communication was limited as well unless it was through the language of music, which was one of the reasons for my having been chosen to represent Israel for the camp youth that summer.

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Uncovering the Truth in Advertising w/Sue Kruskopf, KC Truth CEO Ep#126

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Sue Kruskopf is the founder and long-time CEO of KC Truth, an advertising agency founded on cutting through the BS and getting to the truths about clients brands. She's also the founder of MyWonderfulLife.com, a free site where you can plan and personalize your own funeral. On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, Sue joins us to discuss why #WorkplaceCulture has been so important for 30+ years of success, relying on using truth in advertising, the great resignation, and much mo

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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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NLP Basics

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Here are the flipcharts from an NLP Practitioner program I ran in 2003 or. The post NLP Basics appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella on Flexible Work, the Metaverse, and the Power of Empathy

Harvard Business

Episode 1 of HBR’s video series “The New World of Work”: an interview with the CEO of Microsoft.

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Consultant Marketing Brand Sound

Jerry Fletcher

Dave and I had lunch Thursday. It was good to hear how the little golf product company he founded was doing. He has come a long way from when we met in his kitchen to put together the promotional material for the annual Golf Pro Trade show for the USA. He had already committed to that show when we started working together. It was only one of the areas he needed advice in.