David A Fields
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Jeff Boyardi, CSO (Chief Sauce Officer) at a Stuphinacan Co. contacts your consulting firm to explore a potential project. You engage in a friendly discovery conversation (a.k.a. Context Discussion) and agree to a follow-up date to discuss next steps. Alas, Jeff isn’t alone at the next call. He’s joined by his colleague Cam Bell, the … Continued The post The CORRECT Response to “How is Your Firm Better?
Consulting Success
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Are you thinking about taking the tech skills you’ve learned as a full-time employee and going out on your own as a consultant? Maybe you were caught in the recent wave of tech industry layoffs and aren’t so sure you want to start over as a new employee at another company. Or maybe you saw.
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Effective Managers
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Here is an article written by David Norman, Chair at The Consultants Peer Group (TCPG). David has created TCPG, a peer group for and about consultants only. David is a very experienced management consultant, currently on the national board of the Institute of Management Consultants in the USA. He has launched this initiative to help other consultants, in non-competing market segments, grow and thrive and to avoid mistakes/pitfalls.
Organizational Talent Consulting
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
I inherently trust most people. I also can quickly distrust people. Why? For the same reasons as everyone else, to avoid something bad. Deciding whether to trust or not is always important. Putting faith in the wrong someone or something can lead to big life and career mistakes. Increasingly leaders face overcoming inherent distrust and a rise in workforce polarization.
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Consulting Matters
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Do you have the mindset and strategies you need to create a thriving consulting or coaching business so you can reach your full potential in your career and life? Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ann Carden, a highly successful consultant and fellow mentor to other consultants. In this episode, we're diving into embracing your expertise and the importance of believing in yourself.
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
There are major practical, technical, and legal challenges to overcome before tools like ChatGPT reach the scale, robustness, and reliability of Google.
Effective Managers
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Managers are well aware of the existence of feedback. Employees are no strangers to it either. But what is feedback, and why is it essential? A key role of a manager is to monitor the work of team members, and then support and coach them towards improved performance. Doing this includes providing team members with feedback. It’s a good symbiosis that works, or at least it should.
Epicflow
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
How to make sure that a company utilizes its available resources wisely so that they are productive but aren’t overloaded? How to minimize downtime, and get the chance to increase a project’s profitability? One of the things that makes this possible is measuring and monitoring the resource utilization rate. What is this indicator about? How to ensure an optimal utilization rate from the initial project stages?
Johanna Rothman
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Twenty years ago today, I wrote my first blog post. I was nominally on vacation in Lake Tahoe, where my family was skiing. Since I'd stopped skiing by then, I used my vacations to write and read. And Esther Derby and I were writing some version of Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management. We had an appointment to talk. Esther said, “There's a new way to engage readers.
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
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Too often, managers see coaching as a one-on-one practice.
Effective Managers
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Cross functional work is one of those concepts that sounds easy to implement in theory, but in practice, you may have varying results. As most other processes within the organization, it all depends on how your organization works and whether you know how to implement it efficiently. Accountability is crucial for the proper implementation of cross functional work and keeping the business running smoothly , even though it might not seem that way right off the bat.
Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
When you read the title for this article, you may have heard the 1981 song from The Clash in your head. It’s a great song. Like that song, this article is about deciding to stay or leave a relationship. However, in this case, I’m talking about leaving the relationship with your current role or employer. […] The post Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Rick Conlow
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The number 22 signifies one of the most powerful of all numbers. It signifies leaders, doers, and visionaries. These are the people who turn the wildest dreams into amazing accomplishments. They possess a strong sense of purpose about what they do. Read these twenty-two quotes about entrepreneurship. If you want to build and lead a superb business absorb the wisdom from the following successful businesspeople. 11 Timeless Quotes for Entrepreneurs and Leaders “You do not learn to walk by followin
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
It’s all about generating content — from consumers, creators, and celebrities.
Johanna Rothman
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
I thought watermelon status was something “everyone” knew about. But it's not! Read No More Watermelon Status Reports: How to Use Stories to Explain Project State. That's a persona-based approach to help other people understand the project's reality. You also might like Velocity is Not Acceleration to see charts and data I use and recommend.
Ben de Haldevang
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
As part of the new podcast series from the Agile Gorilla Collective, David Boyd, Abhay Pande, Paul Siegenthaler (you can find their bios here [link] – they are an impressive bunch of people!) and I talk through the separation of the EY consulting business as much discussed and written about over the past few months. We address both the operational implications, the impact on clients and how to address the human issues which will undoubtedly arise from the deal.
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
As Marcel M. Robles once said, “soft skills have more to do with who you are than what you know”. We have machines to deal with hard skills that are physical, repetitive, and require basic cognition. Learning hard skills will prepare you to work with these machine-like abilities. However, building up your soft skills will turn you into a lifelong-learner who is well-rounded and able to tackle any challenge.
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Inside the cultural turnaround that helped the tech giant think like a startup.
On the Brink Podcast
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Hear how understanding someone's culture can improve lives I was so excited to have the opportunity to speak with Britt Titus on our podcast. As you will learn, Britt found her calling when she discovered how behavioral sciences and humanitarian concerns could transform the world, one step at a time. The two of us are crazy about behavioral sciences, so it was such a joy to share our fascination with the difficulties people have understanding others who differ from them.
Henry DeVries
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Finding your niche is essential if you are a service business owner. Here are valuable tips on the subject, along with the story of someone who found her niche. Karen Moraghan offers sage advice for any type of business owner.
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the last article of this series, you will learn about complex questions designed to trip up even the best of candidates. Negative Stories Questions that enquire about a weakness or failure can be a point of discomfort. After all, who likes to talk about their blemishes?
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
A study of a landmark case against Microsoft found it didn’t necessarily lead to more competition or innovation.
The Consultants Peer Group
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Lions, tigers, consultants, Oh my. The negative press continues about consulting and I, for one, am embarrassed. I can only surmise that some of the founders of what are now large consulting firms would also be embarrassed and maybe even angry: Bill Bain, of Bain & Co. Marvin Bower and James McKinsey, McKinsey & Co. Bruce Henderson, Boston Consulting Group And so on… These, and other firms, were formed in a different time when professionalism meant something powerful.
Consultants' Consultant
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Consultants Consultant: This fabulous scene from Scandal, starring Lisa Kudrow makes me happy. It’s all about. The post Debunking Sexism appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
Chad Barr
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
I came across an article on PageTraffic discussing the most asked questions on Google in 2023. Here are the top 10: what to watch – 9,140,000 where’s my refund – 7,480,000 how you like that- 6,120,000 what is my ip address – 4,090,000 how many ounces in a cup – 2,740,000 What time is it- 1,830,000 how I met your mother – 1,830,000 how to screenshot on mac – 1,830,000 where am i – 1,500,000 how to lose weight fast – 1,500,000 That made me real
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Job expectations and responsibilities were misaligned in one out of three job specs, according to an analysis of 185 open C-suite roles.
Seth Godin Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Hustle harder. Run more ads. Spam people. Interrupt. Make the logo bigger. Post again. Post again. Add more blurbs. Push the press release to irrelevant people. Do one more ad. Use AI to create faux intimacy. Get the word out. Burn trust. Get more attention. In the last forty years, the amount of promotion has gone up exponentially. At the same time, the success of promoted content, products and services hasn’t increased at all.
Consultants' Consultant
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Consultants Consultant: This is one of my favourite movies. Reveals the secret to living a lovely. The post About Time appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
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