Tom Spencer

MARCH 7, 2020

You may have heard this one before, but it is a vital piece of advice for any networking event – you have to make sure to do your research before attending the event. Moreover, by researching who will be attending the event, you have targeted people that you know you want to speak to. Do your research beforehand.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Extreme weather events pose significant challenges for gig couriers, impacting their performance, income and health. Research with one food delivery platform in China showed that heat waves drive up order volumes for couriers, but also cause more delays and higher health costs.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Recognize them in newsletters, social media, or at events. Invest in Relationship-Building Activities Spending time building relationships outside of regular business interactions can strengthen bonds: Client Events: Host events, webinars, or workshops to engage with clients in a more informal setting.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 17, 2025

Picture this: Miami, April 2024 at our Consulting Success mastermind event. A room full of consultants just like you, each nursing their own private doubts about what’s truly possible for their businesses.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2022

Five strategies for managers.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2022

Three steps for managers to open up a dialogue.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 4, 2024

If so, it’s hardly surprising—a great number of projects are exposed to industry challenges or unfavorable external events. Importance of Risk Management in Manufacturing In a nutshell, effective risk management won’t let risk-bearing events derail their projects causing delays, budget overruns, poor quality, or other problems.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 6, 2020

Research shows we overestimate the cost of rejecting invitations.

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Consulting Success

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In a recent mastermind event with a select group of our. Do you feel burn-out sitting in front of your camera all day? What if virtual meetings didn’t leave you with “Zoom fatigue” — but instead, you left your meetings feeling energized and excited?

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2024

At the same time, these risks go hand in hand with uncertainty, i.e., some events cannot be predicted accurately, but can significantly disrupt the project flow. These risks require the closest attention and purposeful risk management efforts.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Extreme weather events are harder on companies that aren’t able or prepared to work from home. As those events become more frequent, the ability to work remotely will become more important. The Covid-19 pandemic made this clear, but research shows that it is true of other forms of unexpected disruptions, too.

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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Somewhere nearby, you probably have a stack of business cards from people you met at conference or trade show or similar event. Those are okay metrics; however, if you look around your office you’ll find a better clue. Who’s In … Continued. The post How to Know if You’re Successful at Consulting appeared first on David A.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

You should understand the host and their goals for the event, including the topic of discussion and what areas they’d like to focus on. I You should have three to five talking points you want to make throughout the event, and cater them to the demographic of the audience.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2022

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Attend company events, participate in professional groups, and connect with colleagues from different departments. Build Strong Relationships Building strong relationships is foundational for navigating organizational politics. Here are some strategies: Networking: Actively engage in networking opportunities within your organization.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2024

Typically, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) don’t have the resources to hunker down at an annual strategy retreat or to stop everything they’re doing to respond to unexpected emergencies or events that threaten the bottom line. This puts them at a disadvantage compared to their larger competitors.

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Consulting Success

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

People feel they have to behave like someone they’re not, and a “successful” networking event is judged by how many business cards people manage to discard! The Power of Networking: Building Strategic Relationships for Solo Consultants and Consulting Firms The word “networking” often has negative connotations. Whether you’re a new.

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Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2024

As companies prepare for climate change, many overlook the critical impact on employee health from events like wildfires, extreme heat, and flooding. This oversight can lead to significant financial costs due to increased healthcare expenses, reduced productivity, and decreased labor availability.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2024

We’ll talk about ambition, trust, DEI, and more during this half-day virtual event.

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David A Fields

APRIL 2, 2019

The door to improvement and growth opens when you reflect on an experience, not simply from living through the event. You want your consulting firm to continuously improve and grow. Ergo, reflecting on every project will help your consulting firm thrive. But what, specifically, should you evaluate?

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The question is: Are you making the most of these events? Are you making the most of the events that you invest time and money to attend? And as importantly - are you taking advantage of the networking events that you may not even realize you're attending every week? In this video you'll discover: How to choose the right events.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2024

The review highlights the numerous ways in which employees, teams, leaders, organizations, and societies were impacted and offers lessons for managing through future pandemics or other events of mass disruption.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In todays compelling episode, Mike welcomes his cousin and Consulting Success co-founder, Sam Zipursky, to delve into the transformative power of Mastermind events, a strategy that has been instrumental in their many years of Consulting Success. Together, they.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Their likelihood of experiencing an adverse event (measured by the chance of being delisted) is significantly higher when they hold less cash. Researchers have pointed to multiple reasons, including flexibility for M&A and tax advantages. But new research suggests it’s also a form of insurance, especially for smaller firms.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2024

These can range from exogenous shocks, such as inflation, supply-chain disruption, or political events; operating-model issues, such as the need to change technology, governance, or ways of working; or human dynamics, such as employee confidence in or ownership of the change.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The rise of hybrid methods isn’t tied to a particular time or event; instead, they have evolved organically as a response to the needs of modern, complex projects. But many projects — especially those with diverse stakeholder needs and complex structures — benefit from a hybrid approach that combines aspects of Waterfall and Agile.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate Nestlé is an example of a company that has embraced this concept in its factories and, as a result, has built a resilient operational model that has helped the company effectively respond to adverse events and challenges.

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David A Fields

JANUARY 8, 2019

Are there consultants who love to sleep in impersonal hotel rooms, consume unhealthy food, miss family events and endure flight delays? After all, there are people who love to eat crickets.It doesn’t amaze me that old, storied, brand name consulting firms primarily employ an on-site consulting model. After all, those firms are old.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The question is: Are you making the most of these events? Are you making the most of the events that you invest time and money to attend? And as importantly - are you taking advantage of the networking events that you may not even realize you're attending every week? In this video you'll discover: How to choose the right events.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Others find it hard to fully move on, wondering why they remain exhausted and still carry the weight of the event with them. Many mistakenly believe that, once they report a situation or incident, they’ll experience relief, but find they continue to feel and process the aftershocks of what happened even years later.

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David A Fields

AUGUST 27, 2019

centric) events to glean some lessons for us consulting firm leaders. I mean, other than the importance of avoiding giant asteroids, bubonic plague and Bucky, the neighbor’s biting, St. I’ve cherry picked a handful of recent-ish decades and highlighted seminal (U.S.-centric) See whether or not you agree. … Continued.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Read more: How to Improve Operational Efficiency in Project-Based Organizations Effective risk management Risk is part and parcel of any business; it is associated not only with negative events but opportunities as well.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

Accordingly, they are more vulnerable to the consequences of risk-bearing events. Speaking about the risk-bearing events affecting aerospace engineering projects, we can divide them into three groups: project management, engineering risks, and those that are typical for the aerospace and defense industry.

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Henry DeVries

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I had interesting conversations at the pre-Super Bowl LVII Legends and Leaders Celebration in Phoenix on February 10: one on building great business partnerships and another on what's being done to team up to fight the fentanyl crisis.

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Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 8, 2024

As the go-to event for learning and development (L&D) professionals, DevLearn will host over 4,500 attendees and offer over 200 sessions designed to inspire, educate, and ignite innovation in corporate training, eLearning, and beyond. Don’t miss this chance to be part of the most anticipated learning technologies event of the year.

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David A Fields

JULY 18, 2023

If your attention is kidnapped by major, unforeseen events, some of your obligations and responsibilities are going to suffer. However, there are two types of activities you must maintain to keep your consulting firm healthy and on track.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 7, 2018

Despite these historic events, we’re most excited … Continued. Welcome to a year that contains the Winter Olympics happening in South Korea, the FIFA World Cup taking place in Russia, Mars’ close approach to earth, and the next royal wedding.

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