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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2022

Five strategies for managers.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

Attend Networking Events. Choose events that your ideal client will be attending (vs. When you are at the event, practice using a more conversational and branded response to the question “So, what do you do?” Here's a sample script you can use when meeting someone at a networking event : Make Personal Contact.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2020

Attending networking events with your peers vs. potential clients. If you want to own your client engagements, position yourself as a peer to the senior leaders, get out the "pair of hands" trap and earn the full value of the contract, you need to go to networking events that your future clients attend.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

one way to look at this is in terms of an exogeneous event that constituents have to react to (e.g., Maybe it can be part of a Spring-cleaning or offsite event for your company. Thinking architecture, such as how people construct their preferences using a mixture of fast and slow thinking processes (Payne et al.,

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

Attend Networking Events. Choose events that your ideal client will be attending (vs. When you are at the event, practice using a more conversational and branded response to the question “So, what do you do?” Here's a sample script you can use when meeting someone at a networking event : Make Personal Contact.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 28, 2020

Have you ever avoided a networking event because you haven't gotten your business cards printed yet or had time to craft a killer "what I do" statement? You'll never know exactly what your ideal clients want until you show up at the networking events (with or without your business card) or hit publish on your website and analyze your results.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 2, 2024

Imagine walking into a networking event and you don’t know a soul. BUT what if I told you that this 24/7 networking event could not just be bearable but actually fun and exactly what you need to build awareness about your brand and get clients ? How quickly would you want to duck out?

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Steve Shu Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Based on the recent ChatGPT events that have rocked the world, here’s a baseline working draft of an AI notice that I will use in some of my classes at Cornell. It presumes that AI will be used more and more over time and that as teachers we’ll have to figure out how to balance the performance and educational integrity tradeoffs.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 15, 2020

When it comes to networking : Choose events that your ideal client will be attending (vs. When you are at the event, practice using a more conversational and branded response to the question “So, what do you do?” your peers.). ” Don’t answer with “I’m a consultant.

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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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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

At these events, you may have learned about establishing a brand, setting fees, creating meaningful products and services, marketing, and so forth. As with many training events, what you learned is always at risk of becoming another binder on your bookshelf or file in your computer. Or maybe you read a book or attended a workshop.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2023

Think APV: Always Provide Value ● Article: What Clients Look for When Hiring a Solopreneur ● Learn about PICA’s webinars and roundtable events ~~~ Related Resources ~~~ ● Article: How to Be an Effective Consultant While Working Remotely ● Article: Self-Employed?

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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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Markovitz Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2018

When I look back at the clients I introduced to Paul’s method, I have to be honest and admit that a more traditional, kaizen event-driven approach would have served them better. And I failed. 2 Second Lean didn’t hurt them, but they didn’t reap the rewards that they wanted, and that I promised.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 2, 2018

Find out what groups or events they participate in. Some boutique firms host networking events where you can meet more consultants. Idea 5: Join a professional association and go to its events! Perhaps when you were a company employee you were a team member or SME (subject matter expert) on an initiative driven by consultants.

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Markovitz Consulting

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

And yet I’m also not a big fan of kaizen events. As one of my clients said to me, “Frankly, it’s hard to see how moving the garbage can closer is going to move the needle on our business.” Sure, they have their benefits, but they tend to make continuous improvement discontinuous.

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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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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

To attract clients, you know that you probably need to go out there and make some phone calls or send some emails or leverage your network or go to events or find different associations or places to speak or write articles or write a book.

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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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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 17, 2021

Just because the downside event didn’t happen doesn’t mean you made a good decision on a risk-adjusted basis. If you’re inclined to do this because you did it one time and nothing bad happened, you’re confusing risk (of a downside event) realized with risk exposure. This is a very important distinction.

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Chad Barr

APRIL 25, 2023

Pragmatic Business Applications of ChatGPT: Content Creation: Publishing articles, posts on social media posts, various marketing materials and developing courses and events. Seats for this high-impact live virtual event are limited, and I want to ensure that you don’t miss out!

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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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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 17, 2020

Uses this larger perspective as a framework for understanding and influencing events and change. Recognizes and understands organizations as dynamic, political, economic, and social systems which have multiple goals. Understands and appropriately apply the theories, techniques, and methods used in organization development.

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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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Office Skills

MARCH 18, 2024

Setting the stage for managing an efficient Outlook Calendar for your boss or executive starts with adding all known, non negotiable events, […] The post How to Add Holidays to your Outlook Calendar appeared first on Office Skills Training. Why add Public Holidays to your Outlook Calendar?

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Consulting Matters

JULY 8, 2020

So now you have this person in her mind, start drawing it out and think through, you know, what does it trigger event that would make them seek out help.ideally you? So what would be the trigger event? What is that trigger event? What would make them sign up for our training or webinar?

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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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