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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

A modern consultant is a professional that can work in dynamic industries, operate within multiple types of consulting organizations (e.g., niche, large traditional), and has experience as both an operating manager and an advisor. I also think of changing one’s reference of thinking with.

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Book review: "Steady Work," by Karen Gaudet

Markovitz Consulting

when the lean operating system she helped install enabled the staff at the Starbucks stores around Newtown, CT manage the chaos and trauma around the Newtown massacre. So, an initiative that was intended to create a consistent experience for the customer was actually creating slightly different operations in every store.

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How To Make Project Closure and Client-Consultant Transitions Smooth

Steve Shu Consulting

Some consulting partners explicitly discuss with client executives the notion of gradually winding down longer-term relationships over periods of months (versus days or weeks) so that business and operational needs are met. And your “ex” may actually refer you in this case.

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One of the Best Ways to Market Yourself as a New Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

One of the best ways to market yourself as a consultant is by having someone refer you to a client prospect. As an example, for one of my first clients as an independent consultant, I got in the door through the referral of an IT systems consultant (met at a local lunch talk) who needed to help their client do an operational analysis.

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How to Overcome Your Imposter Syndrome Fears

Consulting Matters

The term was coined in 1978 by two clinical psychologists, “referring to high-achieving individuals marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a ‘fraud.’” This all-too-common fear is called Imposter Syndrome.

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Book Review: Four Types of Problems

Markovitz Consulting

In that regards, it’s an excellent reference book that belongs on every bookshelf. Identifying the root causes of a problem that prevent something from operating as it should. Innovation that seeks to fundamentally change how something operates. The title of Art Smalley’s new book, Four Types of Problems , is misleading.

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What / Who Is a Professional Independent Consultant?

Successful Independent Consulting

Rather we operate solo- or micro- businesses. after your business name also promotes the image that you operate a company rather than just doing projects on a freelance basis. Distribute them at conferences and networking events, and give them to people who might hire or refer you. However, LLC or Inc. See Know Your Niche.)