Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

Was it at a big firm with formal training (for example Deloitte, Bain & Company) or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company? If the latter, was it a company that provided access to training like General Electric, or a small to midsize firm? Type of experience — Where did you learn your craft?

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Chad Barr

JULY 17, 2012

The need to effectively train staff on new technology (hardware & software) and find the balance between lack of proper training vs. too much training. The post Top Technology Challenges for Small Business appeared first on The Chad Barr Group. Do it in-house vs. outsource domestically or even internationally.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

JUNE 3, 2014

Laura Stack stopped by the blog today to share her "7 Tips for Training Small Business Employees without Blowing the Budget". 7 Tips for Training Small Business Employees without Blowing the Budget Employee training is an important aspect of business growth.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Whether youre a small business or a large enterprise, Monday.coms scalability and integrations make it a reliable solution for managing complex portfolios. Comprehensive user support and training resources. Comprehensive documentation and training materials. Ensure it offers: Customizable views and workflows.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Mehak Vohra is the founder and CEO of SkillBank, a online program focused on training the next generation of marketers. Cohorts are free upfront, and you only pay once you graduate, if have a job paying $40k or more.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations By Carter McNamara on October 26, 2011. There’s a lot of money available to help small businesses, and it seems like there’ll be more available as we work to make more jobs. So OD in small businesses might be even more worthwhile. Read more.].

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A consultant must also be aware of and sensitive to the size and scope of your business. There is a difference between consulting with larger corporations and small businesses. There is a tendency to overcomplicate the service provision to small and medium size businesses by using models that have been proven in the Fortune 50.

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Henry DeVries

DECEMBER 29, 2021

"You can do all the marketing, sales training, and SEO-optimizing you want, but unless the story at the heart of your small business is compelling, all your other activities constitute merely the opportunity to bore, confuse or annoy.” Social media contrarian Ellen Melko Moore offers some advice.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Whether youre a small business or a large enterprise, Monday.coms scalability and integrations make it a reliable solution for managing complex portfolios. Comprehensive user support and training resources. Comprehensive documentation and training materials. Ensure it offers: Customizable views and workflows.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

APRIL 5, 2021

Whether you're running the show yourself or leading a team of 25, small business ownership is difficult. Not only do you have to oversee the product/service and operations, you also have to plan the strategic direction of the business.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

Business owners and leaders are all too familiar with the stressful reality of trying to grow the business. Instead, what if you could create sustainable growth for your business? Unpredictable revenue comes and goes, hampering your ability to invest, hire, and grow.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Several words always come up in practically every discussion, no matter if the company is a large enterprise or a small business, B2B or a B2C, product or service, new or established. Things like organization design, training, improved processes, and new shared metrics and performance standards are.).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Small businesses and young businesses are especially vulnerable. Census Bureau shows that these businesses were more likely than the average business to close permanently after Hurricane Katrina, for example. Second, young businesses tend to grow faster than older ones, but also fail at greater rates.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

Assembled careers, it’s worth noting, are not new. There have long been people who generated income through a mix of different jobs, often because they were denied access to the sort of positions — generally dominated by white, middle-class men — that allowed one to make a living without taking on additional work.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 11, 2015

Michelli (2006), the founder of Lessons for Success, a training, consulting, and keynote presentation company. Many businesses just give a customer what they would expect, but Starbucks has an abiding principle of surprise and delight. This week’s post is on The Starbucks Experience - written by Joseph A.

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 25, 2014

. * Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos – talked about the Downtown Project, a new Zappos investment in downtown Las Vegas (where they are located) to encourage collaboration and community through “collisions” by putting small businesses, tech start ups and community spaces into downtown Las Vegas. Consulting Training and Education'

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Women in Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The following is a brief description of the various retirement plans available for small businesses. This plan is mostly used when the business only has the owner (and spouse) and no employees. Simple IRA: Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) can be a good solution for many small businesses.

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ConsultX

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Here are our some Business Consulting Certifications, including a summary of each, requirements and the course fee*: 1. The Accredited Small Business Consultant (ASBC) - Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants® (AASBC®). The training will complement your existing business knowledge and experience.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Dan Weedin is an author, speaker, consultant, coach, podcaster and founder of Toro Consulting , a firm that specializes in small business growth, particularly in the insurance/risk business. Betsy Jordyn: We were at a business training where we were learning how to grow our consulting practices back in the day.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 27, 2017

As a small business consultant, I see the impact that stress has on people’s lives up close. Many times it is a good thing as it forces the business owner to adapt and excel so that his business thrives. It will only be a matter of time before the overall business declines because its foundation, the owner, is unstable.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 13, 2021

He invested in a small business a few years ago and left it to do its own thing. When he started his new coaching/mentorship business, he decided to do a classic 360 with his small invested company. Phil's Solutions: Reduce pitfalls through training, support, and warming up clients. The owner won't let go.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It offered a competitive salary and extensive training, and it could point to several minority leaders in management. Small businesses, those with fewer than 100 employees, are not included in the EEOC database. There are disturbing trends in economic mobility for African-Americans nationwide.

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Consultants' Consultant

MAY 12, 2018

I’ve also spent a fair bit of timein the past 10 years in training programs for entrepreneurs, freelancers and other small businesses. Some small businesses are actually entrepreneurs. […]. Consultants Consultant: I’ve been working at WeWork in Martin Place, Sydney for the past 6 months.

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Women in Consulting

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Not to be left out, online merchants added Cyber Monday, and American Express OPEN started pushing Small Business Saturday a couple of years ago. We’re training consumers to look for the discount, wait for the deal, and to – heaven forbid – never, ever, ever, pay full price.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at Beyond the E-Myth, the latest in a long line of great books by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). Beyond the E-Myth releases December 7, 2016, so make sure to grab your copy!

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The Nonprofit Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2010

It's in long-term bank accounts, giving banks the capital to loan to small businesses. With that 5% barely being the earnings on the endowment, where's the principal of that endowment going? It's being invested. It's purchasing stocks and shares of mutual funds. capital formation. capital formation.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The good news is that it's possible to train people to see and to care. Businesses often fail to spend the time and money to recruit, hire and train fellow travelers, instead, hiring what they can and then being disappointed when they try to lead. This group is led more than managed. The pitfall: this isn't fast, easy or cheap.

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Martinka Consulting

MAY 3, 2017

This means installing computers, Wi-Fi networks, and training teachers on how to teach better (reach the kids) using technology. This is our 12 th project and it’s much like a small business. It’s also like a small business in that it’s top heavy.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

About one out of four people surveyed (of all ages) believe that they could qualify for the Olympics if they trained for the next four years. Tim Brownson points us to this recent poll of people in Great Britain. This is absurd. It’s the very absurdity of it that makes it common. We’re off the hook, so it’s easy to pretend.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2016

Originally intended to support advertising agencies, Facebook created a training and education platform to teach advertisers how to use Facebook’s myriad advertising, marketing and experimentation tools more effectively. More importantly, Blueprint users say their training delivers results that are worth the time and effort.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Therefore, when employers find employees who may have great attitudes but not as much aptitude, they instead rely on such measures as online training and assessment courses to determine just how much they will need to teach the employee in order for the person to be considered competent within that field.

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The Fearless Marketer

MAY 25, 2020

We’re all on Zoom now for client meetings and even training programs, but that may not be enough. P.S. You also may enjoy this article on Forbes about how three small businesses are pivoting during the pandemic. The post What’s The Next Pivot in Your Business? Mahatma Ghandi. Cheers, Robert.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 6, 2013

Often these internal consultants are in large organizations and from training and development or human resource departments. The typical small business usually does not have the extensive range of resources that warrants having an internal consultant. For training on consulting skills, see the Consultants Development Institute.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2024

However, what my undergraduate business program failed to emphasize was the often-overlooked world of startups —particularly small businesses that operate outside the spotlight of household brand names or well-funded tech giants such as Uber or Airbnb.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

These numbers were used to describe the health of a business or industry, to identify trends, or point out top performers. To help me understand these new numbers I use analogies based on my initial training to help me understand a new industry. They have an operating budget based on the amount of their grant.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Someone who wishes to achieve a degree in philosophy may be very different from someone who wants real estate training online. Sarah is a small business owner, and is currently learning about marketing using the internet. Aside from working on her own business, she likes to use social media, and read travel books.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 19, 2022

But who are some of these bullies, what do they do and why is it an issue for brand owners and small businesses? The number one mistake businesses make is minimizing taxes. Accountants are trained to minimize taxes, not to grow businesses. Aviv Shahar, Aviv Consulting. Did you know that trademark bullies do exist?

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