N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

What exactly is executive search, and what differentiates it from a typical recruiting process? How does the executive search process work? Conducting an executive search is a highly specialized and complex process, requiring a deep understanding of your organization and its needs. What is executive search? Step 7: Transition.

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David A Fields

MAY 24, 2022

After your consulting firm wins a project, you deliver the project to your client. The post A Very Quick Process to Improve Your Consulting Firm’s BD by 300% appeared first on David A. Fields Consulting Group. However, there’s a different type of delivery that dramatically affects your success in business development.

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David A Fields

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

With the first rays of light from the new year peeking up on the horizon, you may be pondering the goals you’ll set for growing your consulting firm. Fields Consulting Group. The best, first goal may be one you’ve overlooked.

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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

What do you think about raising your consulting firm’s fees 30% or 50% or 100% or more? No one’s going to pay <insert number> an hour for a consultant”? The post A Two-Step Process for Raising Your Consulting Firm’s Rates appeared first on David A. Does a little voice in your head protest, “No way!

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David A Fields

JUNE 13, 2023

You’re already leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) in your consulting practice. Fields Consulting Group. How could you use these tools more and better?

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David A Fields

MAY 4, 2021

When you combine a strategic growth idea with granular prompts and a well-defined process, you can design a dramatic plan to accelerate your consulting firm. Your growth plans for your consulting firm can be evolutionary or transformative. Evolutionary plans allow your consulting firm to do more or to improve.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Management consulting is something you may want to consider, even if you run a small business. These are a few of the complex issues that a consultant of this kind can help you with: Team Leadership. A management consulting firm can also conduct research and analysis for you. New Process Rollouts. Research and Analysis.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2022

Process optimization can become quite tricky as the size of a company grows, especially in cases where new processes are introduced that interact with others in the chain. Even if you don’t see any obvious bottlenecks in your processes, that doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement.

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David A Fields

JULY 28, 2020

You’ve told your consulting clients the keys to success, and you’ve reminded them. We’re talking about the fundamentals you communicate to virtually every one of your consulting firm’s clients. Blame the process before you blame an employee.” … Continued. ” … Continued. More than once.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 24, 2018

In my February post , I described a simple case study of how I used Michael Fullan’s model in my change consultancy practice. So, do not think you can prepare a checklist for your process, and then work your way through it. The post Understanding the Change Process appeared first on Lead Change. Change is always complex.

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David A Fields

JULY 7, 2020

How do you consistently create powerful ideas that stimulate every aspect of your consulting firm? Ideas like employing artificial intelligence to shortcut your client assessment process, or building a … Continued. The post 3 Steps to Develop Big, New Ideas for Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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David A Fields

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If you develop an annual plan for your consulting firm, there’s a decent chance you sit down with your senior team and/or advisors for a day or two to hammer out your objectives, strategies and tactics. (If If you don’t engage in any strategic planning for your consulting firm then, as the old saying goes, “When … Continued.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Crafting a Comprehensive Board Member Profile Developing a comprehensive board member profile is a meticulous process that calls for clearly articulating the desired competencies, skills, qualifications, and experiences required. Providing a comprehensive orientation package and mentorship support are key steps in this process.

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David A Fields

APRIL 26, 2022

Tractor-trailers provide a helpful metaphor that you can employ to improve your consulting firm’s business development process. The post 5 One-Line Scripts that Will Win Your Consulting Firm More Projects appeared first on David A. Fields Consulting Group. Cookies in the cab … Continued.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But what does this integrated future look like for businesses, leaders, and executive search consultants? With its capability to process vast volumes of data, AI is streamlining preliminary stages of recruitment – from resume screening to behavioral assessments.

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David A Fields

JANUARY 4, 2017

Consultants tend to sell (and believe in) rigorous processes. However, successful entrepreneurs are known to eschew process and doggedly chase results. Uh oh, what does that mean for us independent consultants? Especially when it comes to business development, should we be devoted to the process or the results?

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David A Fields

JUNE 16, 2020

You can install a simple, powerful tool at your consulting firm that will stimulate progress toward your goals. In a nutshell, the Success Ladder captures the best of your successes and supports the process of continuously raising your game. For example, … Continued. For example, … Continued.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

As a consulting professional who works closely with top executives in the world’s largest companies, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of coaching in building strong foundations for organizations. Many individuals may hesitate to embrace coaching because they fear it will disrupt established routines and processes.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

These firms have access to a broad network of highly qualified candidates and utilize thorough screening processes to ensure that the most suitable individuals are presented to their clients. One of the key benefits of partnering with a nonprofit executive search firm is its ability to streamline the hiring process.

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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

A few months ago, you and Pip had a great conversation about their operations, and you gave some advice on effectively instituting a better butter beater process. The post How to Overcome Your Consulting Prospects’ Fear (So They’ll Call You Back) appeared first on David A. You know … Continued.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This approach plays right into the hands of eager consultants because getting from the current culture to the desired future culture becomes a gap-closing program. Consultants love a gap-closing program almost as much as they love a SWOT analysis. He is a founding partner of Experient, a workplace culture and strategy consultancy.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The process made what had been a gradual transition before Covid into an almost total transition overnight. Using remote consultations for patients with a range of more complex needs, including mental as well as physical, is a considerable challenge. Research from Syracuse University suggests that enthusiasm has endured a year on.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Posted in Leadership Coaching [link] Today’s SmartBlog on Leadership, Beyond basic brainstorming: A process for better ideas, is by Kevin Eikenberry, who is an expert on leadership development, author, speaker, trainer, consultant and coach. Beyond basic brainstorming: A process for better ideas.

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David A Fields

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

You can boost the fortunes of your consulting firm in numerous ways. Improve your processes, adopt better techniques, dial up your leverage, incorporate dessert breaks… the list goes on and on. Amongst these, there’s one, (fairly) easy shift you could make today that will help every aspect of your consulting firm. The post Wow!

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Repeatable processes and procedures add great value in stable and predictable times. Principles, not process and procedures, provide the overarching guidance in any situation for making the right decisions and taking the best action. Five Paradigm-Shifting Principles. Those are not the times we live in today or likely in the future.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 18, 2018

But if you process your olive with brine and NaOH (a.k.a., You can achieve a similar transformation when you soak your consulting firm’s proposals in “PTF.”Your The post This Proposal Writing Trick Can Help Your Consulting Firm Close More Projects appeared first on David A. lye) for even a short time, the result can be sublime.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

There are many types of consultants to choose from. A lot of people think that consulting is all strategy-driven, where companies hand a few slips of paper to the CEO and then leave. Strategy consultants. Strategy consultants are the most obvious type of consultant. Technology consultants. People consulting.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

A genuine firm will be transparent about its recruitment process , the companies they represent, and the roles they are contracted to fill. Verifying the Opportunity: Interviews and Job Offers An often overlooked aspect of the job search process is verifying the relationship between the search firm and its purported client.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2011

Most consultants don’t graduate from business school with any real world business experience. I have a very simple rule that I’ve followed for years in evaluating whether or not to hire a consultant: If an advisor is not fluent in my business, they won’t be retained by me to represent my business…end of story.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Author information Deborah Mills-Scofield Deb Mills-Scofield has her own consultancy helping organizations create and implement highly actionable, adaptable, measurable, and profitable innovation-based strategic plans. Hanna (Brown ’14) created an independent concentration, Biologically Inspired Design and is working on her thesis.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Through the assessment process, board members are held individually and collectively accountable for their performance, conduct, and contributions to the board’s effectiveness. This process holds Board members individually and collectively accountable for their performance.

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David A Fields

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Your consulting firm consists of smart, capable consultants, and you have excellent models and processes. So, why don’t your consulting firm’s projects always run as smoothly as a dogsled on packed snow? The post Consulting Firms: The “Prepare Your Client to Succeed” Checklist appeared first on David A.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Through a comprehensive evaluation process, executive leadership teams gain a better understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. Before embarking on the assessment process, defining what the organization hopes to achieve from the evaluation is crucial.

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Leading Blog

MAY 5, 2023

We now have the opportunity to deal with new realities, but that calls for an entirely new approach to half-century-old strategic processes. And too many organizations hold on to processes and procedures that not only will not help to reach the vision, but will usually impede progress. is a consultant, speaker, and author.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Through this process, they can become even more capable of making well-informed decisions, steering their organizations toward sustainable growth, and navigating the ever-evolving business landscape with confidence and clarity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

I am struggling with how to take our established Succession Process to the next level. We have been using the 9 box and Likely 5 process for a number of years, and I am trying to figure out what is next and how to freshen up the process. How strategic is your process? How transparent is your process?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 3, 2017

Or buying a TV, or a software system, or a consulting engagement, etc.) “Don’t fall in love with one, fall in love with three.”. This classic quote is the absolute best negotiating advice for buying a house. (Or Todd found several houses that would be good for his family, and moved forward with each of them as legitimate possibilities.

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