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Your consulting clients walk into each engagement holding bouquets of helium balloons they want to release to the sky. [ ] Consultants ConsultingMetaphorically, unless your clients are clowns.) MORE
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Okay, he’s not actually going to make you money, but there’s a connection between Red Ed and your consulting firm’s fortunes. Or, failing those, focus on an Ed Sheeran [ ] Consultants ConsultingMusic superstar Ed Sheeran is going to make you money. Well, indirectly. MORE
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Well, by the math, consultant is an ten-letter word. And while I am biased about the role, since I have been one for many years, I do know that many people have bad experiences with consultants – both working with them and hiring them. The post Is Consultant a Four-Letter Word? MORE
Since you’re a consultant, chances are you’ve produced a report or two. In fact your consulting firm may dazzle your clients with artfully designed presentations and printouts, chock-a-block with clever analyses, pithy insights, and/or progress updates. MORE
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StrategyDriven’s radically different approach to management consulting allows you to use your own staff, not requiring you to use ours, so your people benefit from the project experience and then keep this knowledge within your organization. MORE
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You want your consulting firm to continuously improve and grow. Ergo, reflecting on every project will help your consulting firm thrive. Or, as sophisticated, technical consultants are trained to … Continued. All Articles Consulting Consultants MORE
Years ago, early in my consulting career, it was easy to get a spot on my calendar. If you wanted to get some insight into a problem or a challenge, you could email or call me, and we could have a quick consultation. MORE
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Most consultants don’t graduate from business school with any real world business experience. At the risk of enraging many in my profession, consultants and advisors are not superheroes, they are role players. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. MORE
Half the spinning cycle of consulting is creating value for your clients. If your consulting firm can add more value, you can win more projects from more clients at higher fees. So, let’s cover the ten best ways to add value to a consulting project. MORE
You’re a consultant. Your genius is revealed by your questions, not your [ ] Consultants ConsultingYou solve problems and give advice. Your wisdom and sagacity determine your to clients, and you are literally paid to announce your well-reasoned thoughts. MORE
With over 35 years under my belt as an independent consultant, I’ve learned much about how to make life work and make work come alive. In that sense, I wish everyone could be a consultant. Successful consultants are joy carriers. Leadership Development consulting Leadership MORE
That’d never work for consulting because, well, clients aren’t always right. Rule #1 of successful consulting is to remember consulting isn’t about you. My [ ] Consultants Consulting MORE
Whether your consulting firm employs 100, 10 or 1 consultant, your firm has a culture. If you don’t actively craft your consulting firm’s culture, you still have one. Like a dinner [ ] Consultants Consulting MORE
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StrategyDriven’s radically different approach to management consulting provides you the access you want – no more and no less – to the business executives and senior managers who have the hard-earned experience needed to get the job done faster, better, and ultimately cheaper. MORE
Your consulting firm’s clients are wired to notice certain things. Let’s take advantage of that wiring to help your consulting firm win more projects and create happier clients. Consulting clients want results. All Articles Consulting Consultants MORE
Great consultants don’t necessarily want to spend a lot of time talking about theory or generalities, they would rather roll up their sleeves and get into the mix to help you address your project needs and challenges now. You just finished reading How a Consultant Can Fit Into Your Culture ! MORE
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By scheduling healthcare consulting , you can ensure that you have thought of everything. A consultant will be able to look at the organization of your business. A consultant can also help to establish KPIs and manage performance.
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StrategyDriven’s radically different approach to management consulting eliminates the bricks and mortar consulting firm offices that sit empty most of the time and then passes that cost savings on to our clients.
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StrategyDriven’s radically different approach to management consulting provides you the access you want – no more and no less – to the business executives and senior managers who have the hard-earned experience needed to get the job done faster, better, and ultimately cheaper.
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You want your consulting firm to continuously improve and grow. Ergo, reflecting on every project will help your consulting firm thrive. Or, as sophisticated, technical consultants are trained to … Continued. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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StrategyDriven’s radically different approach to management consulting allows you to use your own staff, not requiring you to use ours, so your people benefit from the project experience and then keep this knowledge within your organization.
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Well, by the math, consultant is an ten-letter word. And while I am biased about the role, since I have been one for many years, I do know that many people have bad experiences with consultants – both working with them and hiring them. The post Is Consultant a Four-Letter Word?
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Your consulting firm’s clients are wired to notice certain things. Let’s take advantage of that wiring to help your consulting firm win more projects and create happier clients. Consulting clients want results. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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Most consultants don’t graduate from business school with any real world business experience. At the risk of enraging many in my profession, consultants and advisors are not superheroes, they are role players. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.
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Great consultants don’t necessarily want to spend a lot of time talking about theory or generalities, they would rather roll up their sleeves and get into the mix to help you address your project needs and challenges now. You just finished reading How a Consultant Can Fit Into Your Culture !
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From your clients’ perspective, engaging your consulting firm is an emotional decision. The post One, Powerful Model that Explains Why Your Consulting Firm Wins Projects appeared first on David A. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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Your consulting clients walk into each engagement holding bouquets of helium balloons they want to release to the sky. [ ] Consultants ConsultingMetaphorically, unless your clients are clowns.)
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StrategyDriven is proud to introduce Marathon Consulting Group as our newest Trusted Services Partner! Having completed our rigorous certification process, we found Marathon Consulting Group to be a market leading service provider with proven client results.
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You’re diligently working away at your consulting practice, winning projects and creating exceptional value for your clients. Your current cash situation and your consulting firm’s idle capacity are top of mind for you. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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Since you’re a consultant, chances are you’ve produced a report or two. In fact your consulting firm may dazzle your clients with artfully designed presentations and printouts, chock-a-block with clever analyses, pithy insights, and/or progress updates.
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As consultants, we are masters of a particularly human trait: simplifying. The post The Best Way to Sort Consulting Clients into “Types” appeared first on David A. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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Every time you reach a consulting project’s milestone you’d like your client to be so delighted with your deliverable that they leap with joy, slather you with praise and immediately investigate whether your results can be immortalized in a Taylor Swift song.
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In consulting there are equally obvious rules of the road that are, nevertheless, inexplicably ignored by many of our colleagues. Consultants Consultative Selling Mindset Relationships attitude communication Consultative selling mindset relationships
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Is your consulting firm like toothpaste? Your offering isn’t creamy and there’s no limit to how much consulting you can bring on a plane. The post A More Powerful Way to Communicate Your Consulting Firm’s Promise appeared first on David A. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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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.
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You’re a consultant. Your genius is revealed by your questions, not your [ ] Consultants ConsultingYou solve problems and give advice. Your wisdom and sagacity determine your to clients, and you are literally paid to announce your well-reasoned thoughts.
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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. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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Now that you lead a consulting firm, I doubt [ ] Consultants ConsultingWhen you stood well under three feet tall, you chortled with unbridled glee at your father’s silly faces and merrily tried to ride the family dog.
David A Fields
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David A Fields
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Half the spinning cycle of consulting is creating value for your clients. If your consulting firm can add more value, you can win more projects from more clients at higher fees. So, let’s cover the ten best ways to add value to a consulting project.
David A Fields
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Okay, before you twist your propeller into a pretzel over the title of this article and the mere suggestion of mediocre consulting work, let’s break the idea down. Part 1 – What is Consulting Work?
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Okay, he’s not actually going to make you money, but there’s a connection between Red Ed and your consulting firm’s fortunes. Or, failing those, focus on an Ed Sheeran [ ] Consultants ConsultingMusic superstar Ed Sheeran is going to make you money. Well, indirectly.
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There’s a phrase that will help your consulting firm close more, larger projects, faster. You’ll use this phrase when you submit your consulting proposal (not in the proposal itself) and omitting this phrase is like forgetting to dip strawberries in chocolate.
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That’d never work for consulting because, well, clients aren’t always right. Rule #1 of successful consulting is to remember consulting isn’t about you. My [ ] Consultants Consulting
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Because when your intellectual barbeque sauce is lip-smacking good, it generates consulting clients. The post 3 Tips to Make Your Consulting Firm’s Content Attract Clients appeared first on David A. All Articles Consulting Consultants
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