David A Fields

JUNE 30, 2020

If your consulting firm’s offerings aren’t generating gleaming stacks of revenue, it’s time to develop a Level 3 Offering. You’re not alone if the projects that sustained your consulting business in the past have recently become difficult to close.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2020

Welcome to the July 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Ken Byler of Higher Ground Consulting Group contributed Why Leaders Need Imagination.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Welcome to the December 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared Develop in Place. Communication.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Welcome to the April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared 4 Keys to Leading through Crisis.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2017

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. Still, there are features of work life as an independent consultant that can be embraced by anyone in a work role.

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David A Fields

MAY 24, 2022

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

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David A Fields

AUGUST 3, 2021

Your hard work on business development and some good luck resulted in big opportunities for your seed optimization consulting firm: potential engagements with Worldwide Walnuts, Paramus Pecan Co, and NoNutz.com all at the same time. But, somehow none of those opportunities blossom into closed projects.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, customer service, development, engagement, and more. Development. It‘s your job to help your employees to develop and to improve. Communication.

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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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Nathan Magnuson

JUNE 10, 2013

” “Well, I’m a consultant.” ” “A consultant? Human Resources Leadership Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness analyze consulting design development evaluation gap analysis implementation management methodology programs project management requirements'

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. tragedy developed the ability to lead quickly. Development.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 13, 2018

Last month we had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Marcella Bremer to talk about her work in developing a positive culture in the workplace, her new book, Developing a Positive Culture , and the Positive Culture Academy (classes start April 2nd). What made you decide to write Developing a Positive Culture ?

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Advice: The seven behaviours you need to succeed as a management consultant in 2024 Written by Ian Wylie Wednesday 13 December 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Be receptive to diverse viewpoints, keep an eye on the details and practice agility.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

Welcome to the June Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Development. Marcella asks: “What would happen if you saw your next project as a party with you as the host?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Welcome to the March Leadership Development Carnival! Lisa shares ways to help your team coax out and address the “elephants in the middle of the living room” that can get in the way of successful – and enjoyable – relationships, projects, and business outcomes. Development. Communication. It relates to hiring or promoting.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, motivation, productivity, and more. Eileen reveals those stills and provides tips on how to develop them. Development. Communication.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. If you have no idea what an action learning project is, Wikipedia actually does a pretty good job of describing it. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. If you have no idea what an action learning project is, Wickipedia actually does a pretty good job of describing it. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In long term-projects, even short-term ones, it is imperative to have a system through which results are measurable. Productivity Increase : One great advantage of having performance measures is that it increases productivity in any given task or project, especially in a team. For this reason, performance measures are quite necessary.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

But, as reiterated by recent research by Boston Consulting Group, workers first need agency and control—the tenets of autonomy. Create a project structure. Foster a learning orientation, including an ongoing analysis of prior projects, workflows, and results and outcomes. And to do all that and more autonomously.

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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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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company. It’s not just mentoring or consulting; it’s a collaborative effort that involves both guidance and challenge from an experienced coach. What is Business Coaching?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2020

So, what is professional development anyways? Professional development can give you the chance to grow and expand your knowledge on the subjects that matter to you. Career development is quite challenging to achieve without goals. Setting career goals encourages constant development. OK, many of you will ask –.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2013

Interested in a career in leadership development? There are a lot of ways you can make a decent living and have some fun developing leaders. Mid-level or Senior Manager : m anagers developing the managers below them. Instructional Designer : d esigning and developing leadership courses (classroom and online).

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David A Fields

JANUARY 20, 2016

Life’s great as a consultant when you’re bustling through a project. Until the project’s done. Then you pop your head up and life’s rough while you’re hustling to get another project. The bane of independent consultants’ existence. Until you land one. Then you’re back to bustling… …and on it goes. Feast and famine.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

If someone asks you what you think about a project and you say, “My interpretation is that it sucks,” you may be honest, but you’re not being respectful. So, instead of saying that the project sucks, share what values are at stake and what concerns you have. You’re not projecting a toxic interpretation of events onto other people.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Think strategy consulting, and you're probably picturing the classic playbook: dive into the data, analyze like there's no tomorrow, and dish out advice. Enter the new era of strategy and implementation consulting. Or using an ARCI chart with areas to define who’s accountable and responsible, who to consult, and who to inform.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 13, 2020

Many companies hire consultants but how widespread is the practice? The consulting market across the world is valued at 262 billion dollars. Are you trying to figure out why companies hire an external consultant? Read on to learn how consulting professionals can help your business. Expert Advice. Change of Perspective.

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Welcome to the February 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! of Germane Consulting submitted How To Define Your Company Purpose. Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted The ABC Problem Solving Strategy. Chery Gegelman of Giana Consulting submitted 11 Tips For Dealing With Manipulators.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2015

Our June Festival is all about new beginnings, fresh starts, and project launches. Wally Bock of Three-Star Leadership says that when you’re starting a new project, it’s tempting to think you can plan the error out of it. ” This post will show you how to stop leaving projects half-finished. Think again.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Welcome to the November 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Anne Perschel of Germane Consulting submitted How to Manager Your Ego – Leaders Guide. Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed Risk-Taking Advice from America’s Greatest Mountaineer. In this post, consultant and speaker Claudia St.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 16, 2024

Encourage employees from different departments to work together on projects, fostering the exchange of diverse ideas and approaches. Encourage Lifelong Learning: Promote a culture of continuous learning and personal development. Build teams with individuals who bring unique intellectual strengths to the table.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 28, 2021

Leadership development became my one big thing. As a new business owner, I had one audacious goal – to coach, consult, facilitate, write, and speak on my experiences with addiction and recovery, behavior analysis, and leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2012

A great executive development program should be more than lots of lectures and a few case studies. Dr. Elizabeth Weldon , a leading expert in executive development, recently conducted research for UNICON on what it takes to be effective in designing and conducting executive education programs. Action learning projects.

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David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Some consultants love to travel for their consulting projects. Besides, when I’m on the road, there’s less time for marketing and business development, and I can’t play old-man hockey at the local rink. But how do you build a booming, lucrative consulting practice while staying cozily ensconced in your home office?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Welcome to the April 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. of Germane Consulting submitted 5 Ways Women Redefine Leadership. Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted Why Showing Appreciation To Your Team Makes A Difference. Dana Theus of In Power Consulting submitted Dealing With Difficult People.

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