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In this article, David A. Fields shares actionable insights on how to make your consulting firm more attractive to clients. In addition to your experience and expertise, (which are both crucial, of course), there are at least seven easy, tactical, practical practices that will make it more likely clients will discuss engagements with you and […]

Loddie Foose shares an article designed to help leaders step out of their comfort zone and face challenges with ease. Have you ever looked at a challenge head on and thought, “that’s huge… it’s going to knock me over”? In your mind, it may have held the power of a tsunami wave. But what if […]

Pam Fox Rollin shares an overview of the book, Growing Groups into Teams: Real-life stories of people who get results and thrive together, she co-authored with Koby Bogaert and the team at Altus Growth Partners. How do you turn a group of individuals into a highly effective, productive team? Growing Groups Into Teams is an […]

In this article, Marja Fox explores the benefits of experiential learning, shares four steps to gain results, and steps that will maximize the impact. An unfortunate truth has revealed itself: I have hit an age when people – prospective clients, students, new acquaintances – assume I have “experience.” It doesn’t seem that long ago I […]

In this post, Boris Galonske shares a link to a keynote speech and roundtable discussion on business acumen applied to philanthropy. LEADERSHIP: BUSINESS ACUMEN APPLIED TO PHILANTHROPY Attending Bill Gates’ speech in Berlin yesterday was an enlightening experience. He explained his foundation’s approach for addressing global health challenges — translating vision into strategy, establishing targets […]

Brent Gaisford shares a case study on improving same-store-sales and building an algorithm to identify ideal locations for the expansion of a 150-store grocery retailer. The client, a private equity owned grocery store chain, wanted to expand by opening new stores, while also growing same store sales at their existing locations We gathered a broad […]

Tiago Garjaka shares an article designed to safeguard the success of transformation projects. As transformation initiatives advance and key components of the new solutions near deployment, the urge to rush to completion is tempting. Guided by wisdom and lessons learned from past experiences, you must ask yourself: Do you prefer to learn about the shortcomings […]

Robin Duquette shares an article on the necessity of digital transformation and the often overlooked aspects needed for success. Many mature organizations in traditional sectors, such as basic materials, utilities, consumer goods, and financial services, rely primarily on conventional IT systems like relational databases, implementing ERP systems or bespoke solutions supplemented with spreadsheets for analysis […]

Charles Reed Anderson shares an episode from his podcast series TechBurst. In this episode he explores the startup ecosystem in the Middle East. If you keep up to date with the latest technology news, you know that the momentum and investment has shifted from Asia to the Middle East. But gone are the days where […]