As an independent consultant, your personal brand is everything. It’s what prompts people to contact you about a consulting opportunity and drives referrals from colleagues and friends. So it’s worth taking a look at something that greatly impacts your brand though you may not realize it: Google. It should come as no surprise that it’s…
Continue Reading8 Ways Independent Consultants Help Agencies Attract New Business
You’ve just put your heart and soul into the biggest pitch of your career. You’re confident you nailed the creative portion, showering the prospective client with a variety of innovative ideas. Still, you’re sweating. There’s a lot riding on this deal. If you win, you’ll have signed the largest account in your marketing agency’s history,…
Continue Reading3 Ways Independent Consultants Can Help Transform Your Org Chart
When the time comes to make changes, organizational transformation can be extraordinarily difficult. While businesses must respond to disruptive forces in the market, new competitors and emerging technologies, they may not have the internal expertise to navigate evolving territories. One way to deal with this is to hire an independent consultant to lead your transformative…
Continue ReadingHow Big 3 Strategy Consultants Can Move Toward Independence
If you’ve got experience working with one of the world’s “Big 3” management consulting firms – McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group or Bain & Company – you already know you’ve got an impressive story to tell. After all, you’ve been involved in helping world-class organizations solve some of the toughest business problems around. By…
Continue Reading2 Degrees of Separation: The Value of the Trusted Network
Remember Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? The goal was to find the shortest link – in six or fewer steps – between the actor and any other Hollywood personality. Players quickly discovered that the connections usually turned out to be close ones. Search Google for almost any actor’s name combined with the phrase “bacon number”…
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