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Eight common challenges of boutique consulting firms

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When I started this, I thought that my audience would be people in big companies stuck inside strategy, finance, or analytics groups that didn’t have access to training. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? The training was vital to the success of the firm, and everyone treated it as such.

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The Ultimate Guide To Becoming A Freelance Consultant: 25 Things I’ve Learned

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One exercise I have all people go through who are thinking about taking the leap is the fear setting exercise , which forces you to write down some of your worst fears in relation to finances and other fears of failure. I made a number of changes in my finances, including lowering my rent and changing some of my spending habits.

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The Pyramid Principle: Book Summary & Review (Part 2: Logic In Thinking)

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For example, let’s say you are assessing a business. You might create a simple framework looking at things from a high-level: strategy, finance, operations, and talent. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Another way of applying structure is through frameworks.

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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

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Using the GSO, consultants started every engagement by thinking of the outlook for the industry of their client, the place of the client in the industry, the effectiveness of management, the state of its finances, and favorable or unfavorable factors that might affect the future of the firm.”.