How NOT to Thrive!
In a couple of weeks or so, my newest book, Thrive! will be published. It is my first, hard cover, self-published book. I’ve decided on this route, despite new contracts with McGraw-Hill for 2010 and another publisher pending, because I
Lean Solo
Guest Article: Five Reasons Why the Best Solo Consultants Are Inherently Lean By Katherine Radeka As a solo consultant, I unabashedly claim that I am inherently leaner than my colleagues at large lean consulting firms: I deliver more value for the client’s investment
Lawyers Gradually Gaining Intelligence
Meredith Hamilton sends this link about lawyers turning toward project fees: http://tinyurl.com/yexrvjx
Implicitly Explicit
At the Million Dollar Club’s meeting in St. Lucia we all present our visions of near-term trends in business and services. I’ll share one of mine here. Just-in-Time mindsets have been applied to save huge amounts of manufacturing costs, inventory expense,
Success Tactics
I'm gazing out at the sea on my final morning in this glorious room. As I often do, I'm also trying to synthesize what I've learned over the last few days at the Million Dollar Club. Here are some ideas—a
Wholesale and Retail
St. Lucia: We had a fascinating discussion today that revolved around the "wholesale" and "retail" nature of consulting. In brief, the wholesale application is to organizational entities, and the retail to individuals. Many consultants (and speakers, coaches, and so on)
Best Practices
From David Natalizia: Alan, Again and again your words ring true. I just got evaluations back from a webinar that I conducted, and I was amused that amidst many, many, great reviews there was a small handful of people who didn't like
Good Morning, Reverend Sharpton
Contessa Brewer, a newsreader for MSNBC, who by the way attended the Newhouse School of Journalism at Syracuse at the same time as my daughter, introduced the Reverend Jessie Jackson yesterday as the Reverend Al Sharpton. After the greeting,
From Technology’s Front Lines
These are the first words I'm writing from my brand-spanking-new MacBook Pro, with it's cool anti-glare screen, recessed keyboard area, Snow Leopard OS, and enough media stuff to launch an independent film. The transfer through firewire took 20 minutes, and
12 Coaching Issues
Here is a summary of issues we covered in the Consulting College Grad School that are common focal points when coaching. Thanks again to Betsy Waits for compiling. Alan’s 12 Coaching Issues 1. No clarity on goals. What are developmental goals to be