Nine out of ten grant proposals are rejected. "Grant Proposal Makeover" shows how to transform lackluster proposals into excellent ones-that have the potential to be funded. This book stands out from other traditional grantwriting books because it illustrates common flaws and problems in proposals and shows exactly how to fix them. It also includes helpful tips and quotes from foundation program officers and funding community insiders taken from an international survey of foundation professionals.

This book is a substantial re-write of the author's earlier book on management consultancy that has established itself as a leading book on this topic. This re-write focuses upon the analysis of the impact of e-business on the consulting industry as well as examining the changing structure of the industry and emerging segmentation. It also includes recent material on the efforts of consulting firms to manage knowledge more effectively and includes new and more examples and interviews.

This book provides a new perspective on innovation in consultancy firms. Focusing on how consultancy firms can innovate in the modern era, it exposes and discusses key drivers for innovation in the industry. These are broken down into 5 dimensions - or 'Poles' - relating to forms of capital (human capital, social capital, and three types of organizational capital) that consultancy firms can use in order to innovate, both for themselves and for their clients. Readers of this book will not only gain insight into the "innovative consultancy" from the perspective of each of these Poles. They will also discover how consultancy firms need to find the right way of connecting these Poles together in order to produce the desired innovation. Readers will learn about the dangers of misaligning the Poles, as well as implications of innovative consultancy for ethics, academic research in the field of consultancy, and for careers. In addition to the academic literature, the book draws from real-world examples, cases and practice insights from various parts of the world. This book will be of great use to those interested in pursuing a career in the consultancy industry, whether they are undergraduate and postgraduate Business & Management students, students not necessarily studying in Business Schools, or others seeking a career move into consultancy. It will also be valuable to seasoned consultants and managers of consultancy firms seeking new ideas on how to develop innovative capabilities in an increasingly competitive industry.

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Erfolgreiche Beratungsprojekte sollten die Regel sein - dieses Buch zeigt den Weg dazu auf. Die Implementierung einer Consulting Governance liefert die Grundlagen, um nachhaltig erfolgreiche Projekte zu ermoeglichen - fur Berater und deren Kunden. Die Elemente, Strukturen und Prozesse von Governance in Beratungsprojekten werden systematisch und praxisbezogen begrundet. Adaptierbare Frameworks, Referenzmodelle und Fallstudien unterstutzen den Transfer in die Praxis. Chancen, Risiken sowie ein Blick in die Zukunft von Consulting Governance verdeutlichen ihr Potenzial. Eine Checkliste der notwendigen Schritte zur Implementierung einer eigenen Consulting Governance rundet das Werk ab. Das Buch richtet sich an Berater, Coaches, Trainer und Mediatoren sowie Fuhrungskrafte und Projektleiter, die fur die Durchfuhrung von Beratungsprojekten verantwortlich sind.

Praise for Organizational Consulting

"Alan grasps the very essence of organizational consulting. It’s not about foolish fads or mindless meetings, it’s about relationships, trust and focusing on key issues with a sense of urgency that gets results. His principles and techniques are easy to understand and apply."
–Pam Farr
former senior vice president
Marriott Lodging, Marriott International, Inc.

"What first appeals about Organizational Consulting is the pragmatic, battle-tested advice. However, the real gem is the underlying ethic–a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and rigor–that will change how you feel about being an HR professional."
–David Creelman
Chief of Content & Research
HR.com

"A must-read for internal consultants–this book provides a clear road map for success."
–Marilyn Martiny
Total Customer Experience and Quality Manager
Hewlett-Packard

Sometimes it's not a college degree that will make someone successful. Sometimes all it takes is a good idea, and the drive to seek the resources to help mold the idea into a plan and into reality.
"Making the Steve Jobs Movie" is a dialogue between first-time movie producer Mark Hulme and several of his professional peers about the process to take the story of Steve Jobs and his irrefutable success to the big screen. It isn't a nuts-and-bolts story of the movie industry, and it isn't a story of" what" one entrepreneur should do to make his idea come to fruition. Instead, "Making the Steve Jobs Movie" reveals an inside-look into the discussions - in essence, a "visual" "how to" - that make successful ideas into successful realities.
Joe Mancuso has more than 50 years' of experience as a successful entrepreneur and is the founder of CEO Clubs, of which Mark Hulme and his peers are members. With his help and the dialogue within "Making the Steve Jobs Movie," Mancuso shows how anyone can apply the same principals and efforts as Jobs did to Apple and how Hulme did to his movie into making their own ideas and their own businesses successful.

"40 Unbreakable Laws Of Money "reveals Wayne Wakefield's "Hidden" secrets to the money and business world that only the few wealthy know. Through almost 30-years of business and finance, Wayne discovered Laws that must be followed that secure success. He breaks the money world down with humor and a very common sense approach that brings major revelation to those who dare to take the time to read and invest in themselves.
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The "gig economy" is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors. This books seeks to get behind the contemporary buzz surrounding the term and provide some theoretical and empirical analysis of the gig work phenomenon. The book seeks to assess more critically some of the rhetorical claims made about gig work and to provide a balanced appraisal of the ramifications for individuals, employers and the economy and society in general of an increasingly insecure workforce. The regulatory framework, in particular, is examined and is shown to have lagged behind crucial developments in the gig economy, with many labour laws still historically rooted to the notion that a worker has to be an employee to be covered by employment rights. The authors show that in many respects there is nothing new about the gig economy and that its growth in recent years was in some sense predictable. Perhaps its real significance, they argue, is its potential as a business model to "gig-ize" other business operations far beyond relatively low-skilled work. When combined with automation and digitalization, the gig economy presents us with an opportunity to re-evalute our understanding of the nature of work.

The "gig economy" is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors. This books seeks to get behind the contemporary buzz surrounding the term and provide some theoretical and empirical analysis of the gig work phenomenon. The book seeks to assess more critically some of the rhetorical claims made about gig work and to provide a balanced appraisal of the ramifications for individuals, employers and the economy and society in general of an increasingly insecure workforce. The regulatory framework, in particular, is examined and is shown to have lagged behind crucial developments in the gig economy, with many labour laws still historically rooted to the notion that a worker has to be an employee to be covered by employment rights. The authors show that in many respects there is nothing new about the gig economy and that its growth in recent years was in some sense predictable. Perhaps its real significance, they argue, is its potential as a business model to "gig-ize" other business operations far beyond relatively low-skilled work. When combined with automation and digitalization, the gig economy presents us with an opportunity to re-evalute our understanding of the nature of work.

Gib deinen Mitarbeitern Tatigkeiten, die sie gerne tun und verhilf ihnen zu Jobgluck - und sie werden dich glucklich und erfolgreich machen. Dieser Ratgeber zeigt auf, wie die Steigerung des Jobglucks anderer der eigenen Karriere dienen kann. Die dargestellten Wirkmechanismen basieren auf aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen aus der Neuropsychologie, Neurobiologie, Positiven Psychologie und angrenzenden Disziplinen, sowie auf zahlreiche lebenspraktischen Fallbeispielen. Sehen Sie selbst, wie sich Erfolg einstellt, wenn eine Fuhrungskraft das Jobgluck ihrer Mitarbeiter tatsachlich in den Vordergrund ihrer Betrachtung stellt. Erfahren Sie, welchen fundamentalen Einfluss die Zufriedenheit der Mitarbeiter auf den Erfolg hat und wie sie in Zukunft ein Generalschlussel fur Erfolg sein kann. Erkennen Sie, warum die Haltung der Fuhrungskraft der essenzielle Schlussel zum Jobgluck des Mitarbeiters ist. Dazu stellt der Ratgeber, der auch als Haltungsentwickler bezeichnet werden kann, das Bild von Fred, einem exemplarischen Mitarbeiter vor, mit dessen Hilfe der Leser versteht, dass das Jobgluck seines Mitarbeiters eine hoechst individuelle und besonders sensibel zu behandelnde Variable ist. Er verdeutlicht, welche Faktoren positiv oder auch stoerend auf das Mitarbeitergluck einwirken und wie das Fuhrungsverhalten angepasst werden kann. Die anschaulich prasentierten, lebensnahen Beispiele aus dem Arbeitsalltag mit glucklich-erfolgreicher Fuhrung ranken sich um samtliche Lebensphasen eines Mitarbeiters im Unternehmen, vom Bewerbungsgesprach bis zur Beendigung der Zusammenarbeit. Zielgruppen: Alle an Fuhrung und Jobgluck Interessierten, sowie alle Fuhrungsverantwortliche. Zum Autor: Dipl. Kfm. Dr. phil. Achim Pothmann ist Speaker und Berater und begeistert seine Zuhoerer und Kunden fur eine neue Art der (Zusammen-)Arbeit.

Systematisches Arbeiten in klaren Strukturen, agiles Verlagern und Steuern von Arbeitsprozessen z.B. in Home Offices und multimediale Unternehmenskompetenz inklusive Darstellung (nach aussen) - kurz: SAM - sind die kunftigen Schlusselfaktoren des Unternehmenserfolgs. Aus der Praxis fur die Praxis lernen Sie als Entscheider mit SAM, konstruktiv auf kritische Herausforderungen zu reagieren. Die durch Krisenzeiten diktierten Veranderungen entwickeln Sie so zu zeitgemassen, zukunftsfahigen Strategien weiter. Geschaftspartner, Kreditgeber und Nachwuchs erhalten zugkraftige Antworten auf die Frage nach Zukunftskonzepten - dank SAM.

An action plan for working as a consultant Management consulting is a $250 billion industry and growing at a rate of over four percent annually. Many predict that more than 40 percent of the U.S. workforce will soon be contingent, freelance, or consulting members of the workforce--making this book more relevant than ever. Individuals become independent consultants out of necessity or preference: necessity because they lost their job or the company offered an attractive exit package; preference because they want a career change, more control over their time, or an enriched, varied work situation. Consulting also appeals to the Millennial workforce who are searching for careers that offer a good salary as well as meaningful work. The New Consultant's Quick Start Guide: - Serves as a companion to The New Business of Consulting - Provides you with a place to plan your transition into consulting - Helps you identify your niche, develop a business plan, charge what you're worth, and create a marketing strategy to ensure a steady stream of clients - Prepares you for changes you will encounter beyond your professional life, including social, family, and financial aspects The New Consultant's Quick Start Guide helps you work through the challenges of consulting such as working alone, deciding on necessary insurance coverage, finding your first clients, struggling with cash flow, and understanding market trends.

Skyrocket Your Business helps readers create a gateway to the change they want to make by showing them how not to waste another moment investing their money and effort in the wrong direction. There are several good reasons to donate to a cause. However, very few people have been able to leverage the hidden business potentials in a donation. Understanding how to make a donation to impact one's cause, business, and life will help create the next big steps and gain the competition and recognition needed to stand out. Over the past seven years, Dr. Francis N Mbunya has helped donors identify and leverage the potentials hidden in their donations in order to create massive value for themselves and their businesses. In Skyrocket Your Business at Zero Cost, Dr. Mbunya uses simple and straightforward steps to explain to donors how to: Pick their interest in the cause they donate to Pitch their interest in a donation Enable their donation to give back to themselves and their business Duplicate the impact of a donation in order to better benefit their business

The second book in the "Essential Tools For series..." on the topic of Management Consulting

Based on Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn's successful "The Essential Management Toolbox," this book focuses in greater depth on the topic of Management Consulting. This second book looks at how a management consultant needs to think, view and analyse the workings of an existing organisation in order to efficiently and effectively work to improve the issues facing a business.Check out the new series website featuring sample chapters, tool of the month and solve your management problems by talking direct to the author www.essentialtoolsseries.comSecond title in a new series that expands on the information in Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn's "The Essential Toolbox" This volume includes 30% new material in the form of new tools and techniques for guiding consultantsCovers: Development of Management Consultancy; Problem resolution and Decision Making; Top 10 Tools for Consultancy Interventions; Consultancy delivery and Facilitation; Consultancy Governance and EthicsActive author, Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn speaks regularlyEasy to use practical tools and techniques guiding the consultant and business person through their organisational conflicts

About the Author: Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn is a practising management consultant with over 30 years experience in both the public and private sectors and covering a range of organizations and industries. He holds two Master's degrees and a PhD in various Strategic Management topics. This second book includes a forward by Malik Salameh.

Die Unternehmens- und Verwaltungsberatung hat die Digitalisierung seit einigen Jahren als attraktives Geschaftsfeld erkannt, um ihre Kunden zu unterstutzen. Auch als Instrument der eigenen, das heisst internen Effizienzsteigerung sind elektronische Hilfsmittel weit verbreitet. Wie steht es aber um die Digitalisierung und die Automatisierung der eigenen Leistung? Der Autor Thomas Deelmann gibt Hinweise und Hilfestellungen fur die Entwicklung eines Geschaftsmodells im Kontext der Digitalisierung und zur Entwicklung einer einschlagigen Strategie, um fur die Zukunft gerustet zu sein.

What if self-improvement is booby-trapped? And what if there is actually a way to change one's life - in all areas, all at once - by finding and shifting the ONE hidden issue that has been creating all of the stuckness all along. Coming out of an abusive childhood and then living with the outcomes of that on-going pain, Brian Ridgway invested over $300,000, 30+ years and tens of thousands of hours on self-help, personal development, and business/money/success courses - as his life got worse and worse. Finding himself homeless, desperate, suicidal, and stuck, he experienced an awakening that took him from homeless to living the dream in Hawaii in less than 90 days. In that awakening, he was given the Level 5 Paradigm. Since that "miracle moment," he has been able to help people around the world to take their first steps into true freedom.