Best 33 quotes in «consulting quotes» category

The least successful athletes, those who have never won any victories, suddenly call themselves trainers.

We charge a lot of money and give advice. We charge a lot of money so you remember the advice.

Think of the challenges in your business like driving down a road with a deep ditch running parallel. You can seek advice on how to avoid the ditch or you can seek advice on how to get out of the ditch

When I was a child, I just assumed that in order for a sailboat to go, say, east, the wind had to be blowing from the west to the east. I was amazed to learn that, no matter which way the wind blew, a sailboat could always get to where it wanted to go—if it had a skilled sailor at the helm. To me, the five forces are kind of like the wind, the direction that competition within an industry is moving. Strategy is about positioning the firm relative to the prevailing winds in a way to make sure that the firm gets to where it wants to go, no matter what direction the wind is blowing.” [...]. “In fact,” added Gordon, “some of the most successful firms in the world are successful precisely because they have figured how to use very unfavorable industry winds—high rivalry, high threat of entry, and so forth—to their advantage. Look at Walmart, Southwest Airlines, Nucor Steel, Toyota, Starbucks. These firms have played in some pretty unattractive industries—at least according to a five forces analysis—and still they have been successful.

These golf people seem unnaturally obsessed. They dress kind of funny too, and it's become a running joke for Gretchen and I to e-mail the most ridiculous golfing pictures back and forth to each other. Sometimes she adds hysterical captions. She never puts them on PitchBitch, though. We can't threaten the gravy train.

...while extraordinary products and unique services still afford a competitive advantage, the one advantage that stands the test of time...is people.

With a Masters in Management from USC, I did some consultant work in Reorganization, New Products, and Change. Amazon was smart to have me as a Beta and got my advice for free. Amazon was the only company who did because for other companies, it wasn't. But what I got from Amazon is a good understanding of how they operate, the culture, and the people behind the business - Strong by Kailin Gow

You cannot earn $10 million. Nobody earns millions. You can rob, you can steal, or you can make $10 million in an IPO, but never earn so much. So just forget all this saving and consulting bullshit.

Consult your memory to know what matters most in your life.

Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies.

The only ones who can really benefit by consulting the model are those who can produce their effect without a model.

CONSULTING: If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.

Consultants must find a niche and stick to it. If you can't find one, create one.

Earning is a product of learning. You're only one letter away from earning more.

I belong to Jesus. He must have the right to use me without consulting me.

Statesman are suspected of plotting against mankind, rather than consulting their interests, and are esteemed more crafty than learned.

Consulting the value and price of gold with the blacksmith reflects not only the idiocy; however, ignorance too.

High personnel turnover is a symptom of a serious untreated problem in an organization. Seek help.

History is the collective consciousness of the then intellectuals and simply facts that show some numbers and events.

If only employees knew this...there is no hand out just because you got a degree. You still gotta make $ for the biz (employer), if you choose not to make $ for yourself (freelancer / ent).

Has your coach every played the game? Anyone can take a course, pay a fee and become a certified coach. Do you really want a coach telling you what to do that has never played the game you are trying to win? Double check and look into those that claim they can teach you, coach you and train you.

History is the collective consciousness of the then intellectuals and not just some numbers, time and events.

I had a professional background in economic development and was fluent in the language of business - even while having fought and bled politically for organized labor in the auto industry.

It is easy to spend a ton of money and a ton of time on a business and the advertising of it. Many do. Consider putting the money and the time into the educating, building and protecting of a business to allow for the right results, with the smallest costs and the least amount of time.

It’s really simple. Sell high-value stuff to people who value high-value stuff.

In the business world, there is no gray. Either you are black, or you are white-washed.

I've been fortunate to work with hundreds of best selling authors and speakers which led me to a stark reality: Very few people advise you what NOT to do. Call it unconventional wisdom. I spent a long time making this books short--so you'll finish it! If you know of a book that delivers more useful information in fewer pages, I want to know about it! In the meantime, please tell your friends to download or buy it. And stay tuned for the online test, coming soon to http://howtokillyourcompany.com/ Thanks!

Look for the positive qualities in your client's negative behavior.

More you know, better advice you give. Less you know, more advice you give.

My job is to help my clients ask better questions. My mentor taught me, 'Ask a better question, get a better answer.

now that I have self-esteem, you really can't afford me

Many people are not ready to pay for advice they can use, so the few that do, break boundaries and soar higher.

Some people say they have 20 years experience, when in reality, they have 1 year's experience repeated 20 times. (Stephen M R Covey to Richie Norton when Norton asked if he was too young to train older executives for Covey.)