Meddlesome

Jim and Ken discuss external company communication. Hopefully entrepreneurs will take some of this advice to heart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken discuss internal company communication - is there anything useful that comes of it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Advice for clients. Jim and Ken talk about how to manage your consultant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken explore their sources of inspiration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken hit another critical topic: Swag. Ultimately we tried to decide if it's Art or Garbage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken discuss their approaches to presentations. Ken gives Jim glowing reviews for his approach. Both discuss their philosophy and a few tricks behind their success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken discuss the roles performed on a project to make it successful. This is not the same as positions (like manager); think of it as "starting a project" or "ending a project." Roles can be fulfilled by one person wearing many hats, but more often, the skills needed mean different people performing different roles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken discuss their "work from home" rhyme and reasons...spoiler: everyone loved it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken take a fairly deep dive into dealing with employee issues. This was not fun for anyone, employee or management, but it was always necessary. We didn't get to all we needed or the depth we'd hoped for in the allotted time, so we'll revisit this topic in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken talk about work and politics—not workplace politics but Politics with a capital P. Can and should a company take political stances? What pressures are placed on businesses to do so? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken discuss having the goalposts moved on you and moving the goalposts on others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to make enemies and alienate customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken discuss the end-all and be-all of a professional services firm: utilization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do you do while waiting for an airplane? Make money in the shower, of course! Jim and Ken discuss how they use interstitial time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about the cities our clients are headquartered in and how those sites changed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following on from our talk about mission, Jim and Ken talk about corporate culture, how it develops, and what changes it, not always for the better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim and Ken talk about conducting business calls in public. Really? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do your job, do it well, and then move on. It paid off for us in the long run. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're amazed most consultants don't get to know their clients on a personal level. We're not talking about schmoozing but developing an honest friendship with them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support staff are slowly vanishing as a concept. It's too bad because they made us successful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once again, tackling the tricky question: What pen do you like? And the benefits of low-tech tools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do companies have a mission? How is it developed? Is it a written document? How is it best developed? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes, going against the grain in a business has unintended consequences. Here we discuss time off and vacation policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What makes a "bad" client? Sometimes, we make our own bad clients; sometimes, they come that way. Either way, Ken still has issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carefully documenting your work is an important part of consulting...or is it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.