How Are You Spending Your Social-Distancing “Vacation”?

Yesterday my 17-year-old, over-achieving daughter shared her Spring break, social-distancing To-Do list. She put the list together on her own (no parental mandate) because her Spring break plans were canceled and social media just was getting old (there is hope for the world.). With her permission, here are a few items on her list:

The Generous Act of Marketing

For the past 20 years, the B2C marketing profession has been moving in the direction of professional services. These consumer-focused companies are finally learning what professional services firms have known for decades—dare I say centuries. Sales and Marketing are...

Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk

The BS of PS leads to one common and inevitable outcome in all professional services firms–a lot of TALKING. Firms talk about culture. Firms talk about cross-selling. Firms talk about brand. Firms talk about innovation. Firms talk about rewards. Firms talk about...

This Blog is NOT Working for Me

After 6 ½ years of writing the Prudent Thinking blog, I’ve reached a point that the blog no longer works for me. I need a change and because I’m the boss changes are coming. That may sound selfish. After all, I write to you, my reader.  You’ve faithfully stuck around...

The Purpose of a Leader

In my 20 years working with some of the world’s top professional services firms, I have seen firms fly high and I have watched firms crash and burn. All the firms had highly educated people, great client relationships, and money coming in the door, but so many of them...

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