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Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, 2-3:30 pm ET
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How to be a better Consultant in 2009-10… tell us what you want!
what you want, when you want it, and how you want it delivered
Welcome to the next annual 2009-10 aCE talentNET Global Consultant Study; inviting all consultants to share what you want, when you want it and how you want it delivered; to increase the value of our collective relationship.
This is about understanding how a Corporate Talent Agent such as aCE talentNET can better serve you and your business. Now is your chance to tell us exactly what you want from us, and how we can improve. And to give us feedback on the Talent Tuesday initiatives to date…
It is ultimately about increasing your bottomline, and how we can assist you in doing that.
Ready? lets go… click here
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=PMgyU_2fYDKnmhZ0K4amFiKg_3d_3d
…as featured in this months AdvantEdge.
What we do…
For those of you who wish to find more work, we actively continue to source projects in a shrinking market.
For those of you looking to build a business, then we are prepared to teach you everything we know, and more …yes, that’s right!
What we are in the process of doing…
We have been in discussions with a technology driven DIY version of a Corporate Talent Agent, with the view to being able to offer ALL consultants and consultancies both a DIY service and a full service (like aCE talentNET). We will be rolling out full details as they come to hand, just as soon as all is finalised.
Think of this great initiative as another “feather in your marketing bow”!
We are also revisiting our affiliate program, smartening it up and rolling it out again, in its newly improved format.
Think of this great offering as another “string” to your passive income generating bow!
As as mentioned previously, we are also looking at setting up a forum for consultants to avail as they choose to. We will also investigate how we can open up keynote speaking opportunities, as this is what you’ve asked for. But it will take a little longer.
We will however be able to be really clever and tie it in with the coaching and mentoring. Quarterly get-togethers will also offered, together with access to a list of preferred Insurance suppliers, and the ability to download the latest in book summaries and audio offerings.
We will be setting up an internet based coaching and mentoring program that will be specifically about developing you as a savvy and sought-after consultant. In time, assuming we’ve done that development properly, then it will manifest itself in (provided you have put all that you will understand into practice) you having more of your own work than you’ll possibly be able to manage (won’t that feel good!), and that you in turn will be coming to us for assistance with resourcing consultants to help you deliver.
All of this amazing development will of course come at a price, which we endeavour to keep as fair and reasonable as possible. Details to follow.
As for the aCE talentNET website, the new version is already up and running, with further enhancements to be added on route. There is a dedicated consultant section, which will undergo significant improvement as more features are developed and are ready to incorporate over the coming months.
We will keep you informed of all initiatives as we go, via announcements in the Professional Edge and the AdvantEdge. Not part of our talent NETwork?
go to the website and join up www.acetalentnet.com.au
What else you can be doing…
Learn the Secrets of Emotional Resilience
Our FR*EE Gift Offer – Two Tickets Worth $1,790!
happy consulting!
Denise Hall
Executive Director – Business
www.acetalentnet.com.au
What we know is that if you want to get more work, all you have to do is ask your clients what they want… and they’ll tell you accurately because THEY ARE the EXPERTS. Another way we put this, is “you are NOT your client”. So frankly, what YOU think, doesn’t count.
Bowing to our own learning, and as you will have seen at the end of 2008, we recently surveyed the NETwork.
Here’s a little of what you told us you wanted from aCE talentNET (full report due soon)…82.1% said you want to develop a clearer Marketing
and Growth strategy
60.8% said you want to flatten peaks and troughs of workflow
61.9% said you want find client projects
51.6% said you want to build a business
48.4% said you want get more work
55.8% said you want to increase referrals by spending
more time with clients
73.7% said you want live the consultant life you envisaged & have more controlGiven that our commitment to you is to deliver on your wants, needs, desires and frustrations, we’ve got some pretty special things planned… commencing March, with our first Talent Tuesday of the year – “Selling YOUR Consulting” Masterclass with Elliot Epstein, commonly known for ‘getting people to the next level’… fast. Read on for more details…
Talent Tuesday
Is 2009 going to be kind to you?Invest in your most important assets – Your people!
Our FR*EE Gift OfferTwo Tickets Worth $1,790!
MUCH MORE TO COME IN THE MONTHS TO FOLLOW…
How can you:
* Bring you more freedom and fulfilment in your consulting life?
* Create new revenue streams and increase your income?
Initially, by being part of the aCE talentNET Global Consultant Study…
For this inaugural annual study, we are inviting all consultants to share how aCE talentNET can continually work on new products and services to help you and your consultancy, that will not only:
* Bring you more freedom and fulfilment in your consulting life
* Create new revenue streams and increase your income
and also:
* Make you a recognized expert (or even celebrity) in your field
* Make growth, marketing and lead generation easy (and even fun)
* Build a large community of loyal fans around your brand
aCE talentNET plan to launch a number of new products and services throughout 2009.
BUT FIRST, we need your input. This will help us continue to develop products and services that will best serve your needs.
There are two reasons why you should take this survey.
1) To have your voice heard and ensure you get what you want from aCE talentNET
2) To save yourself the time and energy of having to do much of what you currently do solo.
We greatly appreciate your feedback. It will directly impact the creation of valuable new products/services for you. It is after all ultimately about increasing your bottomline, and how we can assist you in doing that.
Click here to commence…
It will take 10-15 minutes max. to complete.
The study will be available for completion until 30 November 2008.
If you, and/or colleagues, are not yet part of the aCE talentNET community, we invite you to do so by registering as a consultant via the web site.
Regards
Denise Hall
aCE talent NET | Executive Director – Business BT&D MIMC
& the entrepreneurial mother
www.acetalentnet.com
AS the Australian economy tilts towards recession next year, it may be instructive for generation Y to see how they are viewed.
Over the last month, Bernard Salt has run two workshops designed to elicit intergenerational views in the workplace. In both instances, he asked participants more or less the same question: describe the attributes of the perfect employee or manager.
The question as to the perfect employee was put to a group of 40 generation X middle-level managers mostly aged 30-45.
He wanted to create a truly mythical beast: the perfect Gen Y employee. What would such a person look like? How would they behave?
The suggestions came thick and fast… read on
This is well worth a read, and one which surprised me a little.
Although when you think about it, this generation are not going anything that previous ones have not either; mainly around maturity and really appreciating and understanding how humans operate work places, and how you work your role within such places…
