Your Expert Advantage: A Higher Level of Management Consulting

Oct 26 2023
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This consulting focused podcast, produced by the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada), will provide consultants, business leaders and up and coming consultants with great insight on the profession, high-level thought leadership, impactful case studies, and everyday experiences. Listeners will be left with high-level learnings to implement in their day-to-day practice.

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Consulting Success: Strategies for Building a Thriving Management Consulting Business

Oct 26 2023 36 mins  
In this episode, co-hosts Ashka Wirk, CMC and James Grieve, CMC sit down with Michael Zipursky, CEO and Co-Founder, Consulting Success®, to discuss how to build exceptional consulting practices. Many management consulting leaders possess extensive expertise in various fields but many lack the sales and marketing skills needed to start and grow their consulting businesses. Michae

Workplace Culture and Business Strategy: How Management Consultants Can Help Executives Make the Connection

Jul 28 2023 47 mins  
In this episode, co-hosts Ashka Wirk, CMC, and James Grieve, CMC sit down with Kate Fagan Taylor, CMC to discuss how to build exceptional company cultures that can support and propel your business strategies. Fagan Taylor is a management consultant and organizational culture strategist, with over 20 years of experience as a strategic leader and executive across a wide range of indu

Building Bridges: Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Consulting Perspectives on Truth and Reconciliation

May 09 2023 58 mins  
In this episode, James Grieve, CMC and Flavio Caron, Flavio Caron Business Consulting, discuss what management consultants – and everyone – should know about Truth and Reconciliation. This important conversation explores the role Reconciliation plays in economic development in the Canadian consulting industry – and how starting with Truth, and understanding Canada’s mistrea

Resilience and Renewal in Consulting

Mar 29 2023 44 mins  
In this episode, James Grieve, CMC and Ashka Wirk, CMC talk with three consulting award winners about their stories of resilience and renewal:Paul Burgener, FCMC – Lifetime Achievement AwardKurt Pregler, CMC – Excellence in Collaboration AwardMichael Rosen, CMC – Rising Star AwardFollowing the CMC-BC Institute's Awards Night, our hosts sat down with these consulting leade

The State of the Management Consulting Industry in Canada with Nik Nanos, CMC

Feb 10 2023 44 mins  
In this episode, James Grieve, CMC and Ashka Wirk, CMC talk with Nik Nanos, CMC about CMC-Canada's latest study of the management consulting industry in Canada. This study was undertaken by Nanos Research on behalf of the association – and is our 7th in a series, which began in 2005. It provides an in-depth perspective on the management consulting industry, including trends, pr

Principles of Coaching and How They Can Enhance Consulting Engagements

Nov 15 2022 51 mins  
In this episode, host James Grieve CMC talks with coach and consultant Ashka Wirk, BSc, MBA, CMC, ACC. Ashka introduces the concept of coaching, what it is, how it differs from consulting, and how she uses coaching and consulting to serve her clients. On this episode of Your Expert Advantage: A Higher Level of Management Consulting: The definition of coaching, and how it’s diffe

How to Create an Effective Change Management Experience for Clients

Oct 15 2022 39 mins  
In this episode, host James Grieve CMC and Louise Harris, PhD, CMC, CCMP discuss the valuable role consultants play in helping their clients create and execute great change management initiatives. Louise aims to equip consulting leaders with great tools & techniques to help them in their change management efforts. That includes how to use empathy and clarity to execute your cha

The Keys to a Successful Management Consulting Career

Aug 10 2022 56 mins  
In this episode, host James Grieve, CMC is joined by Keleigh Cormier, FCMC and Pierre Cormier, CMC. They discuss their fascinating career arcs in management consulting, and what inspired them to get started in the profession. Their stories provide inspiration to the next generation of consultants looking to get started in this challenging but rewarding field. On this episode of You

Customer Experience: Best Practices for Management Consultants

Jun 08 2022 50 mins  
Today, host James Grieve, CMC and Tim Kist FCMC discuss the challenge of creating a great customer experience. You’ll learn key customer experience best practices, why a customer centric approach is crucial to success, and what implementation of a positive customer experience program looks like. On this episode of Your Expert Advantage: A Higher Level of Management Consulting, yo

Why Leaders Need to Adopt a Readiness Mindset™

Apr 04 2022 50 mins  
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