# Jeff Kavanaugh

Become a World-Class Consultant

Source: https://jeffkavanaugh.net/

## Latest posts

- [Davos21 Day 5 and Recap](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/davos21-day-5-and-recap/) — 2021-01-30
  The theme for the fifth and final day of the Davos Agenda was “Advancing Global and Regional Cooperation.” Also a good theme for the week overall, and it shines through in the recap of highlights below. Each of these sessions&hellip;
- [Use the Six Thinking Hats to Solve Your Next Creative Challenge](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/use-six-thinking-hats-solve-next-creative-challenge/) — 2018-04-20
  The following is an edited excerpt from my book, Consulting Essentials: The Art and Science of People, Facts, and Frameworks. Dr. Edward de Bono is widely considered the father of modern creative thinking. He pioneered numerous practical thinking tools, used&hellip;
- [A Four Step Guide to Breaking Through Your Creative Roadblocks](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/four-step-guide-breaking-creative-roadblocks/) — 2018-01-30
  Have you ever had an idea—a brilliant idea—that you couldn’t wait to dive into? And have you ever experienced the frustration of hitting a roadblock after pouring hours and hours into your brilliant idea? Everyone knows this feeling. The typical&hellip;
- [4 Skills A Consultant Can’t Afford To Lack](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/4-skills-consultant-cant-afford-lack/) — 2017-12-12
  Having a fresh college degree means one thing: You know enough to get started in a profession, but not yet enough to really thrive. 
- [How To Plan Your Career Using A Role Model](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/plan-career-using-role-model/) — 2017-12-05
  We all look up to someone. Professionally or personally, it doesn’t matter. There is someone who has achieved what you want, and you can learn from them. This seems obvious and simple to most people, but most people get it&hellip;
- [7 Questions To Ask Before You Try Consulting](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/7-questions-ask-try-consulting/) — 2017-11-30
  Consulting may be the most misunderstood profession in the world. People loosely associate it with business, with financial success, but if you press the average person they’d have no idea what a consultant does, or what makes a good consultant.&hellip;
- [How To Build Relationships While You’re In College](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/build-relationships-college/) — 2017-11-23
  College can be an awkward time in your professional career. You have a major, decided what you want to do with your adult life, and are taking steps towards that career path, but you don’t yet have the traction or&hellip;
- [How to Ace Your Interview](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/how-to-ace-your-interview/) — 2017-11-14
  Here’s a scenario I see all too often when interviewing young aspiring consultants: A candidate spends hours researching in preparation for the interview, gaining more and more confidence each day as the interview approaches. However, on the morning of the&hellip;
- [The Art of Mindful Achievement](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/art-mindful-achievement/) — 2017-11-05
  Sometimes in this game called life you actually have to stop and recognize that you are human and that you have limits. We all want to accomplish everything today, but we’re just begging to be overwhelmed. Mindful achievement is a&hellip;
- [5 Business Podcasts You Need To Be Listening To](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/5-business-podcasts-need-listening/) — 2017-10-26
  If you want to succeed in business, you must always be sharpening yourself. Part of this means being systematic about how you set goals and improve yourself, but the other part is this: You need to constantly consume new information&hellip;
- [The Growing Importance of Critical Thinking](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/growing-importance-critical-thinking/) — 2017-10-05
  Riddle me this:  what is it that you can’t touch, see, or feel, but may influence your consulting career more than anything else? It may be the most important real-world skill in existence, but young professionals lack it in droves.&hellip;
- [Your Network Is Your Net Worth](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/your-network-is-your-networth/) — 2017-09-23
  Outworking everyone is one way to reach your goals. It’s how I advanced early in my career. Except, that wasn’t a sustainable strategy and it only got me so far in what I could produce.
- [The Pyramid Principle: How To Craft Coherent Explanations](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/pyramid-principle-craft-coherent-explanations/) — 2017-09-14
  We’ve all heard the conventional wisdom that says if you want to advance in your career, then you have to work hard. Except, that’s only partially true. If you want to move up the ranks from in any business, then&hellip;
- [Stop Talking, Start Doing](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/stop-talking-start/) — 2017-09-07
  While visiting London a few years back, I had breakfast with Shaa Wasmund, the author of Stop Talking, Start Doing: A Kick in the Pants in 6 Parts, which at the time was the #1 best-selling business book in the&hellip;
- [4 Pillars of Critical Thinking](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/4-pillars-critical-thinking/) — 2017-08-29
  As I sit here writing this, preparing for another campus recruiting season, I’m reminded of thousands of college students I’ve interviewed &#8212; the ones well prepared by their schools for a career in consulting, but also the many who have&hellip;
- [The New Elevator Pitch](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/new-elevator-pitch/) — 2017-07-24
  When someone asks, “what do you do?”, how do you show ‘what you do’?  Let’s face it — it’s hard to evoke a mental picture of a process, a service, or even a component of product that is the output&hellip;
- [Powerpoint Saves Lives](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/powerpoint-saves-lives/) — 2017-06-20
  I am not certain where this began, and maybe a bit of a stretch, but it is too good not to share. Of course, much of the credit goes to Jack Nicholson for his command performance and to Rob Reiner&hellip;
- [Because They Are Hard](https://jeffkavanaugh.net/because-they-are-hard/) — 2013-11-23
  Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While memorials were observed globally, my metro area of Dallas/Fort Worth was literally ground zero for this occasion. The city of Dallas has carried the burden of&hellip;