Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you tired of the endless chase for small-paying consulting gigs? Do you want to stop under-valuing yourself through sub-contracting with other consultants and take your place as a sought-after advisor to the C-Suite? You're a purpose driven consultant , and we want to equip and empower you to do the work that you're here to do.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Systems View: A Social-Technical Perspective By Jim Smith on August 16, 2010. We need just a bit more theory before we can take the next step, which is broadening this monologue on systems from theory to principles of re-design and change.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a consultant but not sure what the consultant's role entails? Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? How I Discovered the True Consultant's Purpose (1:48).

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Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Attendees can dive into the latest trends in learning technologies, including learning management systems (LMS), learning experience platforms (LXP), mobile learning, and virtual reality training. Interactive Expo : The DevLearn Expo showcases top L&D providers, presenting the newest tools and platforms to transform your learning approach.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 17, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Designing and Building Real-Time Learning Systems By Jim Smith on May 17, 2010. ” The response to the second question is on the one hand, “isolated problems,” and on the other hand, “whole systems.”. Translate This.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations By Carter McNamara on October 26, 2011. Is the business getting started, i.e., new in a market OR has it been so successful and grown fast that it needs internal systems? Translate This.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2023

One of the most critical challenges facing small business owners is organizational development. In this blog post, we will explore what organizational development is and how small business owners can leverage it to achieve long-term success. What is Organizational Development?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 4: Types of Consultants By Carter McNamara on November 15, 2010. Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do?, That post also listed numerous roles that a consultant might play.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. As a Consultant, Know When You’re Giving Away Too Much By Carter McNamara on October 15, 2011. New consultants far too often give away far too much. Philosophy – Give Free Consulting to Show Expertise, to Establish Credibility.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 6: Good Reasons to Hire Consultants and Poor Reasons to Hire Consultants By Carter McNamara on February 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting books often suggest a sequence of steps or phases that a consulting project goes through. Did your client establish criteria for selecting a consultant, for example, do a Request for Proposal? (If Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 26, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Systems Thinking- What’s That? It was 1968 when an obscure academic at the University of Edmonton, Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, publish the book General Systems Theory. Living Systems. Organizations are living systems.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do? One of the greatest frustrations of consulting is the desire to change your client’s organization, but not having direct influence to accomplish that change.

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MAY 5, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Welcome to this 3-part article on managing resistance in consulting projects. Part 3 will describe how to deal with your own resistance as a consultant.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 2: How Do Consultants Work? Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do? Many consultants use a systematic, or planned, approach. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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MARCH 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 5: Internal and External Consultants By Carter McNamara on March 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting. What Is an External Consultant?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Organizational Character and Leadership Development By Jim Smith on December 16, 2010. Here’s more information about leadership development and ethics. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Gathering and Processing Information? Myers-Briggs is a registered trademark of Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.), Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. When Consultants Should Facilitate, Coach or Train By Carter McNamara on April 13, 2010. There are strong feelings that consulting, facilitating, coaching and training are very different roles. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How Much Should the Client Be Involved in Consulting Projects? Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting, asserts that, as a consultant, you should not be contributing more than 50% of the effort in a consulting project.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models Our Growth as Consultants (Part 3 of 3) By Jim Smith on March 19, 2011. Given the uncertainty and complexity in our organizations, dealing with ambiguity is a critical skill for consultants. Read more.].

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

In fact, there’s a part of our brains called the seeking system that creates the natural impulses to learn new skills and take on challenging but meaningful tasks. And, when our seeking systems are activated, we feel more motivated, purposeful, and zestful. Organizational Development Book. We feel more alive.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 7, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Links to Build a Consulting Practice By Carter McNamara on January 7, 2011. Our firm gets 4-5 calls/month from people wanting to know how to start or grow a consulting practice. Defining Success Between Consultants and Clients.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. They were interested in pursuing OD consulting, whether it be internal or external. Years ago I was interviewing for a job in a large consulting firm in NYC. It paid quite well and I liked the consultants who I had met.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. 7 Options for "Success" in Consulting Projects By Carter McNamara on June 10, 2010. In a highly collaborative approach to consulting, you want your relationship with your client to be as open, honest and trusting as possible.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Problem Solving? As a consultant, you work with clients to solve problems. Always consider that diversity in your consulting projects. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 21, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting? If definitions of OD are offered, they usually assert that OD is based on changing systems, especially through use of systems principles. Coaching vs. Consulting – Or Is It? and advice (“consulting”?),

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 19, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 3: Primary Working Goals and Assumptions of Consultants By Carter McNamara on April 19, 2010. Primary Working Goals of Consultants. How Do Consultants Work? Major Types of Consultants.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 17, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How "Disconnected Conversations" Can Kill Consulting and Collaboration By Carter McNamara on June 17, 2010. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine and I were talking about a particular consulting project. Translate This.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Working on Ourselves, as Consultants By Jim Smith on June 14, 2010. Why It’s Important to Work On Ourselves, as Consultants. This is why it is so important for consultants to “work on” ourselves. Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. I am looking at the dynamics from three perspectives: From Western Consultants who have had experience of and have practised Change & Transformation in Asia. Consulting. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 27, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. History of Organization Development (Part 6 of 6) – “Can People Really Change? French (an external consultant from the University of Michigan and dyed-in-the-wool Lewianian) went to see what could be done. Translate This.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 23, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Life cycles apply to many systems, including products and teams. If a system does not successfully evolve to the next stage, it can stagnate or even decline. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

Organizational Development Book. After meeting with consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers and some training, the management team tried a new format for its weekly performance meetings with the drivers. This was not inspiring on any level, to either party. Adapted from. Alive at Work. Add to Cart. The new approach?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models and Our Growth as Consultants (Part 2 of 3) By Jim Smith on February 25, 2011. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Translate This. Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Peter Block, in his seminal consulting book, Flawless Consulting , writes, “There is a set of skills that is an essential part of consulting over and above technical expertise and interpersonal skills – and these are consulting skills” (Jossey-Bass, 2000, p. Perhaps that is why so many consulting projects fail.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 27, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. A Definition and Implementation of Organizational Change By Jim Smith on May 27, 2010. First of all, my experience is that organizational development work is a very fragile enterprise. Translate This. Library Blogs Home.

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