Consulting Success

JANUARY 15, 2018

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. Building A Business on Cross-Cultural Communications. Stuart was approached to do some consulting work, and the former competitor specifically wanted to know how Stuart had managed to take away all of their business in Asia.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Ron and his partners at Navalent help companies that are in pursuit of a substantial transformational change, whether it be strategic formulation, organizational design, cultural shifts, or executive leadership behaviors. Inside the world of organizational development, Ron quickly learned that being an agent of change is a real challenge.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2021

First two jobs: software developer plus project management responsibilities. “Managed” one person who actually taught me how to be a manager. Next couple of jobs: software developer plus intermittent project management. After a baby, returned to work as a developer. People Enjoy Non-Linear Careers.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 28, 2023

” How do we put a stop to that cycle? How do we bring more clients into the fold? How do we systematize the business development process? And how do we do it all without spending money and effort on digital advertising and direct marketing? Now I gotta go hustle and get some more clients. ”

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 18, 2021

A client of mine uses Microsoft Teams and I engage with them in the way they culturally use Teams, every single day. Even though we may think of going native as a bad thing in consulting because we lose objectivity, in building relationships it's a great thing in the context of fitting into their culture.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

This not only ensures accountability but also contributes to a culture of responsibility and ownership within the team. Zuhair Imaduddin is an Innovation Development Analyst at JPMorgan Chase. Image: DALL-E 3 The post Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Parallels between shared music-making and OD In the dynamic world of organizational development (OD), business leaders oftentimes find themselves on a continuous quest to find innovative and effective strategies for fostering teamwork, navigating change, and enhancing employee well-being.

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 25, 2022

Consequently, they are demanding better pay and work cultures. Take notes and watch Rick’s action-packed leadership video on how to keep employees. In addition, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website. When these numbers are poor you lose potential great employees.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Meg's impressive journey to the top and her insights on leadership and personal development are truly enlightening. Her successful career journey, with diverse roles in operations and staff groups at Disney, have been instrumental in shaping her understanding of leadership, corporate culture, and organizational success.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

Manage your environment or culture. The post Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Effective governance can serve as the bedrock of organizational culture, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and interactions throughout the organisational hierarchy, between departments, and within project teams. This article aims to shed light on the power of governance and how to create a transformative governance structure.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 5, 2023

Census data confirms cultural diversity is growing faster than predicted, especially among Gen Z. A competitive talent landscape, technological advances, and global population shifts are rapidly increasing cultural diversity in the workplace. Cross-cultural differences require leaders with cultural agility.

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Consulting Success

MAY 31, 2018

Michael was recently featured on Your First Thousand Clients podcast, which you can listen to here: Michael Zipursky: Building a Relationship Culture, The First Part of the Success Process In this episode of Your First Thousand Clients, you get to hear me in action — talking with Mitch as if he were one of my coaching clients.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 26, 2022

Isao gave her behind-the-scenes insight into the role of learning and the continuous improvement culture of Toyota. We go deep into the power of having a learning mindset and how it creates the conditions for excellence, risk-taking, and so much more. Katie's strategy for development professionals who love to learn.

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Effective Managers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Mentoring and coaching are two essential practices that play a critical role in leadership development. Both foster a culture of growth and help individuals enhance their skills, setting the stage for long-term success. Lets explore the importance of these practices and how to implement them effectively to develop future leaders.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers? Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2024

Many companies build cultures that are focused on controlling the output of low performers, rather than growing and unlocking everyone’s skills. This approach is low-ROI and ultimately problematic for high-performance cultures.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 9, 2020

You help your clients by providing an independent point of view on the root causes to organizational challenges, recommending solutions to resolve those challenges and facilitating leaders to come to agreement on how to they will work together to implement those solutions. Given responsibilities that require cross-cultural interactions.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 6, 2018

People Strategy : What competencies are required; how individuals are recruited, selected, trained, recognized, compensated and rewarded; and how performance is measured, tracked and monitored. Leadership and Culture Strategy : How employees are led, and the unspoken but understood “ways things get done around here” (e.g.,

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2021

There is also a large pool of applicants for managing consulting jobs in the developing world and few firms that are actually hiring. The management consultancy market is heavily concentrated in a few Western developed economies. The management consultancy market is heavily concentrated in a few Western developed economies.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. What about those cultural changes? Let's start with risks and how feedback loops manage those risks.

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Harvard Business

JULY 22, 2024

But by taking this approach, companies may be unintentionally communicating a culture of conformity by asking women to change who they are to succeed. Most corporate women’s advancement programs center on teaching women a predefined slate of skills purported to give them more control over their careers.

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Markovitz Consulting

MARCH 5, 2019

Jackson sums up this situation as follows: In our current culture, “knowing” is becoming something brief, perfunctory, neat, packaged, and easily accessible. Neither of our techniques is the ultimate method of problem solving, of course, but they’re both useful in developing the right mindset. Karen’s experiment is one way to do this.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Maybe you're skeptical of whether it is possible to develop a creative and innovative team and believe you should just hire for it. A common argument presented in support of team development is that if people were born with creativity, we would observe more consistency in creativity among team members.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Now picture this: Consultants and coaches equipped with the knowledge, skills, and data to influence this type of culture transformation! We chat about how to create organizational cultures that put the people first , even in today’s complex and ever-changing marketplace, and how ensuring fit sets the stage for everyone to thrive.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 17, 2020

Understands how the culture and power networks operate within the client system. Conceptualizes and develop theoretical and practical frameworks that describe complex ideas in understandable, usable ways. Organization Behavior/Development. Speaks the language of business – financials, data and analytics.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 19, 2022

How you “spend” or “invest” your time matters not just to your business and financial success, but also to your quality of life. Whether it’s quality time with your family and friends, or time focused on business development, you should see “dividends” on the investment, even if they’re intangible. Business development or “outreach”.

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Rick Conlow

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A nasty company culture and oppressive management behavior reduces employee performance and drives them away. Values and Culture Drive Employee Retention. Here is where to start, redefine or reignite your values and culture. People today want positive work cultures that make the world a nicer and safer place.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

AND assessments give you the data you need to confidently speak truth to power about not just what is needed to enhance short-term profitability (what they may want) but also what is required to create the type of environment and culture that benefits their entire realm - employees, leaders, customers, community and shareholders (what they need.).

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 11, 2024

She offers a science-based hack to confidence which is about cultivating self-acceptance of who you are and where you’re actually at in your business development. Her firm offers transformational workshops, strategic and culture consulting, and individual coaching that empowers her clients to create cohesive cultures that drive results.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 17, 2023

This type of leadership creates a culture of trust, respect, and open communication within the organization. 10 Cultural Principles of Servant Leadership Embrace the ten key principles of servant leadership. The Container Store offers its employees competitive pay and benefits, as well as a strong focus on training and development.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Yet, here is the thing: it is pivotal to a leader’s success and development. Not only that, but it is also necessary for a team’s success and development. By asking for feedback regularly from others (co-workers and the boss, too), listening to it and acting on it, leaders are more apt to create a culture of trust.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

When I was a software developer, I loved communing with the machine and solving problems with code. Until schools teach collaboration, most of the people in our industry need to learn how to collaborate. However, some smart people need to learn how to work with others. Foster and Support Collaboration Within and Among Teams.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 17, 2024

Last year, one of my business professors claimed that “people and culture are your most important competitive advantage!” While culture is essential, it is easy to imitate culture in the long run. This means that even if a company has a great culture, it is not a competitive advantage that will lead to long-term profitability.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 4, 2025

Defining Your Core Purpose No good idea has ever been developed without a reasonor more importantly, a reason people care about. Grounding your product in reality and clearly defining its purpose sets the tone for everything: company culture, team ethos, stakeholder conversations, and client relationships.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2023

As a result of this generational shift in workplace culture, consulting firms are under pressure to adapt by improving work arrangements for employees. A change in the culture of the sector could help to enhance the work environment, encourage employee loyalty, and enable hiring managers to attract top talent.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

They help clients by providing an independent point of view on the root causes of organizational challenges, recommending solutions to resolve those challenges, and facilitating leaders to agree on how they will work together to implement those solutions. How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome. It knows how to survive in hard places.

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