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10 Ways To Making Money And A Difference as a Consultant & Coach (Number 2 Is My Favorite)

Consulting Matters

Consultants do not work harder than their clients – they have to bring the energy and sponsorship of the work. Our clients have to bring the energy for their own change that we can support. This perspective is what will keep us in the game over the long-term as we need boundaries to protect our energy and compassion.

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Do you think culture and collaboration require an office? Think Again

Brimstone Consulting

Why we need to stop believing that culture and collaboration sit within the four walls of an office. While they recognize that the great work-from-home experiment was surprisingly effective they also believe that it hurt organizational culture and belonging and that it does not support collaboration and innovation. The reason?

Culture 97
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A 5-Part Process for Using Technology to Improve Your Talent Management

Harvard Business

Fast-iteration methodologies are a prerequisite, because talent tech has to be tailored to specific business needs and company context and culture. The job of leaders shifts from mandating change to fostering a culture of learning and growth. Knowing how to use lean, self-managing team methodologies is a prerequisite.

Talent 129
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Two Questions to Ask Before You Set Up an Innovation Unit

Harvard Business

At one large European energy company we consulted with, no less than four separate corporate functions were supposed to be working on innovation—yet none of them was supporting critical needs at the business unit level. In this archetype, accountability for innovation projects stays at business unit level. Intuit is a case in point.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values. The company wanted to preserve the energy of a start-up while creating sufficient space to accommodate future growth.

Exercises 130
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How Self-Care Became So Much Work

Harvard Business

We are approaching the pursuit of work-life balance with the same obsessive (and oppressive) energy as we do our careers. But it’s important to see how this ancient tradition is being commodified by our culture as a tool for improvement. It is an emblem of success and cultural know-how.

Study 133
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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business

.” Our solution – one transferable to other organizations pursuing innovation – has been to create an agile network of volunteer ambassadors and coaches throughout the company who have taken collective responsibility for making innovation happen and steering our organizational culture in the right direction.

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