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The 5 Steps of the Consulting Engagement Cycle

Consulting Matters

” It is not an exact formula you need to follow but a guideline that helps you ensure that you can deliver excellence every time, with every client. If you want to leave a company in a place to continually improve—and help them create a culture of improvement—setting up a system to measure these results is critical.

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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

What about guidelines? Consider removing policies and procedures and create guidelines and constraints instead. ” Trina's questions prompted the senior managers to consider those guidelines and constraints. The company did have a specific guideline: they wanted everyone to take at least two weeks of vacation a year.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

When designing a hybrid workplace, communication guidelines are critical to creating an effective and thriving workplace. Those organizations still in the design phase have the opportunity to avoid the mistake of not creating communication guidelines. We worked with the organization to establish clear communication guidelines.

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Selling to Government: Understand the basic rules of engagement

Jacq Hackett Consulting

All public sectors have procurement guidelines in place for the myriad of services they contract. And this includes guidelines for contracting consultants. For example, if I put NSW Health procurement guidelines into the search terms, one of the first listings is NSW Health Goods and Services Procurement Policy.

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One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business

The two companies may have seen value in capitalizing on each other’s strengths, but they failed to investigate their cultural compatibility beforehand. When tight and loose cultures merge, there is a good chance that they will clash. Tight company cultures value consistency and routine. Loose cultures are much more fluid.

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Selling to Government: Understand the basic rules of engagement

Jacq Hackett Consulting

All public sectors have procurement guidelines in place for the myriad of services they contract. And this includes guidelines for contracting consultants. For example, if I put NSW Health procurement guidelines into the search terms, one of the first listings is NSW Health Goods and Services Procurement Policy.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

When designing a hybrid workplace, communication guidelines are critical to creating an effective and thriving workplace. Those organizations still in the design phase have the opportunity to avoid the mistake of not creating communication guidelines. We worked with the organization to establish clear communication guidelines.