Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Then ego issues such as who has more power, competition for resources and unhealthy conflicts raise their ugly heads. Here's 20 questions to help you uncover your client's true culture and politics (and I promise you - it's not what's posted on the organizational chart or the values hanging in the break room!). Who are the scapegoats?

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Employers across industries continue to voice a common frustration: they struggle to find talent with the right skills to fill their open positions. The term “skills gap” appears in business […] The post Filling the Talent Void appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

GE is well known as an “academy company” — a talent incubator that exports effective leaders to other organizations and even industries.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2025

Traditional Agencies Business Talent Group (BTG) : Known for high-impact, strategic projects that often require senior-level expertise (e.g., Remember that boutique firms are more likely to value specialty expertise and cultural fit than larger agencies do. strategy development, market research, transformation initiatives).

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Then ego issues such as who has more power, competition for resources and unhealthy conflicts raise their ugly heads. Here's 20 questions to help you uncover your client's true culture and politics (and I promise you - it's not what's posted on the organizational chart or the values hanging in the break room!). Who are the scapegoats?

Culture 184

Culture Exercises System Talent 184

Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Hybrid work arrangements—combining remote and in-office work—offer the best of both worlds: improved work-life balance for employees and access to a global talent pool for employers. Building a culturally competent workforce is becoming more important as businesses operate in an increasingly globalized world.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 30, 2021

Today’s guest is Mike Zani, CEO of The Predictive Index, a talent optimization platform that helps businesses build high-performing teams and cultures. Having the right consulting team is critical to establishing a strong and stable organization and, ultimately, a successful business.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 23, 2023

In a world of fierce competition for top talent, retaining employees has become a significant challenge for many organizations. One arena that deserves increasing focus is company culture, which substantially impacts the employee experience and an employer’s reputation.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 23, 2024

We know from organizational culture assessment data that employee engagement and employee experience (EX) are pivotal to organizational success. These two concepts, while interconnected, serve distinct purposes within a talent management strategy. Build a Healthy and Aligned Culture Organizational health and alignment can be measured.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. Fast-iteration methodologies are a prerequisite, because talent tech has to be tailored to specific business needs and company context and culture.

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. These are the three biggest challenges we’ve seen: Integrating digital talent into the core business. However, one serious challenge that often arises with accelerators is how to integrate new talent into the core business.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

Many leaders become territorial and overprotective of their teams, client relationships, and resources to preserve their ability to succeed. However, when you’re looking to scale your leadership and reach the C-suite, this “fend for yourself” mentality will stop you in your tracks.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

More and more companies are realizing they must reinvent their cultures by infusing innovation into their DNA. With almost 4,000 employees, CSAA IG has embarked on a systemic approach to create a pervasive culture of innovation. Most people focus on the first type of innovation: incremental.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. You’ll have to read on to hear our opinion (see Culture section in particular). Felsenthal), a Chief Talent Officer (Mary D. Talent Development. Kirshbaum).

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Yet, our organizational alignment research found that the alignment of strategy and talent accounts for 60% of the difference between high and low performing companies. This alignment is not a one-time effort but an ongoing process of evaluating and realigning resources to meet evolving market demands and business priorities.

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Epicflow

JULY 12, 2022

During the recent decade, companies have been making efforts to transform their business processes and culture to turn into data-driven organizations. . At the same time, the talent component shouldn’t be left aside: data alone cannot lead companies to success without human expertise to use in an efficient way. . Cultural challenges.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Exceptional leaders dont just set the pace; they cultivate a high performance culture that helps people to perform at their peak. Performance thrives in a culture where accountability and transparency are the norm. Great people managers use feedback to create a development-focused culture. Do your leaders have what it takes?

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

L&D initiatives are essential for attracting and retaining top talent. Moreover, a strong L&D program enriches company culture by fostering a growth mindset and encouraging innovation. By prioritizing L&D, companies can ensure they have the right talent to drive long-term success.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2023

With the nature of work changing so rapidly, it’s no longer enough just to offer employees opportunities for upskilling and reskilling.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Redwood Shores, CA LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a New Leader Training for Healthcare Managers. Job Relevance 98.6%

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Harmonious Workplaces

MAY 10, 2024

As we discussed careers in I-O, organizational development (OD), change leadership, training, operations, and HR, he challenged me with a question, “What do all business owners need, and how can we […] The post Drive Revenue & Reduce Risk with OD & Talent Optimization appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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LSA Global

APRIL 22, 2025

Redwood Shores, CA LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a Potential Leader Training for HIPOs at a life sciences company.

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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 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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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Success is fueled by the knowledge, skills, talent, and efforts of individual consultants. As Generation Z comes of age, it is important for consulting firms to understand the hopes and expectations of the newest cohort of graduating talent. What might a new, more flexible culture in consulting look like?

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

When seeking new talent, Oliver Wyman’s consulting team says they are looking for employees who are driven, risky, and innovative. In the meantime, Marsh & McLennan was creating Mercer; in 1975, Mercer was developed as the human resources consulting arm of Marsh & McLennan. Oliver Wyman became own firm again.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs?

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PM Alliance

JULY 21, 2023

The budget element alone can make strategic modernization projects difficult to execute, but you may be able to uncover cost-saving opportunities by assessing your existing internal resources. Before signing on for these services, you should assess whether this is the optimal route based on your corporate culture and needs.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 30, 2017

Complaints about HR include things from weak, reactive business partnering to poor talent recruitment and development, from time-wasting processes to incomprehensible communications. Human capital, not financial capital, is today’s scarcest resource. Other time leakages are driven by behaviors, and culture more broadly.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This neglect has hindered their ability to leverage data into talent strategies that can help transform their businesses. Only 11% of business leaders trust HR to use data to anticipate and help them fill their talent needs. Map talent analytics to business outcomes. Implement leadership planning models.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2016

In short, a human resources nightmare , right? A new study on Misunderstood Millennial Talent: The Other 91 Percent by the Center for Talent Innovation shatters the stereotype that all Millennials are entitled whiners just waiting to jump ship. ” challenged the global talent head of a multinational consultancy.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2017

Even fewer felt that their leaders fostered engagement or commitment and modeled the culture and values of the corporation. This gave us a list of 33 traits that help leaders in four areas: developing inner resources, connecting with others, setting the tone, and leading the team. Related Video. What Great Managers Do.

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How To Culture Survey Video 135

LSA Global

JUNE 10, 2024

Talent Management Strategies for Retaining Key Employees Retaining key employees matters. Our organizational alignment research found that talent accounts for 29% of the difference between high and low performing organizations in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 15, 2018

After months of stuttering and having speech and cognitive therapy, Stuart realized that the ability to communicate and the ability to process information and his talent for both was not to be taken for granted. Building A Business on Cross-Cultural Communications. It all came together during a conversation with a previous competitor.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2018

While the group liked getting together and engaging in some joint activities — such as goal setting, best-practice sharing, and talent development — people often wondered why they were in the room. Talent Developers: attract, assess, develop, and retain talent. Talent developers. Team Roles. % Agenda setters.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Additionally, employee upskilling is a powerful tool for talent retention. They also tend to be more engaged and productive, contributing positively to the workplace culture. This approach saves time and resources while aligning your workforce with your company’s strategic goals.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

After extensive assessment, they settled on two initiatives: realigning incentives for employees and systematically introducing outside talent and practices. As a result, teams are perversely incentivized to protect and prolong dubious drug-development programs, diverting resources from more promising avenues of research.

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