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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

Interpersonal, Facilitation & Leadership Skills – Interpersonal and leadership skills are pretty well-documented in other areas. One of my favorite foundational books on leadership is the Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner ( [link] ).

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Effective Manufacturing Operations Management in 2024

Epicflow

MOM helps ensure that your production processes comply with industry standards — this becomes possible thanks to real-time monitoring, accurate documentation, and traceability. Documenting is essential for effective standardization, as it helps effectively train new employees and scale your operations.

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Book Review of “The New How” (Business Strategy Book)

Steve Shu Consulting

the book explicitly documents a collaborative process that one can use to develop strategy, a process which from my vantage point has only been addressed either through mentorship and transfer of tacit knowledge or in fragments within other documents. through customized, experiential learning sessions.

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Facilitation Technique: “Painting the Ends of the Spectrum”

Steve Shu Consulting

While I don’t often write about leadership, management, and consulting “techniques”, there’s one that I wanted to share as I’ve found it useful when facilitating a diverse group of folks. I call it “painting the ends of the spectrum”, although I’m sure there other varieties and names for this approach.

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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

Elaborately defined, documented, and monitored processes and procedures? The preparation for that week, combined with the burden of having the leadership team unavailable for such a long period of time, hamstrung Ford’s ability to react to operational issues in a timely manner. Long commutes? Four-hour meetings? Low-value travel?

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What’s Holding Women in Medicine Back from Leadership

Harvard Business

and gender parity is still not reflected in medical leadership. For example, women do not achieve promotions or advancement to leadership positions at the same rate as their male peers. Highly qualified women do not attain independent grants, publications, and leadership positions at the same rate , either. medical schools.

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Why and How Personal Branding is Vital for Independent Consultants

Successful Independent Consulting

For example: not “ Management Consultant ” but “ Leadership for Companies in Transition. ” In your email signature On your business card On your résumé At the top of your LinkedIn profile On your blog and/or website On your Twitter profile On your letterhead and document templates Be consistent: use the same wording across all mediums.