Consulting Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Today, I'm chatting with one of my favorite executives of all time, Jim MacPhee, recently retired Chief Operating Officer and self-proclaimed Experience Steward for Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. In January 2018, Jim was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer/Senior Vice President, Walt Disney World® Resort.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 14, 2022

Check out my free downloads so you can take your next step in your business journey: [link]. She is responsible for developing and executing the company's people strategy to attract, develop and retain top talent to support the company's operating objectives and financial commitments. Sarah is fun and real. So get ready!

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

To download a customizable version, visit the Visual Library. Companies wind up in trouble and squander the time, talent, and energy of their workforce when they lose focus, spend money on things that don’t make a difference to employees or the future of the business, and use operating models that are out of whack. Related Video.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

By setting the tone at the top, the CEO establishes the core values, behaviors, and performance expectations that guide decision-making and operational priorities. A CEO’s ability to shape and reinforce a workplace culture that supports strategic priorities is critical to sustainable success.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

He is a strategic and operational leader, having led strategic planning, finance and business development teams for these companies, as well as leading large operating units of over $500 million and $1 billion in revenue.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 19, 2023

She combines her financial expertise with operations, project management, and process improvement to help clients achieve their growth goals faster and harmoniously among stakeholders. Lori has the ability to mediate and find a balance between what the customer wants, what the team needs, and the financial results that all businesses demand.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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. It is about strong communication skills and leadership, and it requires understanding your audience and the context in which they operate.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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. It is about strong communication skills and leadership, and it requires understanding your audience and the context in which they operate.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 22, 2025

Teams operate best when they understand, believe in , and commit to a meaningful and shared purpose. To learn more about how to optimize team potential, download 5 Steps to Align Project Teams to Pull in the Same Direction The post How to Optimize Team Potential: A 7-Step Guide for Managers appeared first on LSA Global.

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

Astronauts, doctors, nurses, and Mission Control personnel learn to acquire good operational communication skills through classes, practice, and scenario-based simulations. Ultrasound imaging, for the time being, is the only medical visualization device that can be flown and operated on a spacecraft.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2017

I can download a PDF of the policy and there in the table of contents is 4.8.2 – Engagement of consultants. These sites will also have project specifications to download, and you also upload your proposal and quote. Make sure your proposal demonstrates clear understanding of the client’s operating environment.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the past you operated in a compensation model where you do work and then get paid. Now you're operating in a return on investment model where you invest your money, time and talents in your business with the expectation of a return. But the truth is - your business won't make money until you invest in it.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 2, 2022

How to operate in the "already" but the "not yet.". Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. In this episode, you'll hear: The role and purpose of a second act. What you need to leave behind to step into your second act.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Book a time with me to clarify your brand position and operate in your unique strengths, just like Jared. Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Discard what doesn't fit who you are or your business. Connect on LinkedIn: Betsy Jordyn [link].

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As an organization development consultant, I played a key role in aligning the senior executive team around how service was delivered on the front lines, what needed to happen to establish Disney's Animal Kingdom as a must-see park, and how the creative and operational teams partnered together.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 20, 2014

This week’s guidebook profiles the most prominent consulting firms operating in Old Blighty. You can download the guidebook here. Another week, another guidebook for you, dear reader. Where is Old Blighty you ask? Well, if you need to ask, then this week’s guidebook is probably not for you.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

This is an entry-level program where people can start to work with me and get to know how I roll and how I operate. What's awesome about what I can do here is I can get them to download like a project planner. I want to share with the first one is I have my Contacts to Contracts program. It's a part of my secret sauce.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link]. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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LSA Global

APRIL 3, 2025

High levels of organizational coordination and integration create operational leverage; low levels can cause unnecessary friction, dysfunction, and misalignment. Use these four questions to assess your cultures level of coordination and integration: Is our approach to doing business very consistent and predictable?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2017

Forest Reinhardt and Michael Toffel, Harvard Business School professors, talk about how a giant, global enterprise that operates and owns assets at sea level is fighting climate change—and adapting to it. Download this podcast. They discuss what the private sector can learn from the U.S.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

JULY 3, 2017

Yes, you’re providing services within the sector/s you know; you understand the policy and operating environment and bring a wealth of experience drawn from working in that sector. Why – because we all have that nagging voice that has us doubting our abilities, and it gets louder when we have to operate outside our comfort zone.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

As an example, Sivadasan points to Lenovo’s tablet offering using a Microsoft operating system. By monitoring customer sentiment globally, the analytics team discovered a significant opportunity for a tablet with a Microsoft operating system. Originally, Lenovo launched its tablet in only an Android version.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Regardless of approach, all groups operate in a context about their shared fate based upon how necessary, willing, able, and dependable they believe those around them to be. You are a Team If… A teaming approach is required when more than two members must exchange “things” to successfully achieve a common set of objectives.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

The STAP helped the leadership team increase trust, establish operating mechanisms, and to unify the group around a single strategic view of the division and its future. Download Case Study. Additionally, Brimstone partnered with the CEO to hold an annual leadership summit.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2017

Download a customizable version in Subscriber Exclusives. Even with a clear idea of your company’s winning behavioral signature, leaders need to develop new ways of operating. When Alan Mulally came to Ford in 2006 to help turn around the business, he took bold actions to change the way they company operated.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 7, 2022

The interim president of division recognized that an absence of operating mechanisms, role clarity, and market pressures were impeding the operation and success of the decision. Further, the division reduced emphasis on less profitable segments of the business. These segments were later sold.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Critical is connecting the dots between sustainability risks and opportunities, investor demands, government regulations, finance, and business operations to think holistically about integrating ESG into every company function. Download Case Study Building a Sustainability Business Framework. This is where we come in.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

The report said that 44 percent of companies report that agile practices are widely used within the development team, and 41 percent say the same thing for IT operations, leaving a significant percentage still using it in pockets, or not at all. Production and operations (82 percent). Customer service and support (79 percent).

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To fully enable a new vision of the future, organizations must make changes in five key business areas: Planning and Budgeting If organizations have easy access to—and indeed rely on—external talent, they can tackle new opportunities, experiment more nimbly, and operate in new areas.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

You need to be a peer to your leader outside the system where they operate so you can offer an objective opinion. The positioning goal isn’t above your client as a surrogate leader or below your client as a pair of hands, but as an equal peer to your leader and outside the system they operate within.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

company, which operates hundreds of retail stores across the country. Not only did they use smartphone apps to compare prices or download a coupon, but they were also avid users of in-store digital tools such as an interactive catalog, a price-checker, or a tablet. ” But is this true?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 13, 2016

Here are five (5) of the main types of consulting that might interest you: Strategy: Think BCG , McKinsey and Bain (although it is worth noting that these firms are doing less and less “pure” strategy work and more operations, implementation and restructuring).

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