David A Fields
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Phil Erful, CEO of Zeppelinnovation needs your consulting firm’s expertise. His company’s results have bobbed along uncertainly; however, with your advice, Zeppelinnovation’s fortunes would rise steadily. There’s only one problem: Phil doesn’t realize he’s tethered to a poor approach and that your consulting firm could release the restraints on success.
The Consultants Peer Group
OCTOBER 29, 2023
Seventh in a Series How to Differentiate Yourself and Your Consultancy Experience on Market Differentiation By David Norman, FCMC, CMC-AF In this, the final blog, we will attempt to pull it all together and paint a picture of how you can further differentiate yourself in a crowded marketplace. We would hope we would not have to describe Why you should do this, that it is self-evident.
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Consulting Matters
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Taking the leap into full-time consulting can be hard — here’s how Keith Smith made his transition easier Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’d love to have my own thriving consulting or coaching business?” Maybe you’re still in your 9 to 5 leadership career , dreaming of becoming your own boss but the overwhelm of all that you need to do to get started stops you in your tracks.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 31, 2023
To get ahead in the business world, it’s not enough to think stategically. You also have to effectively communicate those ideas. There are several ways to do this, including elevating the conversation to focus on the big picture and broader context, being forward-looking in your comments, anticipating the effects of potential decisions, connecting disparate concepts, simplifying complex issues, using metaphors and analogies, stimultating dialogue with questions, showing you are informed, activel
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Seth Godin Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2023
New approaches will never be embraced by everyone at first. If you need unanimous consent, you’re not going to move forward. And it’s not convenient. If it were, someone would have done it already. Finally, it’s not sure to work. If you need any or all three of these things for your project to move forward, you probably should pick a different project.
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Johanna Rothman
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Several of my trusted advisor clients have asked this question, “Why do I need to choose between effectiveness and efficiency? Why can't I have both?” A great question. I recommend they start with effectiveness. That occurs when they say yes to just the work they need now, to reduce the organizational WIP. Start with managing the project portfolio.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Curiosity is a powerful practice to infuse into a company’s culture. But managers often limit their definition of curiosity to simply a way to get information. Curiosity, though, can be a more expansive practice — it is a force for connection. We need to move away from “shallow curiosity” and embrace “deep curiosity,” where you unearth stories, values, experiences, and feelings.
Chad Barr
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
As the 22nd anniversary of my mother’s passing in Israel approaches, I can’t help but reflect on her adopted country and my birthplace during these devastating and challenging times in Israel’s history. My wife, Laurel, our family, and I have spent countless hours glued our computers, watching livestream updates from Israel, and tuning into news broadcasts and Israel Army radio.
PM Alliance
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Project teams typically focus on what will (or could) happen in the next project, and that’s the right place to put your energy. You need to look for risk factors such as bad weather, labor shortages, or funding gaps that have the potential to affect your efforts if they occur. And if those things don’t happen? Then you’re in better shape than you planned, and that’s a good outcome.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
When people talk about having an impact in the world, they are usually thinking about serving at a food kitchen or administering vaccines in Africa. Usually, these ideas are not associated with business or making money in general, which are often characterized as selfish. This idea likely stems from the history of philanthropy, which was […] The post Can a Business Have Social Impact and Make a Profit?
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Building our curiosity muscle is essential because it will aid in the efficiency of leadership, enables continual learning, and because it’s a sought after skill by employers. Like any muscle, to strengthen it, you must activate and exercise it. You can strengthen your curiosity muscle by ditching excuses, finding the right angle, changing up your routine, experimenting, and shifting your focus once you become uninterested.
Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
My 60 seconds of WIP for November 2, 2023 The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for November 2, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a science fiction short story, which does not yet have a title. Hope Easton didn’t really mind posing a steward on the Shining Star , on the way to Mars.
LSA Global
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
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 the addition of a new Director and Senior Director Assessment Center to help organizations: Improve high-potential leading leader programs Determine succession readiness for directors and senior directors Pinpoint key director and senior director confidenc
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Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of business, enterprises face the challenge of charting a clear path towards success and sustainable growth. For instance, when the retail giant, Walmart, faced stalling sales due to stiff competition from e-commerce platforms, it was challenging to formulate a roadmap into the future. Navigating through uncertainty and making strategic decisions requires a […] The post Enterprise Strategy Teams: Charting a Path to Success first appeared on Tom Spencer.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
If you’ve ever developed a product, you’ve almost certainly been derailed by scope creep. Features multiply, priorities blur, and schedules and budgets suffer. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team? Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes). In this article, I’ll explain how you can keep your team’s efforts aligned with the genuine needs of your audience.
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Scott McGohan, author of Culture Is an Inside Job, shares the leadership lessons he has accumulated in his 35-year journey from disruptive hero to sage leader.
Consultants' Consultant
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Consultants Consultant: Recently read this article in Harvard Business Review about storytelling and change. Here are. The post Storytelling for Bold Change appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
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Office Skills
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
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Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Too often, companies’ innovation efforts overfocus on one or two stakeholder groups and ignore the others. The result is failure. The best innovations create mutual value for all key constituents: the customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and investors that together have a material “stake” in the innovation’s outcome. This article provides four tips for harnessing your corporate purpose to improve your innovation success rate.
Granite Leadership Strategies
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Most Government contractors think an executive summary for a Federal proposal is only for the technical volume. If you choose to use an executive summary for only the technical proposal because you think the evaluators will only read that one, you have missed out on a big opportunity. A strategic pricing executive summary has six important anatomy components of a great price volume.
Consultants' Consultant
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Consultants Consultant: This article confirms what we already know: people are more likely to read and. The post Emails: be quick appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
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Organizational Talent Consulting
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Leadership creates pressure. In the Netflix series The Playbook, Doc Rivers shares the philosophy that inspired the Boston Celtics to a championship and his response to racism while being the Los Angeles Clippers head coach. One valuable lesson he shares for leaders to consider is a mindset that "pressure is a privilege." What is the alternative to leadership pressure?
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Setbacks are common on projects — but project managers hold four key tools to understand why they happen and how to help their teams move past them. First, understand the neuroscience behind setbacks to encourage people to learn and grow. Second, openly acknowledge that a setback has occurred to prevent backsliding. Third, adopt a growth mindset to help others strive for improvement instead of getting stuck on autopilot.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Deny the problem. Minimize it, make up data, distract from the conversation, make people feel like hypocrites, and emphasize the convenient and persistent elements of what is in place. Acknowledge the problem but point out that it’s now far too late to do anything about it. Neither is true, helpful or generous. Both happen all the time. Call it out when you see it.
Leadership Vision Consulting
OCTOBER 29, 2023
What if I told you that the secret to a high-performing team lies in its level of trust? In this episode, we do a deep dive into the nuances of trust issues on a team, and how they trickle down to create tension and mistrust among team members. In our conversation, we discuss how special behavior can detract from productivity, why going rogue is damaging, how splinter cells can create instability, and the impact of underlying team tension.
Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader
In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a
Ben de Haldevang
OCTOBER 29, 2023
Abhay Pande, David Boyd, Paul Siegenthaler and I from The Agile Gorilla collective are joined by David Cox, a business transformation professional with a passion for Customer Experience. For over 15 years, David Cox has worked around Europe, South America and the Middle East helping clients drive revenue growth and customer loyalty. We talk about who owns customer experience in an organisation, the challenge of keeping an external focus through an M&A deal, and the importance of metrics.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Digital transformation can be a tool for doing both well and good. The authors look to the example of the Dutch Lottery, or Nederlandse Loterij (NLO), which faced a wave of digital disruptors that operated in a legal gray zone offering pure online products. In response, the company proposed implementing a “KPI butterfly” to balance doing well (making money) against doing good (protecting society) as part of its digital transformation process.
Seth Godin Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Everyone knows what it is to be conscious, and we imagine that other people are also aware. That we have a voice in our heads, apparent agency and free will, a little person inside who is commenting, making decisions and in charge. We’re not sure if dogs have this, and we’re pretty sure that sunflowers aren’t having deep philosophical misgivings about this year’s harvest.
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