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Better Managers Isn't Enough for Higher Engagement

Markovitz Consulting

A recent article by Sam Walker in the Wall Street Journal argues that better managers are the key to delivering better results. Walker cites research by Gallup showing that the quality of middle managers determines 70% of the variance between high-performing and low-performing companies. So this makes sense.

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How to transition successfully from peer to team manager

Halo Psych

8 minute read Your manager is leaving for a new job. You made the decision to go for the manager role. Youre about to go from being a peer with the rest of the team, to being their manager. Ive worked with many first-time managers in exactly this position. You got the job. Congratulations! But what now? Youve got this!

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It’s Time to Make Business School Research More Relevant

Harvard Business

One of the biggest challenges facing management scientists has been the struggle to produce knowledge that is both academically rigorous and applicable to practicing managers. In an Academy of Management Journal editorial, we described two problems that contribute to this challenge. spiderstock/Getty Images.

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Consultant Ninja: The Secrecy of Management Consulting.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. The Secrecy of Management Consulting. Perhaps the work of management consultants is a lot more empirical, and too contextual to a specific (client) situation.

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Of Course People Aren’t Going to Do What They’re Told

Markovitz Consulting

According to the Wall Street Journal , passengers on Southwest Airlines flight 1380, which suffered an engine failure and broken window, didn’t use their oxygen masks properly. With no kinesthetic training to support the flight attendant’s instruction, it’s highly unlikely that people will do it properly. He shouldn’t have been.

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4 Key Consulting Fit Interview Questions You Must Prepare For

Management Consulted

However, the firm loses money on you in the first 6-12 months on the job – they invest heavily in training, and you are contributing very little. What do you think makes a good management consultant? If Some suggestions are to start reading the Wall Street Journal , The Economist , and Fortune. consulting interviews'

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Chris Hoff’s Guide for Consultants and Coaches Navigating Radical Change

Consulting Matters

Chris sheds light on our collective discomfort with uncertainty and how coaching and consulting can train us to build resilience during such tricky times. He began his career in sales and sales management with a division of a Fortune 500 company in the aerospace and defense industry. His formal education includes a Ph.D.