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Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans

Harvard Business

At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper. Let’s go back to our seminar list and take one of the responses: “achieve $100m net revenue.”

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Less Marketing, More Consulting — How To Win Projects Within Your Network with Stuart Friedman: Podcast #19

Consulting Success

In the same conversation, Stuart has heard executives boast about their advanced technology, experienced and talented employees, and operational excellence, and then go on to share the less-impressive facts that they have missed revenue goals, have too-high expenses and are facing disappointing and surprising forecasts coming in again.

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How to Align Executive Development with Organizational Values

Consulting Matters

When I was an organizational development consultant for Disney, I worked with the Imagineers and Operators. The Operators viewed Imagineers as people who had their heads in the sky, and Imagineers viewed Operators as so focused on day to day that they couldn't see the big picture. It's an ocean!".

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Why Your Employees and Colleagues Might Be Your Most Important Customers - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DISNEY INSTITUTE

Harvard Business

Through our work conducting Disney service training around the world, we have learned that too many organizations consider service as primarily an external-facing effort, with exceptional experiences reserved for paying customers and clients.

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Can Consulting Make a Positive Social Impact?

Tom Spencer

These students coordinate the activities of five innovators while reporting to the Director of Operations on the Executive Board. In addition to the normal skill sessions, students in the management level also attend seminars to improve their leadership skills.

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Bad Boss or Good Boss: Who Do Your Work For?

Rick Conlow

Operates with position power. Offers little training or coaching. Provides on-going training and development. So, keep learning: read leadership books, attend seminars and webinars, and get a personal coach. Also, go here for this video training: The Servant Leader Coach. Communicates ambiguity. Owns the problems.

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Conversation with A.T. Kearney

Tom Spencer

Kearney offers a broad range of services including Analytics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations and Strategy. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at A.T. Are graduates able to gain exposure to more than one service line?