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One Easy Way to Squander Time, Money, and Credibility

Markovitz Consulting

The HR department at a company approached me recently about teaching employees process mapping. Without a connection to a desired business outcome, training becomes a strictly academic exercise that will be forgotten after the next bite of a danish. And even with a connection to a business outcome, you’re in race with the danish.

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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

Pursuing tertiary studies is not only about the academics, but also about knowing which career path you want to take and how to utilise the resources you are given by your institution in order to attain that goal. Prioritise academic excellence. Don’t make the mistake of focusing solely on academics. Demonstrate Leadership.

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We Built a Diverse Academic Department in 5 Years. Here’s How.

Harvard Business

Lessons from Washington University in St.

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Say Goodbye to Strategic Planning? What’s Next?

Organizational Talent Consulting

It helps to have inclusive representation from a cross-section of departments, functions, and subject matter expertise. 2010), Scenario planning: a tool for academic health sciences libraries. As with any strategic planning process, you must carefully consider identifying vital internal stakeholders. Organizational Talent Consulting.

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The State of the IO Psychologist Academic Workforce

NeoAcademic

The American Psychological Association released a report in December summarizing the current state of the “academic psychology workforce” based upon the results of the 2015 Survey of Doctorate Recipients, a National Science Foundation project. That reduces the supply of research PhDs trying to get academic jobs.

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A Look At Academic Research on Crisis Communication From #AEJMC14

Melissa Agnes

Apart from finally getting the opportunity to meet my fabulous friend and colleague, Karen Freberg , for the first time in person, I got to spend a day watching presentations and engaging with academics (a combination of both professors and students) on their research projects and papers. Academia is important and highly respectable.

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It’s the outcome that counts

The Source

There is some fascinating academic research out there that illustrates exactly how quickly our capacity for critical thinking departs us when we are put in a buying scenario.

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