Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

Was it at a big firm with formal training (for example Deloitte, Bain & Company) or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company? If the latter, was it a company that provided access to training like General Electric, or a small to midsize firm? Type of experience — Where did you learn your craft?

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. L&D, goal-setting theory of motivation, and leadership training took shape during those five years with the band.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

Leaders striving for a better workplace may suffer consequences In a recent post on LinkedIn from the Business & Management Consultants open group, a contributor posted, “A manager who challenges the boss and stands up for their team, despite risking their own career, is a true leader.” I complied; he didn’t. Absolutely not!

Ethics 98

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to the United States Government Accountability Office , ten of the government’s legacy systems cost approximately $337 million annually to operate and maintain. Some of our clients have started with CRM implementation, for example, and then moved on to back-office ERP and Project Management and Accounting.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Our change management consulting experts knew that this professional services client faced increased competition, employee burnout, pricing pressure, and marketplace disruption. We know from change management simulation data that successful leaders of change make sure their own beliefs and behaviors genuinely support the change.

Leadership 36

Leadership Change Management Talent Training 36

Rick Conlow

MARCH 25, 2020

Management difficulties are like a tsunami that never ends. Every day I hear about it from managers at all levels. Successful managers learn to absorb the issues as nourishment, to build a high performance team. Believe it or not, a manager’s destiny is a choice. Managing in a Crisis. Getting everything done.

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Training Training Emotional Intelligence Leadership 96

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Change management consulting experts know that the key to business longevity is to proactively lead and manage change before it manages you. Managing change successfully is all about leadership change mindsets. But few sales reps actually changed their behavior.

Leadership 36

Leadership Change Management Sales Retail 36

Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 12, 2023

Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon the business. Today, many leaders are asking how they can change the organizational culture. Although culture change is challenging, making changes doesn't require considerable investments or team colocated in the same building. References: Büschgens, T., Bausch, A., &

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

He summarized the issue very simply: “We can automate mathematics, we can automate design decisions, but we cannot automate changes in human behavior.” Operations in a Connected World. ” Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. It’s a familiar story.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

We know from our change management simulation data that most leaders are challenged by unpredictable situations where the future is uncertain, and the stakes are high. Strategic scenario planning enables teams to identify and plan for key change hypotheses in advance without the pressure or workplace politics to deliver immediately.

Agile 36

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Epicflow

JULY 12, 2022

However, according to the survey by NewVantage Partners [1] conducted in 2021, only 24% of companies have managed to develop into data-driven ones. Basic day-to-day operations will be automated, and people will be able to focus more on innovation, collaboration, and communication. . Prioritization and automation of data management. .

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? They pursue management challenges.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Theodore Roosevelt Reason #1: Pressure Accelerates Change One reason to embrace pressure is that pressure accelerates change, and leadership is about change. In the book Leading Change, renowned change management thought leader John Kotter identified that overcoming complacency to change requires a sense of urgency.

Leadership 52

Leadership Study Research Sports 52

Rick Conlow

MARCH 25, 2020

Management difficulties are like a tsunami that never ends. Every day I hear about it from managers at all levels. Successful managers learn to absorb the issues as nourishment, to build a high performance team. Believe it or not, a manager’s destiny is a choice. Managing in a Crisis. Getting everything done.

Training 52

Training Training Emotional Intelligence Leadership 52

LSA Global

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

96% Job Relevance 97% Satisfaction 92% Net Promoter Score These experienced leaders were charged with project management , program management, and portfolio management across previously siloed functions and departments that were used to doing their own thing and being successful within their own span of control.

Leadership 36

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 25, 2022

This sounds obvious, yet is critical to understand: Just because you develop an ambitious strategy doesn't mean you change the way your organization operates. Other tools will help manage your strategy execution. How do we manage projects or track progress on strategic initiatives? And not only once, but constantly.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. Rapid change doesn’t have to be a recipe for confusion. What did we do?

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Knowledge as a Service Knowledge as a service (KaaS) is a “managed service” model where firms in the professional services industry offer proprietary data, prescriptive insights, and guidance, to clients in real-time through a web-based platform. We also offer change management courses for user adoption.

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Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events. Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting. But I’m struggling to reconcile his success with everything I’ve seen and studied, which runs counter to Byrne’s experience.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Towers Watson Consulting specializes in HR consulting of all kinds, and risk management consulting in particular, while also counting actuarial and investment consulting practices under its umbrella. A total of 8 Managing Directors over various regions and issue areas help him lead the widely respected firm. Talent Management.

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. And they can create a lot of value by generating new business.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management. Crisis Management. Free Management Library Blogs. Project Management.

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Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics Consulting 73

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. What does it allow us to do differently, and how will that change the way we do things in the future?

Change Management 43

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 2, 2023

If you believe that training is expensive, it is because you do not know what ignorance costs." Leaders need employees that go beyond what is expected in ways that contribute to the organization’s results and make the communities where they operate better. IBM (2014) The value of training IBM Corporation. References.

Leadership 52

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2018

As one of my clients was going through a series of organizational changes, a valued middle manager reacted negatively in each town hall, asking inappropriately detailed questions as if it was a game of “gotcha,” to show that the ramifications hadn’t been fully considered. Becoming a Manager. Karen Dillon.

How To 51

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

The leadership challenge is to figure out the best way to manage the formation of a blended new shared culture. UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL CULTURAL CONTEXT Today many industries and organizations operate on a global scale. A framework for the role of the human resource in managing culture in mergers and acquisitions.

Culture 52

Culture Resources Tools Leadership 52

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

These high-performing health systems offered a key insight: To sustain change, you need a strong strategy for engaging and standardizing the work of frontline managers. Most organizations standardize work for managers by testing it on a small scale in one pilot unit. Management “hygiene.”

Healthcare 32

Healthcare System Operations Metrics 32

Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The brand of the company was still operating from the ‘habits’ of origination and long time success from a singular product. From there we created accountability for going with the culture change to sales/service.

Sales 24

Sales Culture Energy Leadership 24

Harvard Business

APRIL 30, 2018

The problem is two-fold: first, hospital administrators and managers struggle to effectively implement these tools. Second, they struggle to sustain change that’s made. To fix this, in 2012 hospital administrators and managers implemented TeamSTEPPS , a commonly used set of evidence-based strategies and tools (e.g.,

Training 28

Training Training Survey Tools 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

We know that when IT projects fail, it is usually not because the technology didn’t work (although this can sometimes be the case), but because the changes required at an organizational and employee level weren’t managed effectively. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Leaders in the M&A environment are managing an organization that hasn’t existed before. To infuse change agility into your culture, mid- and front-line leaders — who are closest to the markets, customers, and daily operations — need to be encouraged and incented to see opportunities in what they do every day.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Companies can warp their own ethical climate by pushing too much change from the top, too quickly and too frequently. Cross-cultural differences.

Ethics 39

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Study 39

Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2017

However, transitioning to a VBC approach involves added infrastructure, training costs, and complexity of delivering care in an environment that mixes fee-for-service and value-based reimbursement. Most health systems will need to manage a multitude of reimbursement methodologies.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

Industry 52

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. But companies and government agencies are starting to find plenty of places where knowledge-based tools can make a huge difference. Don’t make your AI too lite.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 19, 2016

And then nothing changes. This includes introducing community policing; training officers in de-escalation skills and the use of non-lethal tactics; increasing the diversity of departments; improving data collection and public transparency; and enhancing the screening of police recruits. .”

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Instead, change is part of their broader operational paradigm. Organizations can capitalize on opportunities, adapt to market shifts, embrace emerging technologies, and take other steps that keep them ahead of the competition by being open to change. However, while change is powerful, it also creates challenges.

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