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The L&D Professional’s Secret Power as A Consultant

Clarity Consultants

Learning and development professionals have a unique place within an organization's structure. They are often tasked with the difficult objective of educating a technical or project-based workforce while not experiencing that environment first hand.

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Metrics and Rewards.

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Metrics and Rewards.

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Have you designed your change and project management capabilities?

Kates Kesler

An enterprise – based, c enter-led team oversees governance of the integrated project portfolio to define priorities across the enterprise. . Communities of practice develop common guidelines, methods, and processes to maintain a consistent quality standard and avoid duplication of efforts.

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So, you’ve built a new capability, but no one uses it! What gives?

Kates Kesler

She had hired top talent, built assets, and delivered high quality demonstration projects. They do all the right things: create a strategy, announce a leader, build and buy the talent needed, research and implement best practices, purchase new technology, and roll-out training. But a year later they have little to show for it.

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Start Slow, Finish Fast: Rightsizing Your Organization the Right Way

Kates Kesler

Reductions in staffing levels can destroy or erode organization capabilities or “muscle” that are at the heart of their competitive advantage and may have taken years to develop. Consider these five factors: Customers Strategy and Organization Capabilities Operating Model Organization Shape Talent. Customers.

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Gallup Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

He developed research methods and programs for the television and movie industry to help clients determine advertising effectiveness and how to identify what the market wanted to watch in film and television. This new knowledge-base resulted in new large contracts; many contractual partners are still in force today. Industries