David A Fields

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When your consulting firm delivers recommendations well, your clients appreciate your work and compliment you. When your recommendations are delivered with the nuance and power of a John Williams score (e.g., Star Wars, ET, Harry Potter, Jaws, etc.), your clients love your work, their trust in your consulting firm blossoms, they find more ways to … Continued The post 5 Notes to Ensure Your Consulting Firm’s Recommendations Resonate appeared first on David A.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Too many project leaders think rigidly about Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies and believe that they need to choose between the two. But many projects — especially those with diverse stakeholder needs and complex structures — benefit from a hybrid approach that combines aspects of Waterfall and Agile. The rise of hybrid methods isn’t tied to a particular time or event; instead, they have evolved organically as a response to the needs of modern, complex projects.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. First, that makes no sense in a collaborative team. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. (I'm not linking to the report, because the advice is so bad.) Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A new study exploring the ever-changing landscape of workers’ experiences and perspectives around mental health, stigma, and work has uncovered new insights about how workplace mental health has changed from before, during, and after the pandemic. The findings show that mental health isn’t improving in the U.S., but there are some new bright spots, too.

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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As a leader, when you hear the words “change management,” you may cringe inside. Perhaps you remember a change that was rough, such as handling a large layoff or learning to comply with complex regulations or being acquired in a hostile takeover. Yet change management is not only called for in difficult circumstances; it is also vital in the midst of changes that are seen as positive by everyone affected.

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Kraft Kennedy

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Issue Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NetScaler ADC (formerly Citrix ADC) and NetScaler Gateway (formerly Citrix Gateway). CVD-ID Description Pre-Requisites CWE CVSS CVE-2023-4966 Sensitive information disclosure Appliance must be configured as a Gateway (VPN virtual server, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) OR AAA virtual server CWE-119 9.4 CVE-2023-4967 Denial of service Appliance must be configured as a Gateway (VPN virtual server, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) OR AAA virtual server

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Researchers are identifying and quantifying the many effects of inclusion on firm performance — and the insights they’re generating are persuasive.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In the fiercely competitive landscape of the modern business world, strategic marketing has become the cornerstone of success, irrespective of a company’s size or industry. Marketing consulting services have emerged as a beacon of hope for companies aiming to navigate the complex and ever-evolving realm of digital marketing, brand positioning, and customer engagement.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Is there a downside to scaling two businesses together, rather than focusing on each one separately?

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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Failing to acknowledge a favor or a courtesy is a triple mistake, and it’s becoming more common. ChatGPT is now promoting the idea that it can write a thank you note for you, and a text is a lot easier than a handwritten note, and yet, the level of ‘thank you’ seems to be falling. It’s not that people don’t have the time to offer an honest ‘thank you’ It’s that they don’t want to acknowledge the obligation or connection.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A conversation with an expert communicator on how his outlook has changed.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a Sales Leader Training Workshop for a High Tech Company focused on ensuring sales leaders and sales managers can effectively inspire, hold accountable, and support their sales teams to meet aggressive growth targets defined in their sales stra

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