Steve Shu Consulting
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
By way of background, I have long history in the consulting space and believe that effective communications separates leaders from the pack. And it’s something that one can continually work on to improve. Over the years I’ve read a number of books on communications such as books on writing, storyboards, logic, presentation construction, visual design, and verbal delivery.
Consulting Success
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Consulting success will be yours when you start taking greater risks and stop reinventing the wheel with every new client that comes along. Description: David Baker is a consultant who has been working with marketing firms and advertising agencies since the late 1980s. He is an author, a speaker, and an adviser who helps companies make high-quality business decisions.
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Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
In business and in pleasure, conversations are our roadmaps through the day. They are how we share information, feelings, and ideas, and the nature of our conversations dictates the all-important relationships between ourselves and those around us. It’s no wonder that conversing can be pretty energy-consuming. And we can all be guilty of avoiding eye contact with others for fear of being drawn into a draining conversation from which we think we will take no value.
Actionable
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Your clients trust you to help them fix problems, engage their teams, and get better results. But do they trust their teams? Do their teams trust them? The post Diagnosing a Low Trust Culture appeared first on Actionable.co.
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Chad Barr
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
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Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
As Mark Kilby and I work through the images and text for the geographically distributed teams book, I wanted to clarify what collocated and distributed mean. Collocated teams sit near each other in space. However, not everyone agrees on what is “near.” Allen Curve. In Developing Products in Half the Time , Smith and Reinertsen use the Allen Curve to discuss the distance at which you can consider a team to be distributed as opposed to collocated.
Actionable
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Your clients trust you to help them fix problems, engage their teams, and get better results. But do they trust their teams? Do their teams trust them? The post Diagnosing a Low Trust Culture appeared first on Actionable.co.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
Four years ago, I wrote about the media trap that retailers invented. With nothing much to write about the day after Thanksgiving, the media engage in a stampede to encourage everyone to go shopping on the busiest, least satisfying shopping day of the year. They spent millions to create a social dynamic that pushes people to engage in an orgy of spending, merely because everyone else is.
Consultants' Consultant
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Consultants Consultant: Rebecca asked: I’d like to know about… working out how to focus on personal strengths and attributes and bringing those to success as a consultant So here’s my answer. First you’ll need to identify your strengths. Try strengths finder from gallup which I have used a lot with corporate clients. Or the VIA Character Strengths […].
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Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
Hulton Archive/Getty Images. The strategy-to-execution gap is an enduring problem with no easy solution. As the Japanese proverb goes, “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” In their seminal HBR piece , Paul Leinwand, Cesare Mainardi, and Art Kleiner outlined what senior leaders must do to close the strategy-to-execution gap.
Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
The Pragmatic Bookshelf is having its annual Black Friday sale, starting Nov 22, and running through Dec 1. All ebooks are 40% off. Yes, all of mine and everyone else’s. Including Create Your Successful Agile Project ! Use the code turkeysale2017 to get the discount. Give thanks for books Happy reading! The post Prags Have a 40% Off Thanksgiving Sale appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
When you're cooking breakfast and the school bus is coming in just a few minutes, it's tempting (and apparently efficient) to yell up the stairs. If a recalcitrant teenager is hesitating before heading off to school (I know, sometimes it happens), go ahead and yell. Good luck with that. The alternative is to turn off the stove and walk up the stairs.
Consultants' Consultant
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
Consultants Consultant: The internet is full of research on how to be happier. Take some of these ideas and play with them. Firstly, this research suggests that just noticing the natural environment: the tree by the bus stop, the roses on your doorstep, can make you happier. 4 Rituals To Keep You Happy All The Time says: Count […]. The post Get happier appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
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Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Helene Desplechin/Getty Images. It seems everywhere you look these days someone is touting the benefits of mindfulness — a practice that Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, describes simply as “paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally.” Research shows that people who practice mindfulness are less stressed, more focused and better able to regulate their emotions.
Clarity Consultants
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Subject Matter Experts (or SMEs) are critical to helping your team and your business understand some of the more technical aspects of the work everyone contributes to day in and day out. While they are an important part of the mix, sometimes working with SMEs can be a bit of a challenge. The post 4 Strategies For Successfully Working With Subject-Matter Experts appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Learning and Development.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
If you want to build a vibrant organizational culture, or govern with authority, or create a social dynamic that's productive and fair, the simple rule is: the rules apply to people in power before they are applied to those without. It's easy to rationalize the alternative, to put yourself first. After all, you've somehow earned the authority to make an exception for yourself.
Consultants' Consultant
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
Consultants Consultant: You know that I’m big on rapport, and I’m an improviser so I say “yes and” This is a useful article giving you some basics in getting people to like you that is worth your time. “seeking advice is among the most effective ways to influence peers, superiors, and subordinates” more in How To Get […].
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Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
As the labor market continues to change, base pay is rising much more quickly for the bottom 20 percent of earners than for other workers.
Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Is your team prepared for the New Year? Are they clear and aligned so they’re better able to work together instead of frustrating one another? Do they know what to stop doing and what to start? Are they looking forward to the new year or are they just…blah? The post Prepare Your Team for the New Year appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
There's the "thank you" that I say when you've been reading my mind, pushing the perfect buttons, saying exactly the right thing at exactly the right time. This is heartfelt, but it's also selfish, in that it's about my narrative and no one else's. And then there's the "thank you" of caring. Of effort. Of consideration. This is the thank you that recognizes the other, her effort, her kindness and her sacrifice.
Consultants' Consultant
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
Consultants Consultant: It’s not just about doing what you love, it’s about doing what makes your life meaningful. The short version is you need to: Belong to a group Give your work purpose Craft your story: End it with redemption, not contamination, and become the superhero of your life. Find Transcendence: Nature is big. Your problems are […].
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LSA Global
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
Developing Your Top Talent Matters. Our organizational alignment research found talent accounts for 29% of the difference between high and low performing companies. Talent, along with culture and strategy, is one of the three critical elements of high performance. A relevant employee development game plan is the foundation for building and retaining the talent to execute your strategy.
Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
Three guardrails must be in place to allow these groups to perform well within an organization.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
If you need an appendectomy, it's unlikely you'll die during the operation. That's because the surgeon has been trained in hundreds of years of best practices. From Semmelweis to the latest in antibiotics, she knows what's come before. Not only that, but the scalpel she uses is the result of 1,000 iterations over the centuries. Every device has been sanitized based on trial and error from the millions of patients who came before you.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
naqiewei/Getty Images. How many times have you had to watch your company’s latest cybersecurity training video? An entire industry now exists to train us humans to be smarter in how we operate computers, and yet the number of cybersecurity incidents continues to rise. Are the hackers always one step ahead? Are we impossible to train? Or are we being taught the wrong lessons?
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