Harvard Business

MARCH 4, 2024

From organic farming to microbreweries, fair trade, and other sustainability-oriented movements, innovators are increasingly turning to market alternatives that explicitly prioritize social responsibility.

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Harmonious Workplaces

APRIL 11, 2024

Can music help foster communication in your organization? As the final project, the students work in four teams to develop a marketing plan, which they will present to the group. As some may know, I teach marketing management as an adjunct professor at Trinity Christian College.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Eighty percent of employees work for organizations that have stated values, but only 23% agreed that they could apply those values to their everyday work. Working agreements take implicit practices, behaviors, values, and beliefs, and make them explicit, clear, and actionable.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2024

Identifying toxicity in an organization you don’t currently work for can prove to be tricky. The author presents three things to watch out for to stop yourself from joining a toxic workplace. But as you interview with prospective employers, don’t ignore the signs of toxicity that may be right in front of you.

How To 87

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Whether called a redesign, restructuring, or reorganization, for most employees organization design is synonymous with the appointment of leaders into new roles. To avoid this, we coach our clients to separate out the communication of the organization model and the leadership team appointments. Leadership Team Configuration. –

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Harmonious Workplaces

MARCH 2, 2024

She presented Lisa with another less difficult piece. Organizations can harness the power of storytelling to develop and articulate a clear vision for the intended outcomes of any change initiative or OD intervention. When school reconvened, the music teacher gave the class “The Grandfather Clock” as a solo piece.

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Organizational Development Handbook Culture Development 98

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 17, 2020

Able to sort and organize complexity. Organization Behavior/Development. Recognizes and understands organizations as dynamic, political, economic, and social systems which have multiple goals. Understands and appropriately apply the theories, techniques, and methods used in organization development. Framing & Empathy.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This will help you understand their industry position, recent projects, and key competitors to demonstrate your genuine interest in the organization. This will enable you to present your skills and achievements confidently during the interview, demonstrating that you’re the perfect fit for the role.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

That’s why leading instructional design consultants leverage the technology, as it allows them to offer the best possible results to client organizations. That’s why organizations should partner with instructional design firms with the necessary experience and leverage technology to enhance results.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The episode explores the significance of moving leaders around within an organization to give them a holistic understanding of the company. She stresses the need to reframe insecurities to present ourselves effectively in interviews and the power of an outside perspective in balancing positional authority.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The episode explores the significance of moving leaders around within an organization to give them a holistic understanding of the company. She stresses the need to reframe insecurities to present ourselves effectively in interviews and the power of an outside perspective in balancing positional authority.

Leadership 156

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This presents a complicated challenge for company leaders: Full flexibility means employee well-being might be in jeopardy. So what can organizations do to promote both well-being and productivity wherever employees are working?

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Markovitz Consulting

JUNE 19, 2020

Do you (or people in your organization) jump to solutions? This is a fully interactive virtual class with videos, individual work with handouts, small group discussion, and full-class presentations. Is it hard to get people to slow down before making decisions? Do you want to get better at solving problems?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2023

But you already have what you need to set yourself apart as a candidate — you just need to do a little extra preparation to ensure that hiring managers and interviewers can see how your unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives will move their team and organization forward.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 4, 2024

What sets a data-driven organization apart? Data-driven organizations are better equipped to make decisions and take the right actions. Recent evidence suggests that the percentage of data-driven organizations recently doubled, an increase greater than at any time before. Evidence suggests better revenue and customer value.

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On the Brink Podcast

APRIL 3, 2023

Remember, we are corporate anthropologists specializing in helping organizations change. Beyond Bias , as Andie will tell you in our podcast, presents a compelling explanation of the reasons for the failure of change initiatives to bring a more diverse and equitable workplace into reality, and what we can do to change that.

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Obviously, working from home presents a different set of challenges. Coordination among groups can be more difficult, spontaneous interactions disappear almost completely, and interpersonal connection vertically within the organization can fray.

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Boston Consulting Group Meeting Travel Productivity 259

Organizational Talent Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A common argument presented in support of team development is that if people were born with creativity, we would observe more consistency in creativity among team members. Idea search: Collaborating with others for new ideas and an interest in how things are done in other organizations. It's the debate of nature versus nurture.

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How To Development Journal Culture 87

Tom Spencer

JULY 23, 2022

These materials serve multiple purposes including as a visual presentation aid, material that can be shared with executives, and training material for team members. A standout slide deck can be shared without presentation, easily transfers information to its reader, and is concise yet comprehensive. Accumulate Information.

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Analysis Knowledge Base Banking Development 88

Clarity Consultants

APRIL 27, 2024

Our journey has mirrored the evolution from traditional training methods to today’s highly personalized, digital learning experiences, highlighting an ever-present fact: within every Fortune 500 company lies a vast reservoir of untapped potential. I believe this is only the beginning of a major shift in our industry.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. While some organizations choose to lead the strategic planning process themselves, others choose to work with strategic planning facilitators like us.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you feel guilty and lazy every time you try to relax, get overwhelmed and easily distracted, want to be more present with your family, and are exhausted, you’re not alone. Millions of intelligent, accomplished people get stuck in burnout. Having your own business isn’t a solution.

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Process Improvement Financial Consulting Video 156

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A structured method to present your response. This could include personal communications, presentations, developing deliverables, brainstorming, managing people, or implementing policies. Some factors to describe may include the organization, team, or stage of development. Knowing Yourself. Try to quantify your result.

Interviews 88

Interviews Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 88

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Employee productivity being assessed by work completed not hours worked Professional services organizations have traditionally measured productivity by the number of billable hours worked rather than by the work produced during those hours. What might a new, more flexible culture in consulting look like? The reason for this is obvious.

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Culture Talent Construction Training 78

On the Brink

JULY 21, 2021

For many years I've been affiliated with Vistage International , the world's largest executive coaching organization, giving talks and leading workshops on topics ranging from culture change to Blue Ocean Strategy. Recently, I was thrilled to be a recipient of the inaugural Vistage Top Performer Award for 2020, a great honor.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 13, 2023

As a strategy consultant at a boutique management consulting firm, I am always on the lookout for new tools that can help organizations become more efficient, effective, and innovative. One of the key risks posed by ChatGPT is the potential for it to perpetuate or amplify biases that are present in the data it was trained on.

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Industry Knowledge Base Training Training 88

Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

This post will provide you with a guide to creating and perfecting typical slides used to present information in a business context, whether you are a student preparing for a case competition, a fresh consultant who just graduated, or a project manager who has to constantly deliver milestones and progress reports to multiple stakeholders.

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Benchmarking Case Interview Groups Analysis 88

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Candidates who may have undergone two, three, or even six rounds of interviews may find that they must now wait to see if organizations actually fill the positions, much less whether they will have a job. Organizations not only impose hardships on people without adequate employment when they act indecisively or with a scarcity mindset.

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Recruiting Recruitment Talent Case Interview 96

Chad Barr

JULY 26, 2023

In sharing these insights, my goal is to present my perspective, providing guidance as we all navigate this exciting yet complicated landscape of AI technology. Competitive Advantage : Larger organizations, with their extensive resources, are better positioned to quickly adopt AI, leveraging their talent pool to gain a competitive edge.

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Simon Associates

JUNE 15, 2022

As I waited to present to a group of male CEOs at a conference, I listened to several men complaining about how hard it was for them to attract a diverse workforce and integrate them into their current culture. My board is urging me to diversify and change my organization. She was great but lasted three months. What am I going to do?

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UPD Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2022

The difficulty facing organizations (including many of our clients) as they awaken to the horrific health realities Black people face daily due purely to their skin color is that there is no prescription for this health crisis. Implementing racial equity strategies is new terrain for the majority of organizations in the US.

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Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2023

Present credible research, solicit opinions, work to bridge divides. Ultimately, you want your organization to move forward in a way that is aligned with your organizational values. Finally, communicate carefully with what is sure to be a polarized workforce.

Company 63

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

The CEO of that company, who wasn’t present at this meeting, praised this behavior because he felt this was how football coaches find success (the VP came from an athletic coaching background), going so far as to express his admiration within an email to the rest of the company in a previous month. It sought to make things better.

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Ethics Conference Meeting Leadership 98

The Consultants Peer Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the previous blog, Adherence to an Enforceable Code of Ethics , I presented that adherence of an enforceable Code of Ethics would be a major part of this market differentiation. The services that you provide clients are not what I am presenting here; that’s the What you do. But back to the topic of this blog.

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Ethics Consulting McKinsey Methodologies 52

Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2023

As businesses increasingly recognize the potential of clean tech, consulting firms play a vital role in guiding organizations towards successful adoption. By quantifying the potential cost savings, tax incentives , and return on investment associated with clean tech initiatives, consultants enable organizations to make informed decisions.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

Other skills that firms look for include organization, attention to detail, and critical thinking. As a strategy consultant, you will live and breathe PowerPoint presentations. Consultants communicate with clients via presentations, which helps to explain the popularity of PowerPoint.

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Consulting Analysis Industry Accenture 88

Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 9, 2023

A few years ago, I posted about the hardware setup you can use to look better and feel better when working in a distributed organization. Since then, I’ve tried many hacks for how to integrate Keynote presentations into this environment. Life’s too short for ugly presentations. I hope this helps.

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