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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

Implicit to this is being able to define what decisions points need to be met and the managerial significance of the issue at hand. For some further discussion on this topic, I wrote a management consulting post awhile back on “Articulating and Rearticulating Problem Statements” ( [link] ). concepts such as “there are no sacred cows”.

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If You Want to Motivate Employees, Stop Trusting Your Instincts

Harvard Business

Few topics have received more attention in talent management than motivation, defined as the deliberate attempt to influence employees’ behaviors with the goal of enhancing their performance, and in turn their organizational effectiveness. ” A global survey of more than 50 Fortune 1000 companies and 1.2

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(Part 5 of 6) ? Wilfred Bion and Eric Trist - Free Management Library

Consulting and Organizational Management

While Kurt Lewin (the subject of the last issue) was working in America, on the other side of the Atlantic a British Psychiatrist and MD, Dr. Wilfred Bion, was responding to the emotional fall-out of World War II. Teams , it appeared, if given the proper managerial support and resources, could manage their own work—and produce at high levels.