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How Diligent Biz Dev Led to a Six-Figure Consulting Project

Successful Independent Consulting

I’m going to be in So Cal on January 29 and 30 and I’d love to come by and meet you in person for coffee, lunch or whatever fits your schedule. We weren’t able to sync up our schedules, so we didn’t meet. July 2015: Joe changes jobs again, going back to a company where he worked years before. We can coordinate via email.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

From being vulnerable to saying what others don't want to hear to endless Zoom meetings. The next time you find yourself in a meeting, and you don't know why you are there. Appreciative Inquiry is a positive, strength-based approach to change management that can bring new life to change initiatives. Schein, E.

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What Not to Do When You’re Trying to Motivate Your Team

Harvard Business

Unfortunately, too few managers understand this, and so there is a gap between managers’ efforts and the results they’re getting. Here are three of the most offensive forms of “motivating” I’ve seen managers employ, and three alternative approaches I’ve seen work wonderfully. Making stuff up.

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Don’t Just Tell Employees Organizational Changes Are Coming — Explain Why

Harvard Business

You want to answer: How are the changes you make today helping you achieve your vision for tomorrow? For example, in 2017 our client FMC Corporation was preparing to acquire a significant part of DuPont’s Crop Protection business, which would transform FMC into the fifth-largest crop protection company in the world.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. The middle layers spend their entire days in meetings or on conference calls, traveling to meetings outside the hospital, or negotiating contracts with vendors. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

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5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Harvard Business

As of 2017, nearly 75% of those in computing and mathematical fields were men and fewer than 15% were black or Hispanic. Whereas many similar diversity programs target only managers and HR , we have managers, administrative, and scientific staff participate together in mixed groups to capture multiple perspectives.

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You Don’t Have to Choose Between Fast, Cheap or Good. Instead, Change the Paradigm. - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PWC

Harvard Business

PwC’s 2017 Risk in Review report revealed that 47% of corporate officers said they track their risk appetite – up from 36% in 2015. Agree as a team what you are willing to compromise–and what you won’t–in order to meet your minimal maturity model. Change the paradigm instead. Deliver that on time.

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