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Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

Harmonious Workplaces

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. In nearly all cases, the ideas for these changes stemmed from some vision of greatness for the health and prosperity of the company or nonprofit.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Thinking on your Feet|Women In Consulting Blog

Women in Consulting

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business

We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. Many of the benefits of agile talent have been widely reported. Mentor/coach: Contributes through others as a formal manager, an idea leader, a project owner, or an informal employee developer.

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Is Your Employee Ready to Be a Manager?

Harvard Business

You have an ambitious team member who’s asking to be promoted to manager. As a manager, you’re always on the lookout for the next generation of talent in your organization. “It requires different skills to manage than to be an individual contributor,” she says. How do you judge his skills and experience?

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Why the Rewards for Ambitious Problem Solving Are About to Get Bigger

Harvard Business

In recent years, we’ve come to associate the practice of innovation with speed and agility, but accomplishments that truly move the needle can’t be achieved quickly or through mere iteration. One reason for the emphasis on agility and iteration in recent decades is that technology has been fairly stable. .

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Assymetry versus Strategic Funding

The Nonprofit Consultant

As I wrote in my comment on Tom's blog, I love the concept that being small and agile is a competitive advantage in the corporate world. Unfortunately, in the nonprofit world, we tend to be behind the curve in these types of trends. Tags: competition assymetry Nonprofit mergers management business.