Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 5, 2017

It’s best to do one or both either while you’re on vacation or just back from one, after you’ve cleared your brain a bit and caught your breath. I recently spent 10 days driving around Europe and not once listened to music Instead I took in the scenery and reflected on my business, my relationships, and my personal goals.

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Peter Stark

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

When we look at the most desirable characteristics of a job, having meaning in our work always comes up in the top three. As we start to come out of the hot employee market, it’s important to remember that money alone is not enough to push us to do our best. Purpose: It’s in our nature to want to make a difference.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In practice, this should materialise as each person having a government-licensed payment application on their phone. Therefore, CBDCs might be the best way to include hundreds of millions of new people into the digital payment ecosystem, in places where the banking infrastructure is underdeveloped. Currently, approximately 1.7

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 4, 2021

Your entire nation is cheering you on and we are grateful for what you’ve given us: the chance to come together in common awe and appreciation for your accomplishments and the shared joy of rooting for our country on the edge of our seats. In these moments, we are more than our cities or states or backgrounds. Go Team USA!

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Peter Stark

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Acknowledge your Doubts: Opening up about your feelings of self-doubt can act as a stress reliever and may help you realize that you are not the only person that feels insecure about your abilities. Don’t Make Comparisons: Every person has a unique set of abilities, including strengths and weaknesses. How to Combat Imposter Syndrome.

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Nash Consulting

JULY 13, 2021

Patrick Lencioni A client who had recently listened to one of our latest podcast episodes asked me the other day, “How do I proactively create psychological safety with my employees?” After discussing strategies, I thought that it might be a good idea for me to share some of this with our readers. So here it goes. Trust me on this.

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Brimstone Consulting

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This is the time when you gradually transform into “the person you need to be to move forward in your life.” The transition process,” says Bridges, “requires not only that we bring a chapter of our lives to conclusion but also that we discover whatever we need to learn for the next step. Assess Yourself. Define Your Leadership Model.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 31, 2023

My own personal preference for a term for the artificial forms of intelligence we see now is Augmented Intelligence. The availability of information is augmenting our human intelligence. ChatGPT serves up the best answer to your question based on the way words have been used previously. Augmented Intelligence?

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LSA Global

MARCH 22, 2018

Our experience tells us that the majority of team failures are a consequence of poor team management. Our experience also tells us the opposite holds true…good managers inspire and guide high performing teams. So we surveyed our clients and have created an 8-part checklist for new managers. Good Managers Make Good Teams.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

How can we learn to manage our disappointments effectively? ” He recognized that when we experience disappointment, our hopes and expectations are out of line with reality. Some of these disappointments will not make much of a difference, but there are also disappointments that can change the course of our lives.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. They’re personal, interesting, and relatable. The key is to keep the focus on consulting and not let yourself get overly personal.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The problem is that our obsession with making the business case for ethics makes us sound apologetic and hollow. How do you demonstrate that a company’s best-in-class compliance program — not a tightened labor market — enhanced employee engagement? It’s Not Your Best Argument.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2018

I’ve also seen how attainable this skill is. We are currently writing up our results for submission to an academic journal.). Developing and validating a seven factor, multi-rater assessment of self-awareness , because our review of the research didn’t identify any strong, well-validated, comprehensive measures.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2018

This can make employees stressed and defensive, which makes it harder for them to see another person’s perspective. For example, employees can handle negative feedback by downplaying the importance of the person providing the feedback or the feedback itself. We replicated all of our lab findings.

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Harvard Business

JULY 10, 2018

” How often have you said this to a person you’re managing or mentoring, only to get a blank stare in return? Perhaps the person confides that they don’t know what their goals should be, or even whether there are opportunities to advance at your company. .” HBR Staff/Richard Newstead/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2018

I’ve been working in HR for over twenty years, and the best companies I’ve worked with have recognized that there are three elements to a culture: behaviors, systems, and practices, all guided by an overarching set of values. Accountability becomes easier to measure and success easier to attain.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

On the one hand, there are few bigger clichés than the idea that the best leaders in the world are self-aware and humble — but unlike most clichés, this one is backed up by data. After all, CEOs’ personalities play a big role in shaping the culture of their firms. Consider the case of narcissistic CEOs.

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2018

I often struggle with drawing a line between my personal life and the company’s identity [and] well-being.” “We stopped posting like we were a 70K+ person company, and…started posting like we were 70K+ people working for the company,” explained Carmen Collins, who runs social media for Cisco’s talent brand.

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2018

Our own organizational alignment research found that cultural factors account for 40% of the difference between high and low growth companies. According to the Society for Human Resource Management , turnover from poor cultural fit can cost an organization between 50-60% of the person’s annual salary. High Growth Creates High Pressure.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

More often than not, Kedl explains, the bribe is not about money; it’s about that person wanting to feel respected. One best practice he highlights? “We tell companies, ‘What’s another way to give them some respect, to have them be a key opinion leader for you?’”

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

They need ongoing, two-way interactions and a willingness to invest in listening, to get personal, and to create a shared vision for success. These include: How well do we know our customers as individuals? These include: How well do we know our customers as individuals? How do our customers want to interact with us?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2017

Resilience, defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounce back from adverse events, is a highly sought-after personality trait in the modern workplace. You and Your Team Series. Resilience. Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2017

Instead of reviewing historical results, which are beyond a rep’s control, they offer real-time feedback on whether salespeople are spending their time and efforts in the best way. In making that transition, they tended to focus on what they knew best: helping to close a deal. Leading indicators are within a rep’s control.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Our research into over 20,000 workers of all skill levels across U.S. If you’ve ever seen a Starbucks barista adapt their greeting to make you feel personally welcome, or an engineer lean over to help a colleague solve an unexpected problem, you’re witnessing adaptive performance.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 8, 2017

In the United States, top undergraduate students can attain six-figure salaries on Wall Street, at tech giants like Google, and even at hot Silicon Valley startups. Our subscribers have asked us how consulting compensation packages vary across different offices within the same country. 2017 Consulting Salary Data. Base: $67,500.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

But the best CEOs know that strategy is just theory unless it’s actually translated into frontline routines―unless the rest of the company actually is executing the strategy. But the best CEOs resist the desire to chase the next shiny object. The best CEOs create some sort of strategy on a page.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

They not only predict what the next best action is, but also cause the action to happen without human intervention. Certainly, some customization and personal touches were lost. Operational analytics are already part of our lives today, whether we realize it or not. That may sound radical at first, but it really isn’t.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Yes, these obstacles can seem daunting at first, but our experiences tell us that they are not insurmountable. The CoE itself is organized into pods — generally made up of four to six people, with each person offering a different skillset — that are deployed across the business to solve problems that span multiple functions.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

As the 8 th person to join this now 178-person manufacturer of recycled plastic building materials, created—from scratch—brand strategy and fully-functioning commercial infrastructure. As with our prior example, these bullet points are much more effective within the context of her larger story. in four years.

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Rick Conlow

AUGUST 1, 2023

” – Phil Jackson “Great things in business are never done by one person. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” ” – Mattie Stepanek “The best teamwork comes from people who are working independently toward one goal in unison.” They are done by a team of people.”

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Halo Psych

MARCH 17, 2024

6 minute read In their book, Why change doesn’t work , Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley outline seven ‘rules’ we need to remember if we want change to be a positive thing and to succeed: People do what they perceive is in their best interest, thinking as rationally as circumstances allow them to think. People are not inherently anti-change.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2017

In our work over many years, we have learned enough to know that you have to be on the inside of any company to have the full picture of what went wrong and how. But we do know from our research that rapidly growing companies — especially unicorns like Uber — face a high risk of stumbling. That is rare.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Today, the company best known for its smiling pink whale logo offers much more than their signature neckwear. They manufacturer a full line of “exclusive, yet attainable” clothing and accessories for men, women, and children. ” Of course, this type of real-time, one-to-one marketing is easier said than done.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2017

But our research , forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal , suggests a third option: Targets of abuse can flip the script, shifting the balance of power in their favor when bosses make life miserable. This happens naturally when a supervisor recognizes a subordinate as instrumental for goal and resource attainment.

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Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2017

Diversity training effectiveness depends on the specific training method used, the personality characteristics of those who are trained, and the specific outcomes that are measured after training concludes. These effects persisted even when outcomes were measured eight months after training.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Our Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Index found that among 47 high-income countries ( as defined by the World Bank ), the physical well-being of unemployed young adults between the ages of 15 to 29 is statistically tied with employed people aged 50 and older — 26% vs. 24% thriving, respectively. This is possible.

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1 to 1

MAY 7, 2013

CRM Best Practices. Please sign up for our FREE weekly e-newsletter by clicking here! Sign up for our free weekly e-newsletter. Last week while I was attending the Gartner Customer 360 Summit in San Diego, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop that was focused on best practices in enabling great customer experiences.

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