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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

From starting with under 50 employees to over 500 staff members today, Cornerstone has grown successfully without losing the familial culture that was so important to its co-founders. The firm pays extremely well, does impactful work and employees rave about the great company culture and the smarts of their co-workers. Internships.

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Staying Focused in a Noisy Open Office

Harvard Business

You should take full advantage of empty conference rooms, semi-private cubicles, and quiet alcoves, says Burkus. Case Study #1: Be positive, and distance yourself from distractions when necessary. Case Study #2: Develop ground rules and find a way to quiet your brain. ” Leave the office (temporarily).

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9 Out of 10 People Are Willing to Earn Less Money to Do More-Meaningful Work

Harvard Business

Why, then, haven’t more organizations taken concrete actions to focus their cultures on the creation of meaning? First, any business case hinges on the ability to translate meaning, as an abstraction, into dollars. By contrast, since 2005, the importance of meaningfulness in driving job selection has grown steadily.

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Positioning Yourself As The Expert — How To Develop A Consulting Voice That Clients Will Listen To with Ron Carucci: Podcast #21

Consulting Success

Ron and his partners at Navalent help companies that are in pursuit of a substantial transformational change, whether it be strategic formulation, organizational design, cultural shifts, or executive leadership behaviors. I studied arts and it was my initial formal training. Our relationships usually span multiple years.

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How to Break Your Addiction to Work

Harvard Business

“We live in a culture where work demands and deserves our undivided allegiance,” she says. For people trying to break an addiction to work, mindfulness training can therefore be “extremely valuable,” according to Friedman. Case Study #1: Seek encouragement and reset your colleagues’ expectations.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

2024 Healthcare Project Delivery Conference January, 30-31, San Diego, USA This year’s conference will focus on implementing developments in procurement, design, financing, and O&M in healthcare projects. The participants will learn how healthcare providers overcome resource constraints and deliver new developments.

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business

We recently posed these questions to Harvard Business School alumni founders while designing a new two-year joint degree program that confers both a master of science from Harvard’s Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and an MBA from HBS. Should Alice go to graduate school, or keep learning on the job?