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Harmony & Rythm in Organizational Development

Harmonious Workplaces

Musicians must exercise a great deal of resilience, section leaders must overcome resistance to new ways of doing things, and many members feel a sense of loss from what they built in marching band as they transition to the new way of doing things.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Implementation typically involves experimentation, analyzing the existing strategies, and creative experiential learning exercises. Without a good implementation strategy and effective implementation, scenario planning is nothing more than an intellectual exercise. Culture mediates the knowledge and information-sharing capability.

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8 New Leadership Books

Brimstone Consulting

In Digital Body Language , Erica Dhawan, a go-to thought leader on collaboration and a passionate communication junkie, combines cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language across genders, generations, and culture. Writing clearly is the new empathy.

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Transitioning from Management Consulting to Corporate Strategy/M&A – the Decision Making Process

Tom Spencer

For those of you in university, this is a great exercise to do prior to committing to a full-time role. Work environment & culture. There’s a tendency to think about culture as soft, intangible, and therefore not important. In fact, I would personally place culture as one of my top criteria. Your manager.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

Project Management Case Studies by Harold Kerzner Studying your colleagues’ practical cases is an integral part of learning and professional development. Thanks to the case studies and practical tips, the edition will be useful for both beginners and experienced project managers.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values. To better understand how these work, try the exercise below on your own or with your team.

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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. “You can’t work productively in a creative and nuanced way for more than a certain number of hours per day — and you certainly can’t do it without proper sleep, nutrition, and exercise,” says Blair-Loy.

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