Deloitte’s Pixel: A Case Study on How to Innovate from Within
Harvard Business
JUNE 5, 2024
If you’re an intrapreneur — or aspire to be one — this episode is for you.
Leadership in Crisis
Brimstone Consulting
JULY 7, 2021
CASE STUDY. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a President and Vice President of a division within a leading health services company engaged Brimstone to bring together senior leaders who had participated in a previous leadership development program. Download case study. Let's talk CONTACT BRIMSTONE.
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Why Character Matters in Leadership
Organizational Talent Consulting
MAY 15, 2023
Evidence from workplace studies on the benefits of character suggests that leaders with high character scores outperform others on company performance metrics. Leadership behaviors guide actions, but a leader's character determines how and if the leader acts. Leadership character plays a vital role in unifying a team.
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8 New Leadership Books
Brimstone Consulting
DECEMBER 20, 2021
New Books on Leadership and Change. Earlier this year, we shared a list of 31 books on leadership and change. He defines the six unwritten rules they seem to follow for using their digital platforms, ecosystems, moneymaking models, team-based structures, and leadership with a laser-sharp focus on the individual’s customer experience.
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How to Confidently Articulate the Value of What You Do
Consulting Matters
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
They don't hire you because you can push them "beyond the status quo" or "ignite their leadership and organizational potential." They are interested in case studies only to a point. Discover how to start your business right.the first time when you download the “Strategic Business Build Guide.”
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Revitalizing a Public Sector Business
Brimstone Consulting
APRIL 15, 2020
CASE STUDY. Learned how to take an enterprise-wide perspective and share accountability for success of the overall business. Prioritized goals with input from entire leadership team and focused on a few critical strategic imperatives that will accelerate the transformation. Let's talk CONTACT BRIMSTONE.
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7 Traits that Unlock the Powerful Presence of Servant Leaders
Rick Conlow
AUGUST 19, 2021
How do you get someone to follow you? Leadership through position power involves these strategies: Domination approach. Leadership through personal power includes these strategies: Service approach. Never has there been so much statistical evidence linked to leadership effectiveness. Servant leadership is a lost art.
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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 18, 2018
” Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. I mean, we could all benefit from someone to help us talk through how we handle conflicts and from establishing some new norms.” “You’re surprised?
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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy
Organizational Talent Consulting
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Unfortunately, many organizations keep strategic plans a secret and don't involve leaders outside the executive leadership team. But how inclusive should your strategic thinking and planning be? Here is what leaders need to know to be more inclusive in strategy development and how to overcome three common barriers.
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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux
Rick Conlow
JANUARY 2, 2023
Consider GM as a case study. Kouzes and Posner, authors of The Leadership Challenge, found that over 80% of managers value honesty as a key characteristic in their leaders. In backlash to toxic workplaces and the GREAT Resignation, a revolution about people-first through Servant Leadership marches across the global.
Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
After spending 18-years under the guidance of your parents, you gain the freedom to explore the world, study a degree of your choice, discover who you are, and explore potential career options. Most importantly, you can learn how to pitch as if you were presenting to a client. Demonstrate Leadership.
3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn
Organizational Talent Consulting
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The most threatening competitor leadership teams face is themself." In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study. link] Performance Accelerator 3: Strategic Leadership. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality” — William Bennis.
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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
JANUARY 29, 2018
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. Positioning Yourself As The Expert — How To Develop A Consulting Voice That Clients Will Listen To with Ron Carucci.
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Do your prospects hear you? Are they listening?
Chad Barr
JUNE 10, 2020
1:25 Why being a prolific publisher of remarkable content is critical to strengthen your thought leadership. 9:50 How to quickly create a Transformation Visual® as a powerful diagnostic tool. 12:25 Using a case study format to create your content. 22:20 How to be provocative and tell your story.
Free Yourself and Business from Market Myopia
Organizational Talent Consulting
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Studies show that 85% of executive leadership teams spend less than one hour a month discussing strategy, and up to 95% of employees are unaware of or do not understand their organization's strategy. In reality, some leaders don't know how to lead strategically, and some company cultures reward leaders for saving the day.
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5 Steps To Securing a Consulting Internship
Tom Spencer
APRIL 22, 2017
Get comfortable with case studies and develop your own style. Case studies are business problems you have to solve with the help of your interviewer and they are arguably the most difficult part of the application process. Case studies only make up about half of each interview.
How to Increase Your Influence at Work
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
She suggests “immersing yourself in your topic area” by regularly attending industry conferences, enrolling in a class or specialized certification program, or taking on a leadership role in a relevant professional organization. Don’t keep your knowledge under wraps. You’re being strategic. Slouch as you talk.
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6 Traits that Unlock the Powerful Presence of Servant Leaders
Rick Conlow
APRIL 22, 2019
Leadership through position power involves these strategies: Domination approach. Leadership through personal power includes these strategies: Service approach. Never before has there been so much statistical evidence linked to leadership effectiveness. What are these characteristics of servant leadership? Do as I say!”.
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What Is Strengths Based Leadership?
Leadership Vision Consulting
MARCH 31, 2016
Since 2009, Leadership Vision extended our Professional Services to offer clients many additional ways to learn about their Strengths beyond our Core Offerings. One of these opportunities has been utilizing the foundation introduced by Gallup in their 2008 book titled “ Strengths Based Leadership. ” Why or why not?
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Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments
Harvard Business
APRIL 12, 2016
Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. Reversing this means that companies start at the end — with results.
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How to Develop Empathy for Someone Who Annoys You
Harvard Business
APRIL 23, 2018
How can you foster curiosity instead of animosity? “We’ve all encountered someone in the workplace who irritates us,” says Annie McKee, the author of How to Be Happy at Work and a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Case Study #1: Be kind and be curious about your colleague’s perspective.
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How to Work with Someone Who Isn’t a Team Player
Harvard Business
APRIL 21, 2017
“The longer it goes on, the worse it gets in terms of how frustrated other members of the group will become.” ” Here’s how to work with a coworker who isn’t a team player. “That’s how our brains work,” he explains. Or they’re not sure how to best contribute.
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How to Manage Managers
Harvard Business
AUGUST 29, 2016
You might know how to do the former, but how do you do the latter? And how do you serve as a good role model? Here’s how you can fill in the gap and help your direct reports be great managers. Regularly seek feedback on how you’re doing as their manager. ” Case Study #2: Work closely together.
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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between
Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Rather, if you find that you have some additional time before starting your first job post-graduation or even in-between your first and second jobs, these suggestions might provide some ideas on how to best utilize it. Want to learn how to make coffee or mixed drinks? Want to gain unique insights into leadership and civil service?
How to Improve Your Sales Skills, Even If You’re Not a Salesperson
Harvard Business
MAY 22, 2017
” Here’s how to get better at it. ” Your goal is “to understand how the flow of these conversations feels and sounds.” ” Your colleague can coach you on how you come across and how to improve your delivery. Focus on how you can help your counterpart. Think big picture.
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Save the silver bullet – a shameless piece of self promotion!
Ben de Haldevang
JUNE 7, 2023
With your choice of case studies and the points made in the interviews, you have managed to conceptualize transformation without turning your book into an obscure PhD thesis. I think that also leads in to your admirable restraint in not trying to present a “transformation by numbers” how-to guide.
How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise
Harvard Business
AUGUST 2, 2018
Case Study #1: Make small adjustments to your environment, and look for ways to enhance your job description. “Instead, I began to approach my job as one in which my success was judged by whether or not my colleagues began to adhere to a vision of excellent communication, servant leadership, and team success.
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How to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis
Harvard Business
JULY 5, 2018
Most of us try to keep work and home separate, but “we all have situations in which our personal and professional lives collide,” and how you handle these situations with your employees is often a test of your leadership. Here’s how to manage an employee going through a personal crisis.
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How to Differentiate Your Consulting Business: Does Your Firm Have Pink Hair?
Tsavo Neal
MAY 25, 2017
.” Although word of mouth is how many consultants get started, in most cases, it won’t provide you with new business forever. How To Differentiate Your Consulting Firm (And How Not To). How do you develop and demonstrate this expertise, besides working on this type of problem or within this industry?
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60 How to Ask for a Promotion
Harvard Business
JANUARY 29, 2018
And how exactly do you make your case? “Asking for a promotion makes you feel vulnerable,” says Sabina Nawaz , the global CEO coach , leadership keynote speaker, and writer. ” Here are some pointers on how to make the request. .” ” Here are some pointers on how to make the request.
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How to Navigate a Turf War at Work
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
If you’re annoyed at your colleague’s desire to call the shots, she’s highly likely to feel the same way about you, adds Brian Uzzi, professor of leadership and organizational change at Kellogg and coauthor of the HBR article “ Make Your Enemies Your Allies.” Focus on the larger goal. Principles to Remember.
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How to Manage Your Star Employee
Harvard Business
JUNE 30, 2017
Whether your star performer has just joined your team or has been working for you for a while, here are some tips on how to manage her. “Give her discretion in how she does the work.” ” Demonstrate “how his work benefits from other points of view.” Think about development. Don’t be selfish.
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28 How to Fake It When You’re Not Feeling Confident
Harvard Business
JUNE 7, 2016
” Often, the root of the insecurity involves your personal leadership style , says Herminia Ibarra , a professor at INSEAD and the author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. Observe how your role models comport themselves in various professional situations. So, for starters, “let up [on] the self-flagellation.”
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28 How to Negotiate for Yourself When People Don’t Expect You To
Harvard Business
JUNE 17, 2016
When managers negotiate in organizations, with their bosses or colleagues, they do so in the context of how (or whether) they have negotiated before. Consider a case study. How to Bounce Back After a Failed Negotiation. How to Cool Down a Heated Negotiation. You and Your Team Series. Negotiating. Deepak Malhotra.
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28 The Consulting Bible – Dominate Your McKinsey, Bain and BCG Fit and Consulting Case Interviews
Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
Master fit questions, conquer case studies, and become the smartest interviewer in the room. The Consulting Bible is the self-study version of our 10-hour prep package – we tell you every secret we know about getting jobs at the world’s best consulting firms. Grad student interested in healthcare consulting.
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175 How to Deal with a Chronically Indecisive Boss
Harvard Business
MARCH 24, 2017
Reporting to an indecisive boss is an unquestionably “challenging and frustrating situation,” says Sydney Finkelstein, the Director of the Leadership Center at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of the book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent. What the Experts Say.
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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books
Epicflow
JANUARY 31, 2023
In addition to the “technical side” of project management, the author shares his ideas regarding effective stakeholder management, trust-based leadership, and effective decision-making as well as gives a variety of tools and techniques that can add value to your daily project management activities.
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The Power of Leaders Who Focus on Solving Problems
Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2018
She’s an entrepreneur, a CEO, and a teacher — all leadership roles — but when we ask her about her leadership style, she demurs. ” The attitude she’s espousing doesn’t really map to the traditional image of the enterprise leader, or to what typically gets taught in leadership development programs.
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53 How to Work for a Gossipy Boss
Harvard Business
JANUARY 23, 2017
It can be disheartening and demoralizing when your boss tells you things he shouldn’t, says Annie McKee, founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute and a coauthor, with Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis, of Primal Leadership. ’” Here are some ideas for how to respond to an indiscreet boss. Change the subject.
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28 Helping an Employee Achieve Goals
Gina Abudi
JUNE 8, 2016
In an earlier post, we shared how to use the GROW Model to coach employees. In this post, let’s look at a mini case study of a manager who utilized the GROW model to help an employee work toward achieving his goal of becoming a supervisor in the organization. A mini case study Jane is [.].
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28 Getting the Deal Done Recap
Martinka Consulting
JANUARY 24, 2018
Joe’s topic was, “Value Based Leadership.” This year it wasn’t a case study to analyze but rather sticky situations in buy-sell deals (and with operating companies). How to handle shareholder squabbles and disputes. Our guest speaker was Joe Fugere, founder and CEO of Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria.
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How to Tell Leaders They’re Not as Great as They Think They Are
Harvard Business
MARCH 29, 2017
How to Handle Difficult Conversations at Work. Although leadership talent is normally distributed, 80% of people think they are better-than-average leaders. Tara Healey and Jonathan Roberts. Rebecca Knight. Create a Culture Where Difficult Conversations Aren’t So Hard. Jim Whitehurst.
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28 How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. Case Study #1: Talk to outside sources and observe culture firsthand. Ignore red flags.
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28 How Women of Color Get to Senior Management
Harvard Business
AUGUST 31, 2018
Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? How People Get Ahead.
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