Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

The consultant has talent but not much experience. Field of expertise — Consultants who can diagnose problems and create sound strategies and actionable plans can charge more than those who focus on more tactical work like project management. Dear Liz, I have a quick question. What hourly rate would you consider low, fair, too high?

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 3, 2023

And as the world changes, leaders and businesses must change too. Too often, organizational change management is simply a series of communications where executives or project managers inform the business that change is coming. ProSci's ADKAR model is my other go-to change framework. Leading Change.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2024

link] How to apply critical reflection Your inner game silently controls your outer game. Behaviors determine how and what should be done and it is our values and virtues that will determine what will be done in any given situation. International Journal of Educational Management, 15(3), 119-124. Doolittle, J. Gardner, S.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Bias Can Create Talent Management Traps You Want to Avoid. Unfortunately, no one is completely unbiased when designing and implementing talent management programs. Culture Can Weigh Heavily Against The Changes We Desire. Three Talent Management Traps You Want to Avoid. The Bottom Line.

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LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2022

Organizational agility requires the motivation to scan the external environment and the skills to shift corresponding strategies, cultures, and talent. The opposite of an agile organization is a company that is frozen in place, leaders who do not actively involve stakeholders in creating new ways, and employees who resist change.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“Change” Has Changed Over three-quarters of CEOs acknowledge that their organizations need reinvention to compete for customers and talent. But whereas change in the business arena used to be mostly confined to specific functions or geographies, change now is enterprise-wide and it looks quite different.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 14, 2022

Do you want to know how to get a seat at the table in the C-Suite and get senior leaders to buy into transformational change that you know they need that they don't quite see yet? In this episode, you'll hear: Sarah's insight into how to break into larger organizations and connect with this type of buyer as I did with Sarah.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Market Internal Corporate Training More Effectively How well do you market internal corporate training strategies, value propositions, offerings, and learning journeys to your target participants? A key ingredient to effective change management is meeting people where they are. That is a shame because learning matters.

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LSA Global

MARCH 8, 2023

Do Your Teams Know How to Succeed in a Matrixed Work Environment? How is your organization structured? If your employees work on multiple teams and report to multiple managers (directly or indirectly), you are working in a matrixed work environment. In a recent study of over 14,000 U.S.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2022

After a couple of decades of working in talent management, I get it. The better you understand yourself, the better you will understand how to leverage your strengths and be aware of potential blind spots. How to be funny at work. Academy of management perspectives , 20 (2), 58-69. Keep it positive. Keep it close.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 12, 2019

In the last installment , we explored how management has gone through big evolutionary changes since its inception. When a business is falling behind in its evolutionary journey towards adopting a Teal management style, it has two main options: transformation or reinvention. Relevance of the Teal management philosophy.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 5, 2019

In the last installment , we explored how management has gone through big evolutionary changes since its inception. When a business is falling behind in its evolutionary journey towards adopting a Teal management style, it has two main options: transformation or reinvention. Relevance of the Teal management philosophy.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 5, 2022

At the core, change leadership is working together across the organization to create a shared understanding of the change required to execute the strategy and how to best make it happen. The Leading through Transitions Workshops explored the mindsets, behaviors, and leadership habits needed for successful change leadership.

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. These are the three biggest challenges we’ve seen: Integrating digital talent into the core business. However, one serious challenge that often arises with accelerators is how to integrate new talent into the core business.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Our change management consulting experts knew that this professional services client faced increased competition, employee burnout, pricing pressure, and marketplace disruption. We know from change management simulation data that successful leaders of change make sure their own beliefs and behaviors genuinely support the change.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 6, 2022

In an environment of perpetual change, the enemy of great change leadership is good change management. Good change management involves minimizing disruptions, avoiding costly mistakes, and control. In contrast, great change leadership maximizes business speed, efficiency, and innovation.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 3, 2023

Whether being asked to do more with less or reporting to a new leader, when employees feel inefficient or unsure how to prioritize their work, it increases stress. Evidence from a global study by Gallup revealed that 49% of leaders and 42% of non-managers struggle with anxiety at work. So, how can you reduce workplace ambiguity?

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2017

By “agency” I mean a company that matches independent consultants with client projects, like a talent agency. You may need to do some admin (read: busywork) like file weekly timesheets or status reports, or do verbal check-ins with the client relationship/engagement manager. First, let’s clarify what I mean by “consulting agency.”

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LSA Global

JUNE 15, 2017

In our twenty-five years of culture change and change management consulting we have learned that a clear business strategy must come first. And when it comes to strategy execution, typically that means changing the way you recruit and hire when your workforce needs to grow fast to make sure you are not sacrificing your culture.

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LSA Global

APRIL 20, 2023

Whether major or minor, culture change can be challenging. The Good News Yes, any kind of organizational change is difficult. Carefully review how work gets done to ensure it does not conflict with what you want. Are you explicitly linking your talent management strategy with your business strategy and culture?

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Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 26, 2022

If you are not a skilled speed reader, you may be surprised that you can learn how to read a book in an hour. Here is a bonus link to an assembled collection of my top five favorite books from thought leaders on change management, coaching, culture, innovation and creativity, leadership style, servant leadership, and strategic planning.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? They pursue management challenges.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

What’s less clear is how we can best manage this potential. In particular, how do we organize and reskill our workforces to take advantage of both the automated and human skills that will be necessary to drive future success.

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Epicflow

JULY 12, 2022

However, according to the survey by NewVantage Partners [1] conducted in 2021, only 24% of companies have managed to develop into data-driven ones. At the same time, the talent component shouldn’t be left aside: data alone cannot lead companies to success without human expertise to use in an efficient way. .

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LSA Global

MARCH 15, 2022

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a highly customized 6-month Action Learning Program for Healthcare Leaders.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2023

CEOs and top management teams are expected to be visionary change catalysts in a fast-paced digital marketplace. However, privately many leaders question if it is possible to be considered trustworthy during change, given the decline in employee confidence. Organizational Talent Consulting. Doolittle, J. Fukuyama, F.

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LSA Global

MARCH 27, 2023

Quality Decision Making During Times of Organizational Change Quality decision making is purpose-driven and people-focused experience that requires leaders to be bold, create a bias for action, and to own the outcome. Job Relevance 98.4% Satisfaction 100% Knowledge Gain 93.3% Learn more about getting aligned.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Talent Marketplaces Talent marketplaces connect organization with on-demand talent like independent consultants or experts with skills outside of their core business model. Decisions about what services to offer and how to deliver them must align with client needs, branding, and financial objectives.

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2023

What Top Leaders Do Better We have seen many companies promote top salespeople into sales management roles that have failed miserably. Sales leadership is about effectively leading, managing, and coaching, not doing more selling. Underperformers are quickly and compassionately managed out if they cannot carry their weight.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. I know a highly talented professional with over 20 years of experience with several Fortune 500 companies. Let’s look at some examples.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Theodore Roosevelt Reason #1: Pressure Accelerates Change One reason to embrace pressure is that pressure accelerates change, and leadership is about change. In the book Leading Change, renowned change management thought leader John Kotter identified that overcoming complacency to change requires a sense of urgency.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In 1997, Jim promoted me from CSR (customer service representative) to assistant manager of Blockbuster within a few months just prior to my graduation from college. Here I learned how to improve performance by working as a team and the value of transformational leadership from intrinsically motivated people.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

It will only go as far and as fast as you earn support from senior leaders, key influencers, managers, and front line employees. Honestly assess where you are in terms of your strategy, culture, talent, marketplace, business model, and readiness to change. Don’t leave your strategy retreat unless you plan to follow through.

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Kates Kesler

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

As obvious as these may appear to you and the executive team, they oftentimes are not so apparent to key stakeholders (employees, mid-level managers, internal clients and partners) who need to rally around the new thinking. The transformation leader is not the project manager; rather the role is a strategic thought leader and conductor.

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Kates Kesler

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As obvious as these may appear to you and the executive team, they oftentimes are not so apparent to key stakeholders (employees, mid-level managers, internal clients and partners) who need to rally around the new thinking. The transformation leader is not the project manager; rather the role is a strategic thought leader and conductor.

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 25, 2022

How good am I in acquiring and onboarding new talent when needed? How do people collaborate, what's our culture like? And does everybody know where to find and how to use that documentation? Other tools will help manage your strategy execution. How do we manage projects or track progress on strategic initiatives?

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