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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 6: Good Reasons to Hire Consultants and Poor Reasons to Hire Consultants By Carter McNamara on February 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do? One of the greatest frustrations of consulting is the desire to change your client’s organization, but not having direct influence to accomplish that change.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Training Versus Consulting – a Story By John Dupre on February 3, 2013. Recently a student asked me what the primary differences in skills were required between a consultant and a trainer. I trust you to find a good consultant.”.

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MARCH 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 5: Internal and External Consultants By Carter McNamara on March 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting. We highly recommend his book “Flawless Consulting.”)

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MAY 5, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Welcome to this 3-part article on managing resistance in consulting projects. Part 3 will describe how to deal with your own resistance as a consultant.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 2: How Do Consultants Work? Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do? In addition to the various roles in consulting, there are various approaches to consulting, as described in this post.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 22, 2023

If leaders and teams are not continuously developing, they are falling behind. The coaching focuses on developing and implementing a plan of action to boost your career. This type of coaching typically involves temperament and personality profiles to pinion where development should be focused.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 21, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting books often suggest a sequence of steps or phases that a consulting project goes through. Did your client establish criteria for selecting a consultant, for example, do a Request for Proposal? (If Library Blogs Home.

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APRIL 13, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. History of Organization Development (Part 3 of 6) — A Timeline of Who Did What and When By Carter McNamara on April 13, 2012. Barbara Bunker and myself (Billie Alban) developed the Time Line concept, and Sara Shea did the graphics.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 7, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Links to Build a Consulting Practice By Carter McNamara on January 7, 2011. Our firm gets 4-5 calls/month from people wanting to know how to start or grow a consulting practice. Should You Start a For-Profit or a Nonprofit?

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Gathering and Processing Information? Myers-Briggs is a registered trademark of Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.), Read my blogs: Boards , Consulting and OD , and Strategic Planning.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. History of Organization Development (Part 2 of 6) — “The Psychologists” By Carter McNamara on March 19, 2012. The latter phrase refers to a field of well-trained people with expertise in guiding successful organizational development.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 4: Types of Consultants By Carter McNamara on November 15, 2010. Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do?, That post also listed numerous roles that a consultant might play.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. As a Consultant, Know When You’re Giving Away Too Much By Carter McNamara on October 15, 2011. New consultants far too often give away far too much. Philosophy – Give Free Consulting to Show Expertise, to Establish Credibility.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How Much Should the Client Be Involved in Consulting Projects? Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting, asserts that, as a consultant, you should not be contributing more than 50% of the effort in a consulting project.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. When Consultants Should Facilitate, Coach or Train By Carter McNamara on April 13, 2010. There are strong feelings that consulting, facilitating, coaching and training are very different roles. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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JUNE 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. 7 Options for "Success" in Consulting Projects By Carter McNamara on June 10, 2010. In a highly collaborative approach to consulting, you want your relationship with your client to be as open, honest and trusting as possible.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Problem Solving? As a consultant, you work with clients to solve problems. Always consider that diversity in your consulting projects. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models Our Growth as Consultants (Part 3 of 3) By Jim Smith on March 19, 2011. Given the uncertainty and complexity in our organizations, dealing with ambiguity is a critical skill for consultants. Translate This.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

LinkedIn, the social network for professionals of all sectors, has just announced the launch of their new Board Connect service for nonprofit organizations. Best of all, the service is free to nonprofits ( business use of the Talent Finder can cost $1,000). So, what could be wrong with all this? I will also agree with Ms.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. History of Organization Development (Part 1 of 6) — “Prehistoric OD” By Carter McNamara on March 5, 2012. The latter phrase refers to a field of well-trained people with expertise in guiding successful organizational development.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How "Disconnected Conversations" Can Kill Consulting and Collaboration By Carter McNamara on June 17, 2010. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine and I were talking about a particular consulting project. Translate This.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. I am looking at the dynamics from three perspectives: From Western Consultants who have had experience of and have practised Change & Transformation in Asia. Organization Development. Consulting. Translate This. Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. They were interested in pursuing OD consulting, whether it be internal or external. Years ago I was interviewing for a job in a large consulting firm in NYC. It paid quite well and I liked the consultants who I had met. Translate This.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 1, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. A colleague called me last week, reporting that she had actually spoke face-to-face with one of the gurus in our field of Organization Development. Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD – Authenticity Consulting, LLC – 800-971-2250. Translate This.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 17, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. We have brought in outside consultants to provide recommendations and prescriptions about the problems that plague us. At the same time, a few reflective scholarly consulting practitioners were experimenting with ways to improve whole systems.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Working on Ourselves, as Consultants By Jim Smith on June 14, 2010. Why It’s Important to Work On Ourselves, as Consultants. This is why it is so important for consultants to “work on” ourselves. Library Blogs Home. Read more.].

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MAY 21, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting? Coaching vs. Consulting – Or Is It? Similarly, many coaches see consulting as being limited to giving advice. They might add, “So coaching is not consulting. A consultant can use questioning (“coaching”?)

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 11, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. As a Consultant, What’s Your Blindside? Watch the following situation occur in conversations among consultants. Many consultants place extreme value on people’s feelings, beliefs and perceptions. Library Blogs Home.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Organization Development is all about change in work systems. For Example, Consider the internal consulting team where we developed, what we called our PWI Index. The people in this consulting group were funny and they were irreverent.

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APRIL 19, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 3: Primary Working Goals and Assumptions of Consultants By Carter McNamara on April 19, 2010. Primary Working Goals of Consultants. Ensure attention to developing the project and relationships.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models and Our Growth as Consultants (Part 2 of 3) By Jim Smith on February 25, 2011. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Read more.].

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models and Our Growth as Consultants (Part 1 of 3) By Jim Smith on February 16, 2011. There are consulting lessons in this work as well as personal development lessons for people who hope to do consulting.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 28, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Last week, I got a call from a consultant who lamented the “failure of all those management movements.” I sometimes wonder if the hyperbole from consultants and writers is as dangerous as the situations those people are trying to improve.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Development is hard pressed to interface with operations. Yet it is extremely important that this interface be workable because developments are not relevant until they find their way into operations. The context of development is uncertainty.

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APRIL 23, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. ” He went on to explain that their organizations were still somewhat small. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development.

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JULY 26, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. His insights were profound because they had so many implications toward a theory of development and growth. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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