Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This morning, I attended a Momentum session of the Society for Evidence-Based Organizational Consulting (SEBOC). I did this while attending UChicago and picking up extra cash cleaning industrial carpets, being a production artist for GES Exposition Services during the summer, or working a Blockbuster.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

What was missing from current consulting resources? An update to The Consulting Bible wasn’t enough. We had to up the ante…free ourselves from the confines of a book…so that we could blast open the most valuable vault in the history of consulting interview prep. What had they wanted more of?

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Asamby Consulting

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The productivity myth We live our personal and professional lives in an increasingly efficient and productive world. Without realizing we celebrate the idea of “more” in all of its shapes and forms as we often admire: The company with most revenue The product with most features The organization with most people. …

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

How in the world did Josh go from a PhD in cell and molecular biology to a job in federal consulting for The Tauri Group? Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide.

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our list of highly recommended books to help you succeed as a consultant. By business owners, for business owners, Conquer the Chaos enables you to reevaluate your approach, revitalize your operations, and realize the freedom and success your hard work deserves. Small business consultant and author Michael E. Get started today!

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But if you want to thrive in the post-COVID world, you’ve got to start working on operational improvements now. Value stream maps (VSMs) show both the material and the information flow in any kind of end-to-end process such as order to cash, or new product introduction.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2022

New and innovative products have brought economic growth, communication and educational accessibility, and environmental sustainability to the advancement of society. Improved Productivity In order to improve productivity, you should streamline what you need to focus on and what you need to cut out.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It is something you must pay attention to as a new consultant. The client says they are focusing on growing their XYZ product line, but in reality, there are no salespeople dedicated to selling it, there is only one person in marketing who tries to market it, and there are no dedicated R&D efforts to improve the products in this area.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Only operating in the short term or taking too much risk and gambling on one specific future are frequent traps leaders fall into when facing economic uncertainty. Implementation typically involves experimentation, analyzing the existing strategies, and creative experiential learning exercises.

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QEmploy

JUNE 10, 2019

Podcasts are the future of self-learning and we made a list of 60 IT podcasts that IT consultants can learn from. While cooking, driving, exercising, shopping, commuting, you name it. Read also: Biggest Influencers in IT-Consulting ]. See this awesome list of great #podcasts for consultants Click To Tweet.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, V12 faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies. Strategy has traditionally been a top-down exercise conducted on an annual basis.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of Booz Allen Hamilton’s finest moments from the early years was in the 1950s when Time Magazine dubbed it “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm.” Intelligence & Operations Analysis.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, V12 faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies. Strategy has traditionally been a top-down exercise conducted on an annual basis.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 10, 2014

If we want customers and prospects to feel something for our products other than boredom and disaffection, we cannot aim our content solely at their “logic” brains. Stories that illustrate how your products and services have made a difference for customers are a huge sales advantage. Top Consulting Tips' By: Kathy Klotz-Guest.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of their finest moments in the early years was when Time magazine dubbed the firm, “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm”, at the end of the 1950s. Management Consulting.

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Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting. Trying to improve productivity in a process by 25% on first try is (generally) a recipe for failure and frustration—notwithstanding Byrne’s success with that approach. You build your way up to those levels. then two minutes, then three, etc.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2016

You’ve probably demonstrated your product’s potential with a subset of customers, and now experienced investors are willing to place a bet on you. Or perhaps it’s because the only person who is passionate enough to sell the product is the person who developed it. What about pricing? The list goes on.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

I am super excited to introduce you all to Charles Browne, the latest graduate from the Consultant’s Institute, who has got an amazing new business that he is launching, so welcome. So, I know that you didn’t just wake up one day and say hey I want to start a consulting business, you’ve been thinking about it for a while.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Along with many other executives, I attended talks by noted management authors, I went to (often lengthy) team-building exercises, and I participated in discussions on different leadership styles. But, anecdotally, the consultants I’ve talked with agree that my own experience, heavily backloaded with training, is by no means unique.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

More than 80% of our work is done by teams of consultants and staff who operate out of their home offices. We do this through a scorecard that we give to consultants and staff members for their individual roles. Each consultant is free to choose the type of work they want to do, whom to do it with, and when to do it.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Sometimes it’s been across oceans and time zones (we are a military family), and sometimes it’s been across town (the office was short on space; I was a slave to my children’s schedules; the whole operation was virtual). I’m not talking about exercise for weight loss, though that might be a great side benefit.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The second full year for Asamby Consulting is in the books. Before I get too philosophical, let’s dive into my 10 learnings from year two of building a consulting firm. #1 There is the team, there is the way in which you approach sales and then there is how you manage operations. I was wrong. It is all connected.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. ” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.”

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Members of this health care company who experienced relational energy with their leaders were more engaged at work, which then led to higher productivity. In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Operators set their work schedules and their vacations, design and monitor their own performance indicators, do their own maintenance, and are consulted on the choice of new machinery. In one of its German plants, teams self-direct most activities and managers have transitioned into the role of coaches without formal authority.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Consulting lead generation isn’t easy, especially when done online. Now, B2B decision makers are actively looking for consultants online, and your digital presence can be a huge part of how you generate new conversations with buyers. Learn a framework for discovering which method is best for your consulting business.

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Confessions of a Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2019

Initially launched as a war against non-value-added activity, GE trained all staff in the removal of non-productive processes and the overall programme was labelled Workout. A consultant attempting to understand the culture in Google is on a similar mission to an anthropologist looking at the Fulani tribe in Nigeria.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Description: On this episode, I’m talking with Emma Sharley, an experienced and very successful brand and marketing consultant in Australia. She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“You have a golden moment in your job search where you’re operating at peak confidence and energy. This exercise will also likely provide job leads, he says. You can reduce the stress of finding a new position after a job loss by making sure you’re eating well , exercising , and getting plenty of sleep.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

On this episode, I’m talking with Emma Sharley, an experienced and very successful brand and marketing consultant in Australia. She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines. Emma, welcome.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The exercise of one’s social capital within one’s social network enables participants to obtain a new policy or open a new claim.” By the end of 2018, the first live trades on the platform are anticipated with several other products being developed concurrently. Figure 1 – Founding shareholders of B3i (Source: B3i ).

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

The purpose includes creating value for customers, investing in employees, dealing fairly with suppliers, and supporting the communities where corporations operate. A global survey of over 5000 CEOs revealed that greater than 60 percent of organizations anticipate introducing new products or services to fuel their growth.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

As a former consultant, I have a deep and abiding love for the use of 2×2 matrices in business strategy. They plan diligently and produce excellent products and experiences for clients time and time again. Consumers expect consistent products; people appreciate consistent management.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

Looking at the executive teams we work with as consultants and those we teach in the classroom, increased diversity of gender, ethnicity, and age is apparent. Throughout this period, we have run a strategic execution exercise with executive groups focused on managing new, uncertain, and complex situations. They never finished.

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Confessions of a Consultant

MAY 28, 2017

The industrial relations consultant Dr. Liam Doherty (he’s great fun) argues that the only reason for going on radio is to keep someone else off air. Personal Story: When I started working as a management consultant, we operated from a shared office on Northumberland Road in Ballsbridge. The Topic: Working from home.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To address this issue, in our teaching in executive programs in Ireland, we ask participants — executives that come from a wide range of companies and government agencies, and departments such as customer service, product development, and human resources — to develop such evidence using the Friday Afternoon Measurement (FAM) method.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To address this issue, in our teaching in executive programs in Ireland, we ask participants — executives that come from a wide range of companies and government agencies, and departments such as customer service, product development, and human resources — to develop such evidence using the Friday Afternoon Measurement (FAM) method.

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