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Reinventing the water cooler – and why it matters

Brimstone Consulting

The studies found that cohesion (defined as how connected your work friends are with each other) among employees is one of the most significant factors in productivity and job satisfaction. Include time for informal check-ins and conversation at the start of meetings, schedule regular meetings with your team, and regular one-on-ones.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management by Scott Berkun Making Things Happen is a practical handbook for project managers written in an easy-to-read and witty manner. The “productive laziness” is built on the Pareto principle that states that in many cases, 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes.

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How We Closed the Gap Between Men’s and Women’s Retention Rates

Harvard Business

Apprenticeship, the working relationships of junior team members learning alongside experienced colleagues, is critical to mastering the consulting craft and succeeding in professional services. As in many fast-paced companies today, consulting staff operate without formal job descriptions or handbooks.

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Business Spotlight: Stanford GBS grad launches Returnships

Management Consulted

When I left the University of Utah, I went to go consult with Medalia, which is one of the fastest growing companies in the Bay area. My point to them is that if they want these capable senior women, they need to meet them where they are, and it’s not always this linear career path, which I saw while working in recruiting.

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How to Ask for a Promotion

Harvard Business

For example, she described how she revised the company’s internal handbook by using skills she honed as a consultant and crowd-sourcing HR ideas from the team she already managed. The handbook was rolled out company-wide.). She then set up a meeting to talk to her boss. In fact, he had some specific concerns.

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History of Organization Development (Part 1 of 6) ? ?Prehistoric OD.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. The First Consulting Engineers—circa 5,000 BCE. Moses and Jethro: The First Recorded Coaching Consultation for Large-Scale Change. This observation is from the creative theologically-trained mind of OD consultant and good friend, Mike Murray.).

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The High Price of Overly Prescriptive HR Policies

Harvard Business

” Having consulted with hundreds of company leaders on how to create high-performance workplaces over the past 30 years, I’ve seen this firsthand. If your employee handbook or HR policy manual is large and prescriptive, consider the following: Don’t play “gotcha” — make positive assumptions about employees.