Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

For more resources, see the Free Management Library’s topic All About Consulting. « Previous Next » Meet this Blog’s Co-Hosts Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, provides organization development and consultant training services, and is developer of the Free Management Library. Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

« Previous Next » Meet this Blog’s Co-Hosts Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, provides organization development and consultant training services, and is developer of the Free Management Library. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Managing Boundaries in Systems By Jim Smith on September 28, 2010. Systems manage their boundaries, for better of for worse: too open boundaries threaten the system with a loss of identity, too tight and the systems tend to run down. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Read more.].

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 5, 2013

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. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Career Management. Crisis Management. Free Management Library Blogs. Fundraising for Nonprofits.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 2, 2007

It is my pleasure, once again, to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Erek Ostrowski presents Creating a Culture of Productivity and Success posted at Verve Coaching. Katya Andresen presents How to court a blogger posted at Katya's Nonprofit Marketing Blog.

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BCG

JULY 29, 2016

But major change efforts are just as challenging for nonprofit organizations—perhaps more so because of the differences in structure, capabilities, funding, and governance. These discussions are especially useful for nonprofit boards.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 7, 2011

(To learn more about consulting processes, see the topic Consultants in the Free Management Library.). Should You Start a For-Profit or a Nonprofit? Starting a Nonprofit Organization. Risk Management. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Career Management.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

.’ In addition to industry specific knowledge, consulting equips you with highly transferable business and management skills. Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits. These are learned in a trial by fire manner. The joys of consulting.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 18, 2007

Today's posting on Inside Philanthropy is about how critical it is to track nonprofit performance. So, many nonprofits fall into the trap of counting outputs instead of outcomes. So, many nonprofits fall into the trap of counting outputs instead of outcomes. I like that idea, of a culture of measurement.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 23, 2010

I added, even that depends on the culture of the people in the organization. Some cultures don’t do planning in the typical “linear” approach that we so often talk about. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

They usually provide highly specialized content expertise regarding certain specific systems and processes in the organization, for example, computer systems, financial and accounting systems, market research or facilities management. Management consultants. Many organizations hire technical consultants.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 10, 2010

We live in traditional organizations that are functional and vertically managed. Work is aligned by function and managed vertically up and down the line. Work is being organized by process as much as function, it is managed by multi-functional teams, which are quicker in producing customer driven results. Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 28, 2010

Be Careful About Proclaiming "Failed Management Movements"! Last week, I got a call from a consultant who lamented the “failure of all those management movements.” ” As usual in these conversations, the caller went on to explain how his particular idea was what leaders and managers really needed.

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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. Translation: change management for IT projects. The exact opposite is true. Translation: turnaround expert. Translation: philanthropy expert.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Culture : Is the work environment healthy or toxic? It has an academic culture focused on continuous improvement.Intellectual rigor and factual analysis skills are vital components of success, as is a can-do attitude with an optimistic focus. Hours are long, and the culture can be demanding. Employee Satisfaction.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 26, 2010

Starting with the individual organism he demonstrated that the systems view and principles extended throughout biology, physics, chemistry, philosophy and cultural anthropology as well as sociology and psychiatry. Management is always across boundaries. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Boundary management means the protection and support of a differentiated development culture and the managed change of this culture when appropriate. Establishing and managing boundaries is both necessary and problematic. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance?

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

So here they are: The top 10 management consulting firms in the very global, very dynamic, always-changing District of Columbia! The DC office management pushes training programs and the culture is all about grooming employees into McKinsey-bred consultants; they do everything they can to stay on top.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2017

” And when urgency is a part of the organizational culture , it may feel like a requirement to move fast, whether you’re a leader or a frontline employee. A VP at a nonprofit client had a history of making decisions hastily and without sufficient data. Encourage them to identify all the consequences of their actions.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2016

I’ve always loved the contrast between Moore’s Law – Gordon Moore’s pronouncement that silicon chips’ power would double every 18 months – and Peter Drucker’s much more sober statement about the art of managing people: “We are not going to breed a new race of supermen.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 23, 2018

My formal education focused on critical thinking and the social sciences — hello, Bachelors in Anthropology and Masters in Cultural Studies! I learned to navigate projects and client communications by observing how other business owners managed relationships, adapting successful project strategies to my own circumstances.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 26, 2012

History of Organization Development (Part 5 of 6) — Wilfred Bion and Eric Trist “The Birth of Self-Managed Work Groups” By Carter McNamara on June 26, 2012. The Origin of ‘Self-Managed Work Teams ’. Self-Managed Teams: A Socio-Technical Innovation. Guest Writer Submissions. To Subscribe to a Blog.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Cultural integrity – an understanding of the Asian way of life. Also there are some consistencies starting to emerge e.g. Change Awareness and Hierarchy are clear leaders followed by Responsibility, Cultural Integrity, Consensus and Education. See these topics in the Free Management Library: Organizational Change. Consulting.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Productivity Team leaders are charged with managing and fully engaging their teams so that they are delivering outcomes that make sense to the business AND to the people. Do your highest performing leaders and managers model a healthy work-life balance? The Bottom Line Team leaders have enormous influence over their team.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

« Previous Next » Meet this Blog’s Co-Hosts Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, provides organization development and consultant training services, and is developer of the Free Management Library. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

” Assessments should use the pareto principle, i.e., focus on some “best practices” in each of the major management functions. Focus on leadership and managment “systems/structures,” not on people (which can be hard to do with today’s infatuation with heroic leaders. Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 11, 2010

Many of them have extensive experience in management. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Management consulting purist, might argue that improving performance and metrics should be the sole focus of my role. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 14, 2013

So, we’d be sitting with a group of managers listening to them talk about their difficult issues. « Previous Next » Meet this Blog’s Co-Hosts Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, provides organization development and consultant training services, and is developer of the Free Management Library. Leadership.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You have an ambitious team member who’s asking to be promoted to manager. As a manager, you’re always on the lookout for the next generation of talent in your organization. “It requires different skills to manage than to be an individual contributor,” she says. How do you judge his skills and experience?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The organization wants a consultant to lend credibility to a decision that has already been made, for example, the Board of Directors has decided to reorganize the nonprofit, but the Chief Executive Officer disagrees – so the Board hires a consultant to lend expert credibility to their decision. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance.

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Strategy+Business

MAY 10, 2015

Because nonprofits play an essential and powerful role in shaping society and culture, they require the utmost professionalism in their leaders. Frances Hesselbein, approaching her 100th birthday, has become the world's leading advocate for management skill in the social sector.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 21, 2011

Did your client make any effort to manage change, when addressing their issue? That question starts to alert them to the need to carefully manage change, and opens the door for you to start teaching them.). The topic Consultants in the Free Management Library. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Career Management.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2021

The ultimate playbook for developing brave leaders and courageous cultures. whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job.”. First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. “In Dare to Lead by Brene Brown.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 22, 2023

Leadership Coaching helps you grow your confidence and competence regardless of whether you are an emerging leader, frontline leader, mid-level manager, executive, or business owner. The executive manager is not doing their job, and the organization is looking to outsource the executive manager role. Nicholas Brealey Publishing.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Most companies manage projects in terms of outputs, not outcomes. Managers working in this context can be forgiven for thinking that their job is simply to finish making something. And yet our management culture and tools are set up to work in terms of outputs. The project may be “done.”

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 7, 2011

« Previous Next » Meet this Blog’s Co-Hosts Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, provides organization development and consultant training services, and is developer of the Free Management Library. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

The vision of the network is a network of people committed to: The shared values of peace, justice, respect, cross-cultural understanding and global cooperation; The preservation of indigenous cultures, traditions and ecologies; The enhancement of quality of life around the world. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance.

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