Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. The leadership set you up for success.

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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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Organizational Development Consulting Management Nonprofit 66

Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 10, 2010

We live in traditional organizations that are functional and vertically managed. The design is similar to creating and operating a “marching organization.” Work is aligned by function and managed vertically up and down the line. The challenge is cultural and political, not technical. Career Management. Read more.].

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Management Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics 45

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. The systems vantage point is the whole operation within its environment operating within a steady state, which keeps it viable.

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System Management Organizational Development Nonprofit 54

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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Management How To Nonprofit Energy 28

Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

Sometimes consulting is operating in a house of mirrors. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Career Management. Crisis Management. Free Management Library Blogs. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Project Management.

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Consulting Management Organizational Development Nonprofit 45

Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Career Management. Crisis Management. Project Management.

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Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics Consulting 73

Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They operate from self-evaluated standards. I am sure we have all seen groups operate from these various stages, or plateaus. We can observe groups operating at various stages of moral development in their assumptions and behaviors. The conscious operate from a self-evaluated set of standards. Career Management.

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Development Leadership Consulting Organizational Development 68

Management Consulted

JUNE 26, 2016

I think I have the idea of the final-round process down, where there is the screening portion, and then you come in and you try to view the culture of the company and meet the interviewers, and you already may be connected with some people inside the firm which will help you a lot. What might be your staffing model? Is it double staffing?”

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Healthcare Case Interview Consulting Interviews 140

Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 6, 2013

With recent emphasis on the importance of using a highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style when guiding change, leaders are beginning to operate more like internal consultants for change then ever before. For more resources, see the Free Management Library’s topic All About Consulting. Career Management.

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Consulting Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics 65

The Nonprofit Consultant

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Although this is my third time going through merger negotiations as an IED, I'm not one who is a default cheerleader for mergers, or who would ever say anything like, "There's too many nonprofits." On the contrary, I love having a vital marketplace of nonprofits, large and small, competing to make our communities better places to live.

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Nonprofit Energy Exercises Education 40

Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 15, 2011

It helps the client know the true costs in successfully operating his or her organization. ” Is it decreased employee turnover, increased profit or successful operation of a technical system? Project managers call it “project creep.” Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning.

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Consulting Organizational Development Guidelines Nonprofit 98

Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

You would extend your physical and mental antennae to not miss a cue that might be a clue as to how to operate successfully as a stranger in a strange land. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Career Management. Crisis Management.

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Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics Development 58

Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? Carl Jung (1875-1971) postulated the power of archetypes operating in the human psyche and emphasized the role of the Shadow , those aspects of who we are that have not yet been integrated. Whose ‘conceptual DNA’ runs in our veins? Organizational Change. Consulting.

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Development Organizational Development Nonprofit Consulting 58

Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2010

There are certain types of general knowledge that would likely be the same, especially: a) General frameworks from which to develop and/or operate systems, for example, performance management systems, financial systems or marketing systems. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning.

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Training Training Consulting Guidelines 61

Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

For years, companies, universities and nonprofits have researched the reasons why women are less likely to enter STEM field s — and why, once they enter, they face challenges that frequently push them out. Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines. How did they do it?

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Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment Engineering 43

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Toyota hired Deming to train hundreds of the company’s managers, eventually capitalizing on his expertise to develop the famous Toyota Production System — the primary source of today’s “lean” thinking. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many practitioners might assert that they just operate by “gut feel” – they intuitively sense the situation, how to work with their clients, and what should occur as a result. — For many related, free online resources, see the following Free Management Library’s topics: All About Personal and Professional Coaching. Read more.].

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. All of our early funding came from either nonprofit or government sources.” This is a dangerous mindset.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? polarity management). There is evidence that the Egyptian culture during the time of the Pharaohs had what we would call ‘consulting engineers’, whose job it was to go around to the major construction projects and make sure they were ‘on time and under budget.’

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Development Organizational Development Consulting Leadership 77

The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 21, 2010

Regular readers of this blog know that I've been involved in two successful nonprofit mergers, as well as a third attempt that was never consummated, and I've written several blog posts on my feelings about nonprofit mergers. Here's the starting point. With a VNA, it's a health care model; death is failure.

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Nonprofit Interviews Case Interview Culture 69

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). Right now I’m halfway through The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , by Stephen Greenblatt.

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How To Exercises Nonprofit Meeting 28

The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Every operation is and will remain a collection of regularly repeated processes. Active senior management involvement delivers a clear message that change is good and that experimentation and even occasional failure is okay and encouraged. Tags: continuous improvement processes Nonprofit management efficiency.

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Nonprofit Data Tools Insurance 45

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Perhaps you didn’t fit in with the company’s culture, or you and your boss didn’t see eye to eye. “You have a golden moment in your job search where you’re operating at peak confidence and energy. Maybe you made errors in judgment. “It’s always a matter of circumstances.”

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Cover Letters Case Interview How To Interviews 28

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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Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

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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Management System Software Productivity 28

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

Lee is accused of donating $36 million to nonprofit foundations operated by a friend of the former president in return for political favors. The hidden rules of atonement differ greatly across cultures. Redemption in Guilt Culture. Lee has denied the charges. financial crisis.

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Government Culture Nonprofit Financial 28

Consulting and Organizational Management

AUGUST 16, 2010

These systems operate within boundaries subjected to the whims of environmental changes such as: economic crises, increased competitive threats and industry shifts. The human system operates the technology. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Organization as a Socio-Technical System.

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System Consulting Organizational Development Methodologies 57

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Companies we work with at BSR, a nonprofit sustainability business network and consultancy, feel trapped: Although every conceivable action carries considerable risk, inaction may not be much of an option, either. What to do, now that the neutral middle ground has become a quicksand?

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Policies Survey Government Company 31

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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