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The ISO 20700 Checklist: A Game-Changer for Management Consultants

Effective Managers

This checklist, an integral part of the ISO 20700 standard, has been developed by the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) to guide consultants in delivering top-tier services. This transparency is critical in building trust and clarity, crucial factors in any successful consulting relationship.

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Agile Strategy: Stability and Opportunity During Disruption

Brimstone Consulting

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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Agile Strategy: Stability and Opportunity During Disruption

Brimstone Consulting

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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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

Then, further training is usually limited to new production introductions or annual “kick-off” meetings to set quotas, where reps are flown in, given information and marching orders, and “fired-up” by a motivational speaker or exercise (more hot coals, anyone?).

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Top Power Skills Every Organizational Consultant Needs

Consulting Matters

It provides mission and purpose, brand, vision, goals, desired customer experience, products, and service offerings. I typically am not a fan of values exercises with executives because what they come up with is often what they think makes them sound better but doesn't reflect their true values. Political savvy. Proactive advocacy.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. The essays are based on Scott Berkun’s work experience as a project manager at Microsoft, which however doesn’t mean that his guidelines will be useful for software development projects only.

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To Be a Great Leader, You Have to Learn How to Delegate Well

Harvard Business

But the two are not the same — just as being busy and being productive are not necessarily equal. Regardless of your preferred methodology for delegation, here are four strategies that I’ve found work for leaders at all levels. This is crucial when you have a precise outcome or methodology in mind.

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