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Get inspired by data: things are getting better!

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Sometimes it feels like everything is getting worse. But the data doesn’t say so. Go check out the statistics on how the modern world has improved: Our world in data Human progress gapminder Twins nicely with Hans Rosling’s lovely TED talks. The post Get inspired by data: things are getting better! appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Early Version of Distributed Agile Teams Book is Available

Johanna Rothman

Mark Kilby and I have finished the first four chapters of From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver. We thought we had five finished chapters. Then we realized how much more work we had, to move from Google docs to Markdown. Sigh. We have four finished chapters And, we know how to collaborate in Markdown much better than we did before.

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Why workflow analysis is so important?

Consulthon

Hello All, My client is a company that has never done before process improvement transformations. How do you explain to stakeholders who have never experienced Lean 6 sigma, Operational Excellence.

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Making Your Promises Explicit: Taking a Leadership Oath:

Confessions of a Consultant

Should Leaders take an Oath? In the consulting world, I come across many different managers and styles of leadership. Some people are planful , understanding exactly what they are going to do and when they are going to do it. Others are more instinctual, sensing what needs to be done, gifted with an antennae that separates important Shark issues from unimportant Minnows.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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The Quirky Secrets of the World's Greatest Innovators

Strategy+Business

In her book on inventive genius, Melissa Schilling delves into the personality traits that lead to breakthroughs.

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Four Things StrengthsFinder Cannot Tell us about a Person (podcast)

Leadership Vision Consulting

Today on the podcast, Brian Schubring and I are going to be talking about the four things StrengthsFinder results cannot tell us. Strengths tell us a lot about what a person brings to any situation. It can tell us how they will show up in a relationship and what their potential capacity is for whatever the job might be. However, at Leadership Vision, we are learning more and more about the things Strengths CANNOT tell us about a person.

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What We Have is A Failure to Communicate!

Peter Stark

If you ask most managers if they communicate the right amount of information to their boss, peers and direct reports, most managers will tell you confidently that they are good communicators. Despite most managers feeling confident about the level of communication they provide to others in their organization, the data from our Employee Opinion Survey Benchmarks tells us there is a significant difference between the managers in our overall Benchmark compared to those in our Best of the Best Bench

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The Weekly Independent: April 9, 2018

MBO Partners

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the April 9, 2018 edition.

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