David A Fields
APRIL 16, 2019
Before Goldilocks was eaten by the three bears (or was it the three pigs?), she fussily spotted the ideal porridge, chair and bed for herself. What’s the ideal consulting opportunity for your consulting firm? There are myriad guidelines you could apply to pinpoint your ideal consulting opportunity. For example, strategic fit, duration of project, or … Continued.
Markovitz Consulting
APRIL 16, 2019
(Note: this article first appeared in Industry Week.) A recent article by Sam Walker in the Wall Street Journal argues that better managers are the key to delivering better results. Walker cites research by Gallup showing that the quality of middle managers determines 70% of the variance between high-performing and low-performing companies. Because managers can instill (or at least heighten) a sense of purpose and meaning in employees’ work, they drive the critical measure of employee engagement
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Henry DeVries
APRIL 16, 2019
“A brand is a promise of an experience and is directly connected to trust. It’s what your customers say when you’re not around,” says Don DiCostanzo, CEO of Pedego Electric Bikes.
Steve Tobak
APRIL 16, 2019
It is physically impossible to French-kiss a man who leaves the new roll of toilet paper resting on top of the empty cardboard roll. Does he not see it? DOES HE NOT SEE IT? – Rachel (aka Rita Wilson), The Story of Us Bringing a new head of business development[.] Read On. The post Defense Mechanisms and Leadership Performance appeared first on Steve Tobak.
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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC
APRIL 16, 2019
Hmmm. Another customer just selected a competitor for their next project. That’s the third time that’s happened this quarter. Like the others, you thought you’d worked well with the customer. So why didn’t this customer choose you again? It must be the new CFO that joined their company last year. She’s probably forcing them to use new vendors. She obviously doesn’t care about maintaining successful working relationships.
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Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
Sydney Finkelstein, professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, says that being the most knowledgeable and experienced person on your team isn’t always a good thing. Expertise can steer you wrong in two important ways. It can stop you from being curious about new developments in your field. And it can make you overconfident about your ability to solve problems in different areas.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 16, 2019
Beloved 1,000-year-old buildings disappear in the blink of an eye. Celebrities we’ve never met die young. Babies are born. Music goes from cutting edge to current to oldies. Technology that was prized becomes obsolete. A medical breakthrough averts certain doom… Our experience with time keeps changing. The concept of the time machine was only invented in the 1800s, and people who lived when they were building Notre Dame had little concept of what the world was like a thousand years b
Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
Toronto is experimenting with smart city concepts envisioned by Google spin-off Sidewalk Labs. Harvard Business School professors Leslie John and Mitch Weiss discuss the tradeoffs of using technology to improve modern city life at potential costs to digital privacy from their case, “Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up.” Is it worth it?
Gina Abudi
APRIL 16, 2019
A Client Short Story. One of Abudi Consulting Group’s clients, a SVP of Human Resources (HR) in a retail organization of approximately 800 employees, has noticed that employees seem increasingly disinterested in the organization and the work. The SVP of HR, who we’ll call Sarah, shared this story with me during one of our quarterly [.]. The post What’s Up with My Employees??
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Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
What Sherlock Holmes has in common with the creator of Softsoap.
Prudent Pedal
APRIL 16, 2019
“Master brand” is a term used frequently in professional services. A master brand allows a firm to present itself under a single moniker, one visual identity, one value proposition, and one tagline. Either no sub-brands exist or those that do are properly subservient to the master brand. Creating an umbrella brand is something very different. Creating an umbrella brand often correlates with branding Mistake No.15: Making brand decisions by committee.
Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
Lack of data is no excuse for ignoring intersectionality.
Steve Shu Consulting
APRIL 16, 2019
In 2019, Inside Nudging will be re-released within a special edition book published by The Decision Lab, entitled Nudging Democratized: A Guide to Applying Behavioral Science. Many thanks to my brilliant co-author, Andrew Lewis, for collaborating with me on this release. More details will be forthcoming as the release date draws nearer.
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Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
Prepare, cite experts, and express your conviction.
Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
Advice for those who have to deliver it.
Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
Beware the “data lemon.
Harvard Business
APRIL 16, 2019
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