David A Fields

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Jo Uppalnite, CEO of Cocoa Roasters, calls you in search of advice because she’s mired in a challenge. Jo’s smart to call you because: 1) your consulting firm specializes in Jo’s issue; 2) you’ve spent your consulting career developing skills in this area; and, 3) she’s too amped up on roasted cocoa to make decisions … Continued. The post When Your Consulting Firm Should Give Free Advice appeared first on David A.

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Rod Burkert

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In case you missed last week: Got a minute … I would like to pick your brain about something. Being an expert can lead to unsolicited requests for a “quick” call or meeting to pick our brain on a topic someone believes we know a lot about. What can we do? On to this week: I don’t want you to do any more heavy lifting than you are already doing to close out 2019.

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Simon Associates

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Performance outcomes are directly a result of a sound (or unsound) strategic plan. I recently read an article (third in a series) in the November 22, 2019 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, “ Admin 101: Tips on Carrying Out Your Strategic Plan.” The author, David D. Perlmutter, a professor and dean of the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University, readily admits that “one of the great paradoxes of higher-education leadership is that most of us who find ourse

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Wayne Baker, professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, has spent much of his career researching the best way to effectively ask for help at work. Whether you’re soliciting support on a tricky assignment or more resources for your team, it can feel uncomfortable to approach bosses and colleagues with hat in hand. But we rarely get what we need or want without asking for it.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 17, 2019

What Matters Most – Does Your Culture Prioritize Profits over Values? When push comes to shove and you or your business is struggling, which operating principle wins out – profits or values? Business leaders spend a great deal of time crafting corporate values for leaders to model and employees to follow such as integrity, accountability, teamwork, diversity, excellence, etc.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

What if today, just for today, we didn’t settle? What if we saw precisely the change we sought to make and sacrificed to make that change? What if we set aside urgencies and focused simply on what’s important instead? What if we did the work that matters?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The nine types of brands — and their corresponding values.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Have a specific reader in mind.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Without clipping their wings.

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