Tue.Apr 23, 2019

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Your Goldilocks Consulting Projects [Part 2 – Time Horizon]

David A Fields

Let’s finish up with Goldilocks, that unrepentant trespasser, porridge thief and handy metaphor for everything “just right.” When last we left our fair-haired bear bait, she was pointing to Significance as one of the key indicators of the perfect project for your consulting firm. (See this article.) Goldi’s Five-by-Five zone consists of your prospect’s top … Continued.

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Big 4 Accounting Firms

Management Consulted

At some point, you’ve probably heard about the Big 4 accounting firms. Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young, and KPMG are titans in the business world and each boast revenues in the billions. Altogether, they generated over $148 billion in revenue … Continue Reading. The post Big 4 Accounting Firms appeared first on Management Consulted.

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Product Roles, Part 4: Product Orientation and the Role of Projects

Johanna Rothman

Many people in the agile community promote a product orientation over a project orientation. That's possible because an organization has product or feature teams. That works until you have more products than teams. That's when you might still need projects to accomplish everything. If you keep teams together, you can still use projects in a product-oriented organization.

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The Generous Act of Marketing

Prudent Pedal

For the past 20 years, the B2C marketing profession has been moving in the direction of professional services. These consumer-focused companies are finally learning what professional services firms have known for decades—dare I say centuries. Sales and Marketing are about building trusting relationships. Unfortunately, I suspect that much of what has been put on paper has either not been read recently, been seriously misappropriated or is being willfully ignored.

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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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Psychological safety and more

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: I’ve spoken about Dan Coyle’s concept of psychological safety before. In this podcast he explains the 3 principles of effective teams: 1. Safety 2. Vulnerability 3. Purpose In order to get this we need to Connect Share Tell stories Here are my favourite quotes: The most important words a leader can say are “I stuffed […].

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We Need More Heroes

Henman Performance Executive

On April 9, 2019, America lost another hero, Lt. Col. Richard Cole, the last of the eighty Doolittle Raiders. He was 103. At the age of twenty-six, Richard Cole did not set out to become a hero, but he did. In 1942 the very notion of an attempt by America–which was ill-prepared for any sort […]. The post We Need More Heroes appeared first on Henman Performance Group.

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Ending Harassment at Work Requires an Intersectional Approach

Harvard Business

Gender, race, age, and seniority all affect who’s harassed and how.

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Rationalizing your project

Seth Godin Blog

“I followed the recipe exactly, and it failed.” That’s how many reviews of online recipes begin. Then the poster explains that he replaced the sour cream with yogurt (it’s what he had in the fridge), that he replaced the wheat flour with rice flour (it’s gluten-free) and he used the toaster oven instead of a real oven… Once you are deep into a project, it’s yours.

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What Process Mining Is, and Why Companies Should Do It

Harvard Business

To improve your processes, analyze the data.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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3 Daily Actions That Set The Tone For Your Team – Video

Cheryl Cran

We at NextMapping get a lot of questions – when I present at conferences I ask the audience to text me questions. Many of the questions are about what to do today to be ready for the fast changing future. I get questions such as: How do we navigate compliance or regulatory issues while working […]. The post 3 Daily Actions That Set The Tone For Your Team – Video appeared first on NextMapping.

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Avoiding Disruption Requires Rapid Decision Making

Harvard Business

Scan, orient, decide, and act.