David A Fields

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If you develop an annual plan for your consulting firm, there’s a decent chance you sit down with your senior team and/or advisors for a day or two to hammer out your objectives, strategies and tactics. (If you don’t engage in any strategic planning for your consulting firm then, as the old saying goes, “When … Continued. The post 8 Weeks to Get Juiced – A Better Strategic Planning Process for Consulting Firms appeared first on David A.

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Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Corporate training is evolving. Employee expectations have been shifting, and companies have to adapt if they are going to recruit and retain top talent. Additionally, organizations are looking at their training options to see how their programs can help them stay ahead of the competition. The post What is Having a Lasting Impact on Corporate Training?

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Prudent Pedal

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If you find yourself in a partner meeting having achieved consensus on a strategic choice without blood and guts having been spilled on the conference table, then you have probably not made a strategic choice. Professional services firms don’t build consensus any other way. Here’s why. While channel surfing last night, I caught the middle of one of my favorite movies: The Karate Kid.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In a world of overwhelming choices, being decisive is harder and more important than ever. In the new season of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick J. McGinnis speaks with a diverse and fascinating set of leaders in business, politics, and culture about how they make decisions in their busy lives. In doing so, he uncovers the answer to a fundamental question: How can you find the power to choose what you actually want and the courage to miss out on the rest?

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, the Planet Money podcast aired an episode on Studs Terkel. Recently archivists found the interview tapes that formed the basis of his 1974 book, Working. I’ve been planning to write about one of the interviews for a couple of weeks now, but I couldn’t quite bring it into focus. Today’s Gemba Academy blog post by Jon Miller , about Toyota Exec VP Mitsuru Kawai, helped clarify my thoughts by highlighting some fundamental differences between the way GM managed its employees i

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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If you want to change the mind of a scientist, do more science. Do better science. Get your hands on the data set and prove your assertions. If you want to change the mind of a bureaucrat, bring more power. If you want to change the minds of the nerds, build something that’s new. If you want to change the mind of a teenager, amplify the other teenagers.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Dave Ulrich, professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, argues today’s companies need to replace old hierarchical models with he calls a “market-oriented ecosystem.” From research at Alibaba, Google, Huawei, Supercell, and others, he shows the impressive results of orienting teams and processes toward market opportunities.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Role of a Project Sponsor. There are so many reasons that an important project can fail. But if you have a well-chosen project sponsor, they can often navigate you safely past all kinds of stumbling blocks and guide you and your project team to deliver what was promised in a way that makes sense. And it often starts with having a clear role of a project sponsor defined and agreed upon.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Accelerating the success of female funders and founders.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Here’s what it means for sales teams.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2019

It’ll benefit your workforce, your company, and your community.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A study of 1,000 early-career scientists.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Yes and no.

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