David A Fields
JANUARY 21, 2020
Imagine this: You meet with the analyst and subcontractors working on a consulting project, and after a couple of precious hours pass, there are only powdered sugar donut holes left in the box and you’ve somehow achieved a disappointing fraction of what you intended. That’s too easy to imagine, because similar scenarios with different snacks … Continued.
Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC
JANUARY 21, 2020
One of the questions I’m initially asked by a new strategic planning client is, “How will we know what we’re supposed to focus on with our new plan?” Well, the easy answer is, “You’ll focus on what you need to focus on,” but the more appropriate answer is, “You’ll focus on what your answers to some critical questions tell you to focus on.” Now you may be thinking, “Those sound like a couple of non-answers and they don’t sound strategic at all.”.
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Rod Burkert
JANUARY 21, 2020
In case you missed the last post: Is it easy for someone like me to find someone like you? When I say “someone like me,” I mean a potential client. When I say “someone like you,” I mean a practitioner who says they can do what you can do. Being easier to find will make you easier to hire. Make being easier to find one of your top goals. On to this post: The problem with lunches is fewer and fewer people want to have them because more and more people want to protect their time.
Prudent Pedal
JANUARY 21, 2020
Well, we’ve reached the point where Marketing has ruined a good thing once again. We did it to social media, buyer personas, podcasting, marketing automation, Christmas, Easter, and Memorial Day. What have we ruined this time? We’ve managed to ruin the critical, powerful mapping of the buyer’s journey. Buyer’s journey mapping has grown in importance for professional services firms as more firm solutions have become productized.
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Seth Godin Blog
JANUARY 21, 2020
I am 41 years old. is a very different statement than. I am a vegan. In the first case, there’s not a lot you can do about your “am” It is an accurate description of a state of affairs over which you have no control. In the second, it simply describes a choice. Anyone who wants to eat a certain way instantly becomes a vegan for as long as they make that choice.
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Johanna Rothman
JANUARY 21, 2020
Do you know your project's bounds? Do you know what your sponsors want from your project? For many years, I heard about the “iron triangle.” Sometimes, the triangle was “Scope, Quality, Cost.” Sometimes, it was “Scope, Date, Cost.” It was always three things out of a minimum of four possibilities. I never saw a triangle in practice.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 21, 2020
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, believes the world demands a new kind of business leader. She says so-called “advanced leaders” work inside and outside their companies to tackle big issues such as climate change, public health, and social inequality. She gives real-life examples and explains how business leaders can harness their experience, networks, innovative approaches, and the power of their organizations to solve challenging problems.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 21, 2020
How businesses shift from selling products to building networks.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 21, 2020
Good cultures know how they do things. Great cultures know why.
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