Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

During the last five years of my corporate management career, I had a great deal of leadership development. Along with many other executives, I attended talks by noted management authors, I went to (often lengthy) team-building exercises, and I participated in discussions on different leadership styles. I avoided conflict.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As managers, when we offer a job or a promotion, those emotions tend to be happy. The first time I had to manage a layoff, I had to lay off five people (across my department). We'd gone through the painful exercise in Part 1 of deciding what we were not going to do any longer. But layoffs? I had a script from HR, as in Part 2.

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Comatch

MAY 3, 2023

The acronym stands for Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, which means that this model uses a deep-learning system called the transformer network (as described by Google in a landmark paper ) to understand context and emphasis in language and generate text responses. However, AI could help consultants work more efficiently.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

Using each of these functions effectively is critical if one wants to manage information overload ̶ simply using your brain for crossing items off your to-do list is poor use of a very sophisticated machine. At the core of managing information overload is the ability to know which function to use, and how and when to use it.

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Epicflow

APRIL 6, 2022

How can aerospace and defense organizations respond to present-day uncertainty and manage constant change? The technology allows A&D organizations to transform their manufacturing processes, improve safety, optimize customer service, system management, and, of course, transform military operations.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a leadership action learning program called Action Learning for Leading Leaders.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Usually, that change is intended to improve performance – the effective and efficient achievement of goals. The highly collaborative and facilitative internal consultant or leader does not always exercise direct control and often is quite successful in guiding change. Read more.]. Read more.]. Recent Blog Posts.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 29, 2016

Not to mention that, as a study recently confirmed, stress is contagious , which makes it even more important to effectively manage in a crisis. Whether you want to hear it or not, the secret to managing stress in highly and negatively impactful situations is to be as prepared as possible.

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Melissa Agnes

MAY 23, 2016

Your crisis management governance model serves as one of the foundational elements of your entire crisis management program. When working with clients to develop a scalable crisis management program, their governance structure is one of the first things I focus on developing.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2018

Medical student education and resident training, patient therapy, and physician operations are three segments in healthcare with high growth potential for VR and AR technologies. Medical Student and Resident Training. Virtual Reality and Pain Management: Current Trends and Future Directions.” Pain Management, vol.

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Consultant Ninja

JUNE 4, 2009

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. The Secrecy of Management Consulting. Perhaps the work of management consultants is a lot more empirical, and too contextual to a specific (client) situation.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2019

Part 2 was why we need managers. If you are not a software person by training, you might think typing is the thing we need to optimize for in software. But That's Not Efficient, Right? Busyness looks efficient. Effective software teams use flow efficiency , so they all learn together. Why Do These Problems Exist?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

For example, pushing for change without being told to can ignite resistance from supervising managers and fellow colleagues. This led us to wonder how organizations can exercise control over proactive employees without overly constraining them. How can top managers guide proactive behavior so that good ideas make it to the finish line?

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The Management Centre

JULY 5, 2023

Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. I am an IT manager in a very exciting charity. What our consultant’s say Charlie Hello IT Manager. Philly Dear IT Manager, this sounds like a tricky situation, and you certainly have a lot going on.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the B2B space, where relationships reign supreme, sales organizations found effective and efficient ways to conduct business with a digital-first approach that’s efficient, effective, and won’t go away any time soon. Sales training and services To win, you must train; that’s where sales training and services come in.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 5, 2015

Last week I discussed Rotary’s emphasis on sustainability, training and the use of metrics on International projects. I mentioned what I called the most important part of the project – training of the teachers on how to best use technology to improve classroom efficiency. ” They want training.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 11, 2019

I got the feedback that I do have the necessary skills to be a great management consultant , but it just took me too long to "see" the implications in the cases. Can you recommend particular "brain exercises" relevant for the problem-solving part of the case interview and consulting in general? My Response. Read Our Privacy Policy.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

As a former military flight surgeon trained in aviation accident investigations, I know well the hazards of misusing or mistrusting instruments. Professional development often consists of training provided by medical device manufacturers and pharma reps, which leads to highly variable levels of proficiency among caregivers.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 20, 2014

Legitimate or not, the rebranding exercise was effective and has meant that since 1966 the concept has been widely known in management and business circles as the Experience Curve with due credit going to Bruce and the Boston Consulting Group. This article is entitled “Experience Curve”. Learning from Experience.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

Managers in an up-or-out organization are expected to advance. It’s why companies like Colorcon and Deloitte are giving their performance management systems an overhaul. Our Senior Supply Managers shared process refinements for utilizing the Army’s digital property tracking system.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 3, 2023

To meet its long-term objectives, this fast growing Biotech client needed senior executives to better align overall strategies with individual and team priorities as measured by their ability to progress the R&D pipeline efficiently and consistently towards regulatory approvals and reimbursement for key therapies. Job Relevance.

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2016

When Frederick Taylor published his pioneering principles of scientific management in 1912, the repetitive and mundane nature of most jobs required employees to think as little as possible. So how can managers do a better job of fostering learnability in the workplace? We suggest starting with three things: Select for it. Nurture it.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

By providing temporary support, they make it possible for organizations to resource their critical activities more cost efficiently. Experts are often looking for ways to help junior people in their profession, and younger employees are hungry for training and development. Many of the benefits of agile talent have been widely reported.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

When working with managers and executives, I’m often surprised at how many assume the leadership of the meeting falls to the highest-ranking person in the room. Granted, if it’s a small group or a project-update meeting, managers and project leaders will want to take the lead for the sake of simplicity and time.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2017

Most of us are so focused on just getting our work done that we forget to be our own advocates, to remind our managers and organizations of what a great job we’re doing. But you may think you have to exercise for hours every week to get any benefit, which just isn’t feasible for most working parents.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As companies increasingly turn to eLearning platforms to facilitate employee training and development, it’s crucial to understand the cognitive processes at play. We’ll also discuss strategies for designing eLearning experiences that optimize information processing and enhance the effectiveness of corporate training programs.

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PM Alliance

AUGUST 19, 2022

Because ERP platforms often function as a hub of activity and information flows within the organization, there are likely several existing solutions that should connect to the ERP to ensure robust data sharing and efficient workflows. The post What Do ERP Implementation Partners Need From Your Project Team?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

If your company offers internal finance training, take advantage of it. “There are four ratios common in every company: profitability, leverage, liquidity, and operational efficiency,” he says. ” This can be a useful exercise, but don’t let it consume you, says Ruback. What if revenue was higher?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

How could a well-trained crew flying a modern airliner so abruptly lose control of their aircraft during a routine flight? Pilots spend much of their time managing and monitoring, rather than actively flying, their aircraft. One is the importance of managing handovers from machines to humans, something which went so wrong in AF447.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

However, providing nutritious meals is not nearly enough; achieving sustainable health and lifestyle improvements requires educating patients about healthy eating habits, goal setting, exercise, mindfulness, and diabetes management. The Next Steps.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the conundrums of ethical decision making is that many moral decisions that are quite straightforward — even easy — to resolve in a classroom or during training exercises seem far more difficult to successfully resolve when confronted during actual day-to-day decision making. Colm Healy and Karen Niven.

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Brimstone Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

Having partnered with Brimstone in the past on creating a strategy for the Operations group in Europe, Bob’s manager reached out to us, and Bob agreed to enter into a 6-month coaching relationship with one of our executive coaches. Any exercise? Was he working efficiently or just working hard? Let’s start with some basics.

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Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

To many employers the most attractive feature of a PEO is the ability to be able to hand off the burden of management of HR and benefits so that the member employer can instead focus its management energy on core business plans. Arguably, it’s hiring and training. And who will do the hiring and training?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. These include infant safety and injury prevention, social work, legal advocacy, case management, tutoring, fitness classes, nutrition and lactation, mental health, and dental care.

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Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

The hunt for Bin Laden from 2009–2010 yielded many lessons about managing a large, complex organization that is focused on varied missions under intense pressure. These management lessons, we believe, are relevant far beyond Langley. It was not a top-focus item of the Agency’s senior management. Where We Started.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009). Leaders should exercise caution and approach the change thoughtfully or risk being seen as the problem.

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Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

If you’re, say, an HR manager who happened to take a job at Chobani early on, your compensation suddenly looks considerably better than many of your peers. But because no firm had a monopoly on good managers, other firms might win the competitive battle in other local markets, reflecting the relative talent at these other locations.

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