Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Smalley starts with the hoariest example of root cause problem solving: the machine tool that stops working because of insufficient lubrication. This is the classic example that probably every consultant has used to demonstrate the 5-Why approach to finding root cause. Of course, this led to significant down time. Type 4: Open-ended.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 27, 2018

Do You Need to Improve New Manager Training? It is not easy to find an organization that does not want to improve new manager training. Why are so many leaders disappointed in the impact of their new manager training? According to Deloitte, the number one area of training spending (35%) is management and leadership.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. For example, let's say your organization's goal is to increase revenue. Are you having a strategy meeting soon?

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Great examples of the pair of hands trap are: When you're in a discovery meeting with a client asking you for a specific solution, you just say "yes.". When they ask for training, and you say – how many people, for how many days. For example, the wife doesn't feel like her husband loves or affirms her.

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Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Although rate information is a closely guarded secret, based on my 20 years in the industry here are very rough ballpark numbers for “management consulting” (not IT consulting, project management, training development, etc.). At the end of our meeting, I didn’t quote the range. Figure out your market rate.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

You have to meet them at their point of departure and use your power skills that I'll be sharing in this episode to influence them in a better way. It includes: HR practices such as training, staffing and communication, performance metrics and rewards, and performance management and coaching. The people strategy is about the WHO.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 8, 2024

Here at =mc we encourage every participant we meet on our programmes to get in touch if they have specific issues they want to follow up on. It’s all a bit circular too – for example, if I don’t get a new HRIS sorted out, I can’t make our processes better, and therefore people will keep coming to me for help. I totally feel you!

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PM Alliance

MAY 19, 2023

Given the level of disruption even a small office move can have on operations, it’s not surprising that project teams get a lot of questions during the planning and execution phases. How long after the move will support spaces—training rooms, kitchenettes, the new parking garage—be ready? Who and why are just the beginning.

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Asamby Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Examples include: Your deliverables are great. Examples of measures to systemize your success factors: Define your vision and mission Build out SOPs Defining your value proposition Setting up some best practice examples around how you service clients Set up standard responses to specific client requests Set up decision-making frameworks.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 22, 2021

When I was an organizational development consultant for Disney, I worked with the Imagineers and Operators. The Operators viewed Imagineers as people who had their heads in the sky, and Imagineers viewed Operators as so focused on day to day that they couldn't see the big picture. If so, that idea or project got a green light.

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The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The individual was describing a meeting with a C-suite member of an organization in the industry who was talking about their needs and whether the consultant could help them. For example, your project may yield cost savings through operational efficiencies or through improved flow. This is for your protection.” Sacrilegious?

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 10, 2021

For example, if there was a power outage, the app could automatically inform a technician and send them a map of the fastest route to get to the relevant location. Software also becomes outdated periodically, which offers consultants the opportunity to undergo regular training in order to be informed about major developments and trends.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to the United States Government Accountability Office , ten of the government’s legacy systems cost approximately $337 million annually to operate and maintain. Some of our clients have started with CRM implementation, for example, and then moved on to back-office ERP and Project Management and Accounting.

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Facing interconnected operational issues, members of the eight-person senior leadership team were turning against one another. The head of operations chimed in: His five most recent checkouts had complained about breakfast, and the cost of compensating guests for disappointing experiences was getting out of control. Insight Center.

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PM Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You may encounter changes in priorities when an executive joins the project because of a corporate reorganization, for example, but it’s also something to watch for when a sponsor is also new to the company. The post Overcome Project Sponsor Turnover Challenges appeared first on PMAlliance, Inc.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

Successful startups grow by building a product or service that meets the needs of customers. Over time, the executives get so engrossed in running the day to day operations of the business that they forget that the purpose of the business is to serve it’s customers. You are not transparent or operate in bad faith.

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 25, 2020

For example, they have to make hard decisions and choices. Equally problematic is the lack of training and coaching so the team is competent and committed enough to give their best while striving to achieve the goals. I facilitated a meeting in my office with fifteen senior human resource executives. They need more training.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. When I was working at Disney, I worked on projects like the Imagineers and the operators and getting them to work together and a strategic partnering project. The purpose of this particular training is I want to expand your vision around your role.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. When I was working at Disney, I worked on projects like the Imagineers and the operators and getting them to work together and a strategic partnering project. The purpose of this particular training is I want to expand your vision around your role.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 15, 2022

This flexibility is one of the values of management consulting, which you are trained in, constantly practice, and are critically evaluated on. In internal strategy, your reward for doing great work is to have fast-tracked entry into the operating units. Generally, these actions need to be driven by the CEO, CFO, or the COO (i.e.,

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

CSFs can literally be anything — whether it’s improving customer satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing operating costs, or something specific to a particular project or deliverable – making them somewhat difficult to identify – let alone define in concrete terms. Are project operations, sales, customer service, etc. Retain talent?

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Makarios Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The GWC tool from the Entrepreneurial Operating System ® (EOS®) has three parts: Does the person Get It? If that is the case, then meet with the person, admit that you did not do a good job defining success, and start afresh. For example, did you assume that the person would automatically know what was expected of them?

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Comatch

JUNE 29, 2023

Today’s business environment operates on a global scale. For companies operating across borders, having staff with an understanding of working internationally is not just an added advantage, but a competitive necessity. In fact, over 65% of multinational companies operate international relocation programs, and guess what?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

Successful startups grow by building a product or service that meets the needs of customers. Over time, the executives get so engrossed in running the day to day operations of the business that they forget that the purpose of the business is to serve it’s customers. You are not transparent or operate in bad faith.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2022

Looking at the same example mentioned above. Innovative businesses are able to keep their operations and products relevant to the rapid changing market conditions. The purpose of product innovation is to make the product much more useful in which it meets the demands or creates the needs of consumers.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

It also assumes that the constituencies served by these institutions will settle for standardized products and services that meet the lowest common denominator of need. This kind of learning does not occur in a training room; it occurs on the job, in the day-to-day work environment.

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 5, 2022

This article is the third of a series of posts on how to build a company "operating system", the infrastructure that functions as a backbone of your most common tasks and daily activities. Let's take, for example, a media agency company. Who needs most help or training? Never Miss a New Post - Subscribe to our Newsletter!

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Brimstone Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

The coachee was the head of the US Operations group; we will call him “Bob.” 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.

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Rick Conlow

AUGUST 26, 2020

For example, what if a billionaire and person barely making ends meet walk by someone lying in the street in pain? Many professional teams with tons of talent fail to win when players don’t operate as a team. Also, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As an example, just look at legacy consulting. Customers expect digital experiences to meet a certain standard — it doesn’t matter if you’re Amazon, Netflix, an IT provider, or a small accounting firm. Again, business leaders will need to prepare employees to make the most of the latest tech and provide ongoing support and training.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For example, special forces often conduct operations at night, in the dark, using the element of surprise. Here are a few: Personal Reputation If people trust you before they ever meet you in person, you have an enormous advantage. When things are written down, you can train new staff much more quickly.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 3, 2021

Less than 25% of employees have attended a company sponsored training program in the last five years. If you are the leader you will need to know how to do this or need to engage a trained facilitator to help you. Certainly, all team needs group dynamics training or they will stumble unneccesarily. Professionalize Your Team.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 3, 2021

Less than 25% of employees have attended a company sponsored training program in the last five years. If you are the leader you will need to know how to do this or need to engage a trained facilitator to help you. Certainly, all team needs group dynamics training or they will stumble unneccesarily. Professionalize Your Team.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Client Trends and Factors Disrupting the Professional Services Industry For professional services firms, it’s getting harder to meet client expectations and win new business – even though demand remains strong as clients rely more on experts to help them navigate their post-COVID comeback.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Without consistent feedback a manager operates blindly. Here is an example: Dave is CEO of a business of about 250 employees. So, he asks his employee team for formal feedback 2-3 times a year through individual departments meetings. Also, he schedules office hours for people to meet with him one on one or in small groups.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2010

When Consultants Should Facilitate, Coach or Train By Carter McNamara on April 13, 2010. There are strong feelings that consulting, facilitating, coaching and training are very different roles. Ongoing contributions usually do not come from clients during trainings or when receiving advice from experts. To Subscribe to a Blog.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MARCH 5, 2019

When I arrived, the Cafe had only been operating for about one year, and was only open three days each week, and serving four meals. million renovation of the Cafe itself, financed through CDBG funds, and all the delays, bureaucracy, endless meetings, and hard work that implies. Along the way we also did a $1.2

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