Markovitz Consulting

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

It becomes a trivial exercise distracting people from solving real problems. That’s why the presentations and the experiential workshops at the Katacon Summit last week in Savannah were inspiring. But as I’ve written about before , the problem with 2 Second Lean is the high barrier to entry for leadership.

Exercises 167

Exercises Leadership Culture Consulting 167

Tom Spencer

MAY 19, 2023

Recently, I had the opportunity to run an “Impact Workshop” that aimed to reflect on our role as advisors (“consultants”), explore our individual motivations, and agree on behaviors that reflect our role. In this article, I will share some of the key findings from the Impact Workshop with you. Is this an exercise in discovery?

Groups 88

Groups Energy Exercises Tools 88

Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I’m back from a workshop with a client in Denmark. I wasn’t at Toyota in 1951, but I’m pretty confident that Taiichi Ohno wasn’t dragging his welders into day-long workshops to teach his 8 Wastes. When we did this exercise on “teaching lean in your company” in Denmark, the results were fantastic.

Exercises 100

Exercises Training Training Conference 100

Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Musicians must exercise a great deal of resilience, section leaders must overcome resistance to new ways of doing things, and many members feel a sense of loss from what they built in marching band as they transition to the new way of doing things.

Organizational Development 98

Organizational Development Development Exercises Groups 98

Tom Spencer

MARCH 3, 2023

This might include taking relevant courses or workshops, participating in case competitions, or working on personal projects. For example, you might consider practicing your consulting skills through mock interviews or role-playing exercises, as well as being able to speak to your experience and qualifications.

Consulting 88

Consulting Case Interview Talent Survey 88

Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Implementation typically involves experimentation, analyzing the existing strategies, and creative experiential learning exercises. Without a good implementation strategy and effective implementation, scenario planning is nothing more than an intellectual exercise. The most threatening competitor leadership teams face is themself."

Company 52

Company Leadership Case Study Case Studies 52

The Management Centre

APRIL 8, 2024

It’s been great to see how our managers applied their learning in real-life scenarios, from utilising tools like the Boston Matrix to customer mapping exercises. =mc: A direct impact of that was moving to more face-to-face workshops rather than holding online sessions. mc: So you had a blended learning approach with workshops.

Management 52

Management Groups Development Course 52

The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 30, 2006

On August 31 I will be teaching a workshop on Introduction to Fundraising Planning at the Peninsula Community Foundation in San Mateo, CA. The PCF workshops are organized in partnership with CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. The three-hour workshop (9:30 AM - 12:30 PM) will cover material from my book on Fund Development Planning.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Exercises Development How To 40

Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 13, 2014

.’s Emergency Management Conference, where I put city officials through a simulated earthquake exercise. Using Agnes + Day’s crisis simulation platform , the exercise simulated the digital noise that is a guaranteed result of any crisis or emergency today. The simulation is only one part of the exercise.

Management 91

Management Exercises eBook Resources 91

Women in Consulting

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Workshops – Anne Janzer, an author and WIC member, delivered an awesome workshop on writing a book. Workshops offer more depth on any single topic as well as an opportunity to do guided exercises with peers. The 2018 calendar will have more workshops as well as some very high-value webinars.

Survey 54

Survey Energy Meeting Exercises 54

LSA Global

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Some Impact-Based Corporate Training Design Best Practices Instructional designers , there’s much you can do to increase the transfer of training from the workshop to the workplace. This exercise alone will help integrate the learning into their job habits and behaviors. Where is the disconnect between training and its desired impact?

Training 36

Training Training Exercises Case Study 36

Nash Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

To help navigate this mindset, consider a reflective exercise known as "Just Like Me." This exercise prompts you to acknowledge that: This person possesses beliefs, viewpoints, and opinions, just like me. We talk a lot about best-practice listening skills in our workshops , on our blog , and on our podcast.

Construction 52

Construction How To Emotional Intelligence Exercises 52

Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 3, 2019

It’s way easier to eat lousy food than it is to exercise it off. It’s the most effective workshop of its kind, and it will enable you to see what you’ve been missing—on your way to causing the change you seek to make. Your effort is undermined by your inputs. And the same thing is true for corporate culture.

Exercises 32

Exercises Policies Culture Marketing 32

The Management Centre

JULY 8, 2020

For people wanting to learn, there has never been so many options available: bite size classes, webinars, MOOCs, action learning sets, coaching circles, job swaps, work place shadowing, self-directed exercises, portals of curated content and of course, online training courses. Learners hold each other to account.

Training 97

Training Training Course Exercises 97

Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Announcing a two-day workshop in my office for 8 people.  Running a workshop is a powerful exercise, and I'll probably learn as much as you will. I define publishing as the work of investing in intellectual property and monetizing it by bringing it to people who want to pay for it. How much does it cost?

Intellectual Property 34

Intellectual Property Exercises Conference Software 34

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 1, 2019

I know I will create on-site and virtual workshops. I'm not creating or delivering workshops. I've conducted private sessions with local managers, a one-day preconference or postconference workshop. I want to get adequate exercise of my choice and then sleep so I awake refreshed and ready. I'm not writing.

Conference 69

Conference Hotels Travel Transportation 69

LSA Global

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Utilize tools such as simulations , reflective exercises, performance tests , coaching, feedback, and workshops that are customized to specific business and learning outcomes. Add to the Experience with Learning Best Practices. Supplement the experience with a variety of effective learning modalities and methods.

Talent 36

Talent Development Exercises Culture 36

Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

No one left my workshop or consulting thinking they had the One Right Way to approach all projects. Those people exercise their power to decide. I discussed rolling wave planning and how you could inform the next bit of work from what you'd done before. Often, the managers were in the room. One of the best outcomes?

Agile 107

Agile Management Comparison Productivity 107

Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

People are likely to defer to the suggestions and lead of the workshop leader and install the standard “lean tools” without full understanding of how they work or what effect they will have on the process and people dynamics.[as as a result], when new issues come up, they are going to revert to what they know.

Turnaround 100

Turnaround Fashion Exercises Enterprise 100

Comatch

MAY 3, 2023

It is great for initial brainstorming exercises — either for client workshops or for brainstorming in a dialogue with the AI — and obtaining foundational insights that will inform your strategy throughout a project.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Industry Banking Tools 52

Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 13, 2014

.’s Emergency Management Conference, where I put city officials through a simulated earthquake exercise. Using Agnes + Day’s crisis simulation platform , the exercise simulated the digital noise that is a guaranteed result of any crisis or emergency today. The simulation is only one part of the exercise.

Management 40

Management Exercises eBook Resources 40

Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2022

Define one hour each week to think and exercise your creativity. Provide creativity/innovation workshops for staff. Make you and your staff continuously attend workshops, webinars, conferences, etc. Create an action plan to implement your innovation goals. Have a suggestion box. Invest in developing new products and services.

Company 52

Company Productivity Operations Meeting 52

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Our data was drawn from 57 senior business leaders who attended three half-day workshops every two weeks as well as a full-day workshop and a final facilitated conference call. We asked our leaders to undertake a variety of different formal mindfulness exercises, guided by audio downloads, every day.

Exercises 28

Exercises Training Training Research 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

His biceps were visible under his t-shirt and his short hair was still wet from exercise. ” In other words, Bunge views success as the result of exercise and work going hand-in-hand. It is true that numerous studies have established a positive link between physical exercise and cognitive performance.

Sports 28

Sports Company Exercises Fashion 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2018

Oettingen calls this exercise mental contrasting and has found that it increases the likelihood that we will stick with our goals. We first tested this approach with a group of our managers who attended a one-hour action planning workshop following the results of our bi-monthly employee engagement survey.

Survey 29

Survey Exercises Training Training 29

LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2020

This suggested a role play exercise as a training activity.”. And when you are ready to hand over your training package to your client, other trainers, or participants in your workshop, make sure that the structure of your training is saliently displayed. Training Objective. Training Activity. The Bottom Line.

Training 36

Training Training How To Fashion 36

Nash Consulting

JULY 20, 2023

It’s like being a Jedi of problem-solving but with fewer lightsabers and more emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence (which is closely related to what we call adaptive skills) plays a crucial role in determining our overall success in life.

How To 52

How To Emotional Intelligence Construction Development 52

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

A fast, cheap, and easy exercise for clarifying the innovation investment approach emerged when I operationalized my book’s principles. Having facilitated scores of workshops around it worldwide, I know it gets results. The simple but provocative tool generates actionable insights.

Company 33

Company Metrics Exercises Examples 33

freshminds

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Now after you've completed all these exercises, take the Telegraph's primary school maths test comparison here. We also run career workshops for our network from interview or case study preparation, CV sessions and assessment centre advice. And the Guardian's GCSE one next here.!

Resources 42

Resources Case Interview Comparison Case Study 42

LSA Global

JUNE 28, 2018

As soon as concepts are introduced, training should shift toward interactive learning…practice exercises, role plays, real-world scenarios, simulation, individual coaching, feedback, reflection, and performance tests. Most now know that to truly prepare workers to learn and acquire new skills, lecture should be at a minimum.

Training 39

Training Training Methodologies Exercises 39

Harvard Business

JUNE 25, 2018

We taught them very simple strategies to build renewal into their lives, and they left our workshops eager to change the way they worked. One of the most successful began with a simple exercise aimed at helping the leaders to define their three highest priorities. They continued to equate continuous work and long hours with success.

Policies 52

Policies Exercises Strategy Strategy 52

Nash Consulting

JUNE 29, 2022

Organizations try quick fixes to improve their engagement, such as pay increases, company shindigs, breakroom kegs of IPA, and team-building workshops involving human pyramids and trust falls. Now consider your leadership team as a whole and do the same exercise. So, what does it mean to have skilled managers? Show caring and respect.

Management 52

Management Meeting System Energy 52

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

My coursework was very informative and my research was in exercise physiology where I compared the fitness benefits of snowshoeing versus running. We offer career counselling, workshops and job placement services. While I was fully engaged in playing rugby and running my bar at night, I had to give this a shot.

Interviews 100

Interviews Consulting Government Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And despite the many meetings, task forces, brainstorming sessions, and workshops created to solve any given issue, the team tended to offer the same solutions — often ones that were recycled from prior problems. At this point in the process, you may have some initial ideas or solutions based on your KJ diagrams.

Data 38

Data How To Exercises Fashion 38

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

It’s easy to succumb to enthusiastic hyperbole; one HR director we spoke to was characteristically delighted to be introducing a two-hour workshop to her board of directors to help them become more resilient, more focused, and more open to challenge. But hopes like these are justified more by wishing than by any reliable evidence.

Leadership 28

Leadership How To Emotional Intelligence Training 28

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

I also started teaching with General Assembly , so hosting workshops with them. They run a series of different classes, workshops, events around digital marketing, brand and marketing technology. I still run the workshops. I fit my exercise in every day. The events played a big part in the first couple of months.

Retail 100

Retail Fashion Consulting Hotels 100

Seth Godin Blog

MAY 4, 2016

When people use Kickstarter as a sort of store, they denature the entire point of the exercise. For the price I paid, I thought this was a great workshop. Being at the age where you start questioning everything around you, I feel so far that this workshop is directed to me. Who doesn't love Liz Gilbert? Bernadette Xiong.

Course 20

Course Exercises Industry Sales 20