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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. However, the policies and procedures increase friction and make it harder to get the Right Things done. It's time to start removing some of those policies and procedures. Yet, the policies and procedures remain.

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Guidelines and Sample Policy on Nonprofit Political Activity

The Nonprofit Consultant

In these contentious political times, those of us in the social services field may feel the need to be more vocal about policies that effect our clients and our missions, while simultaneously facing pressure to "not rock the boat" or be controversial. Please feel free to borrow and adapt this policy for use in your organization.

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How Well Do Your Policies Create Desired Outcomes and Trust?

Johanna Rothman

Every organization has policies of some sort. The smaller the organization, the fewer policies you might have. And, the larger the organization, the more policies you might think you need. I keep encountering policies that prevent people from delivering the outcomes the organization wants. Why have policies anyway?

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Consulting Networking: 6 Best Practice Guidelines

Tom Spencer

Hopefully, the 6 guidelines highlighted above will help you network more smartly while avoiding some common mistakes. Hall Wang is a dual degree MBA and Master of Public Policy graduate from Georgetown University who will be matriculating into a major management consulting firm in the fall.

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Tailoring the ISO 20700 Checklist to Your Consulting Projects

Effective Managers

In addition, the standard provides twelve policies that are a resource for the consultant to use as a template for the development of clarifying documents. The ISO 20700 standard emphasizes the importance of policies throughout the consultancy process. Initiating Phase.

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Strategic Pricing™ Profitability

Granite Leadership Strategies

Other large Gov Cons have a company policy about bidding profit. By analyzing profit in a structured and informative manner for each bid, the company can determine what the range of profit ought to be using a simple tool like Weighted Guidelines from DD1547. Most Government contractors guess at the profit that they bid.

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Flex time has increased, so has burnout

Brimstone Consulting

Leaders need to act now to establish flex time and remote work policies and guidelines. While flex time is giving people a fighting chance at managing increased demands on time and the blurred boundary between work and home, in the absence of a clear policy and explicit guidelines, flex time can lead to burnout – fast.