Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Years ago I was interviewing for a job in a large consulting firm in NYC. They put me through a long, exhaustive interviewing process before they finally offered me the job. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building. This can then serve as a compass to guide you through your career. Crisis Management.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. Lynn Street in Arlington.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 7, 2008

The assignment began as a simple "caretaker" role, keeping daily operations running smoothly while we negotiated a merger. As the merger talks dragged on, more leadership was required as the normal course of things brought about staff changes and all the other crises that come at nonprofit organizations on a regular basis.

Nonprofit 40

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Emerson Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

No one under him has served as the top officer of an operation as large as his, and no one outside the company comes to mind as someone he can turn to and confide in. He needs input from someone who has been here before yet none of his people qualify, not his CFO, not his COO, not any of his VPs.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

For years, companies, universities and nonprofits have researched the reasons why women are less likely to enter STEM field s — and why, once they enter, they face challenges that frequently push them out. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

Do you wonder how to get the word out about a book you have recently published in addition traditional actions like book reviews and radio interviews? No one under him has served as the top officer of an operation as large as his, and no one outside the company comes to mind as someone he can turn to and confide in.

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Journal Case Interview Conference Meeting 40

The Nonprofit Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2006

I received an email from a college student asking if he could interview me about ePhilanthropy and the future of online fundraising. Let me know what you think. > * How did Internet change the way nonprofits fundraise? Let me know what you think. > * How did Internet change the way nonprofits fundraise? This is the answer.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 21, 2010

Regular readers of this blog know that I've been involved in two successful nonprofit mergers, as well as a third attempt that was never consummated, and I've written several blog posts on my feelings about nonprofit mergers. Here's the starting point. I believe that was at the heart of why they couldn't get together.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. HBR: Of the interviews, what jumped out at you? HBR: The idea of partnering with NGOs came up in many of the interviews. It’s a start.

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Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 31, 2019

Operating in this manner, you will no longer feel a need to shoehorn all the features, bells and whistles into the conversation. As you listen more closely, gradually ask other questions relating to what your prospect is seeking. Once you’ve heard enough, explain those aspects of your product or service that can benefit your prospect.

Sales 40

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Reading hundreds of papers and interviewing leading product-management experts, he found himself intrigued by several provocative ideas. Later in the meeting, and continuing over the next few months, they developed 12 operating principles, called “Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto.”

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In decades of teaching executives at Harvard Business School and interviewing CEOs for my research, I’ve observed that savvy leaders whose strategies succeed tend to focus on four implementation imperatives: Question everything. It knew it had to act fast, so top leaders began by challenging major assumptions about how they operated.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

What should you say in an interview? “You have a golden moment in your job search where you’re operating at peak confidence and energy. He suggests researching workplaces that partner with nonprofits that help “convicts reinsert themselves” in the workforce. What the Experts Say. Prepare your story.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2018

Far too many great ideas for solving pressing social problems are not being applied at the scale they deserve, because thousands of nonprofit organizations are teetering on the brink of collapse. Fundraising is by far the biggest challenge for the sector, even for the most successful organizations.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In each case I served as part of the negotiating team, protecting the interests of my client, and managing communications to staff, as well as managing day-to-day operations of the organization. In only one situation was I asked to investigate, and then implement, a plan for bankruptcy and an orderly shut down of operations.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

With 8,000 employees across 56 offices, it accepts clients in private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Its engineering services portfolio is among the strongest of any consulting firm, and it is also known for its business lines in nonprofit and public sectors. LEK operates in an intense, associate-heavy case team structure.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2021

“In Team of Teams , McChrystal and his colleagues show how the challenges they faced in Iraq can be rel­evant to countless businesses, nonprofits, and or­ganizations today. Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal. ” The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni. The Heart of Change by John Kotter and Dan S.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

To gain insight into these questions, we are interviewing executives at academic health systems. Thus far, we have interviewed executives of systems affiliated with these universities: Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Virginia Commonwealth, and the University of Utah. Most of the interviewed executives favor this latter approach.

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