Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But one of the things that may not be super clear in your mind around, what's behind a marketing agency is what we're trying to do is we're trying to take all of the pressure that you might have around growing your business and run how you find clients. Are you the surrogate leadership trap or the pair of hands trap?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Organizational Character and Leadership Development By Jim Smith on December 16, 2010. They operate from self-evaluated standards. I am sure we have all seen groups operate from these various stages, or plateaus. We can observe groups operating at various stages of moral development in their assumptions and behaviors.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 5, 2013

After all, the way your client’s organization has been operating in the past is because one or more people felt strongly that their organization should be operating that way (even though that way they were operating may have caused their problems and is actually what needs to be changed). Fundraising for Nonprofits.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Development is hard pressed to interface with operations. Yet it is extremely important that this interface be workable because developments are not relevant until they find their way into operations. An operation is charted to preserve the status quo, the current thinking and methods. Operations are based in control.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

For example, say I’m working with a team of people representing a bottling operation in a brewery, and the team has figured out how to redesign the bottling operation to reduce costs, simplify the process, and increase production. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership. Marketing and Social Media. Customer Service.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Semi-annual evaluations focus on areas likethought leadership, client leadership, and people leadership. It was founded in 1963 and was one of the first enterprises to focus on thought leadership. With 8,000 employees across 56 offices, it accepts clients in private, public, and nonprofit sectors.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

All systems operate on a steady-state called homeostasis and they operate within norms and standards. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Consulting and Organizational Development. Crisis Management. Customer Service. Facilitation. Human Resources.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

They usually provide highly specialized content expertise regarding certain specific systems and processes in the organization, for example, computer systems, financial and accounting systems, market research or facilities management. Applications for their services might include leadership, management and supervisory development.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

AUGUST 16, 2010

These systems operate within boundaries subjected to the whims of environmental changes such as: economic crises, increased competitive threats and industry shifts. The human system operates the technology. Think of the change that has happened within this image in the last 20 years as we have moved into a global market.

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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. The leadership set you up for success. – Washington, DC.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 6, 2013

With recent emphasis on the importance of using a highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style when guiding change, leaders are beginning to operate more like internal consultants for change then ever before. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2012

(Guest post from John Scherer, Co-Director of Scherer Leadership International , with Billie Alban, President of Alban & Williams, Ltd. What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? This is the second blog post in a six-part series about the history of OD.). Introduction to this Blog Series. Consulting.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2007

Fellow nonprofit blogger, Gayle Roberts , has suggested that I look into my crystal ball and give you a posting from ten years in the future. Back when all the 'experts' were warning of the coming nonprofit leadership shortage? Tags: Nonprofit future fundraising. Remember back in 2007? Stay tuned to this blog to find out.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Most of the food in the local market doesn’t look much like what you are use to and the bed sags and the rooster wakes you up too early to imagine. You would extend your physical and mental antennae to not miss a cue that might be a clue as to how to operate successfully as a stranger in a strange land. Fundraising for Nonprofits.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 10, 2010

The design is similar to creating and operating a “marching organization.” Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. From Vertical to Horizontal By Jim Smith on May 10, 2010. We live in traditional organizations that are functional and vertically managed.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 26, 2010

The systems vantage point is the whole operation within its environment operating within a steady state, which keeps it viable. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. The steady state is called homeostasis and relies on feedback to self-correct.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 15, 2011

It helps the client know the true costs in successfully operating his or her organization. ” Is it decreased employee turnover, increased profit or successful operation of a technical system? Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2010

There are certain types of general knowledge that would likely be the same, especially: a) General frameworks from which to develop and/or operate systems, for example, performance management systems, financial systems or marketing systems. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

Sometimes consulting is operating in a house of mirrors. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. What is me and what is not me are important to differentiate. Consulting and Organizational Development. Crisis Management. Customer Service. Facilitation.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

And because the traditional supermarket industry is highly concentrated (for example, in the UK, the top seven food retailers account for 87% of the grocery market), retailers have considerable market power to make change. As owners of private label food products and shelf space, large food retailers can play a leadership role here.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many practitioners might assert that they just operate by “gut feel” – they intuitively sense the situation, how to work with their clients, and what should occur as a result. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Leadership. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Can you explain them? Crisis Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

(Guest post from John Scherer, Co-Director of Scherer Leadership International , and Billie Alban, President of Alban & Williams, Ltd. What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? This is the first blog post in a six-part series about the history of OD.). Introduction to this Blog Series. Consulting.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The old cliché in marketing is true: Customers don’t want a quarter-inch drill. They’ve developed a system of military leadership called mission command , an alternative to rigid systems of leadership that specify in great detail what troops should do in battle. Using the Alternative to Output: Outcomes.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

Lee is accused of donating $36 million to nonprofit foundations operated by a friend of the former president in return for political favors. The company’s existing social contribution department, which focuses on marketing activities, should also be overhauled. Lee has denied the charges. But it’s not enough.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Companies we work with at BSR, a nonprofit sustainability business network and consultancy, feel trapped: Although every conceivable action carries considerable risk, inaction may not be much of an option, either. The same dynamic may now complicate Google’s plans to re-enter China’s search market.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

Jobs at universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government research facilities are exempted, as are workers from certain countries and any current H-1B holders applying for renewal. Because demand for H-1Bs has exceeded the cap in recent years, visas have been allocated through a random lottery.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

How will leadership teams and boards of directors orchestrate the strategic transformations of their currently successful businesses? The transformation will necessitate substantial investments in finance, technology, human capital, operations, and infrastructure, and a substantial disinvestment of legacy resources in these areas.

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