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. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building.

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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. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Consulting and Organizational Development. Crisis Management. Customer Service. Facilitation. Free Management Library Blogs.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

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. The conscious operate from a self-evaluated set of standards. Fundraising for Nonprofits.

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Development Leadership Consulting Organizational Development 68

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. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building.

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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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System Consulting Organizational Development Methodologies 57

Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

If your target market consists of multiple specific industries, spreading the good word about your service and products via industry publications can amplify and extend the reach of your marketing. Published articles are high-level sales tools. Sales of your book increase as a result.

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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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Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics Development 58

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. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Crisis Management.

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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. 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. Crisis Management.

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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. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Input, transformation and output: this is basic process-task in the architecture of systems.

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System Management Organizational Development Nonprofit 54

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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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

It knew it had to act fast, so top leaders began by challenging major assumptions about how they operated. In the two months post-launch, Droid sales even outpaced the iPhone’s launch numbers. The CEO and COO of a multisite nonprofit were rolling out a new strategy started with tight, rules-laden processes and playbooks.

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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. 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. Human Resources.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Virtually every company we spoke to relied on nonprofit intermediaries to find candidates who had committed to training programs or apprenticeships in both hard and soft skills for the chance of stepping onto a career ladder. Sourcing for Commitment.

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Talent Education Engineering Software 28

Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? Carl Jung (1875-1971) postulated the power of archetypes operating in the human psyche and emphasized the role of the Shadow , those aspects of who we are that have not yet been integrated. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Marketing and Social Media. Leadership.

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Development Organizational Development Nonprofit Consulting 58

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. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Can you explain them? Are they associated with any theory(s)?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

And because of years of sales history, you can be reasonably certain that you will be successful: You will sell roughly the number of cars you expected to. The old cliché in marketing is true: Customers don’t want a quarter-inch drill. This was a hugely important marketing and sales goal.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? Fundraising for Nonprofits. Marketing and Social Media. Nonprofit Capacity Building. This is the first blog post in a six-part series about the history of OD.). Introduction to this Blog Series. Whose ‘conceptual DNA’ runs in our veins? Crisis Management.

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