I get requests all the time from other consultants who want to “collaborate” with me. In many cases this request comes from new consultants who are just starting out and wish to connect with someone who has been around longer (and presumably has lots of clients.) Like a good journalist searching for the story behind …
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“People don’t resist change so much as they resist BEING changed” – Unknown We’re all creatures of habit. We become that way because we need some degree of certainty in our lives. If we had to reinvent ourselves and our actions each day, very little would ever get done. So we need familiar routines to get us …
The world has changed a lot since the dawn of the industrial age. Yet our approach to managing organizations has fundamentally remained the same. We still have top down, control oriented hierarchies, whose main preoccupation seems to be to prevent independent, creative or innovative thinking and doing. Yet the demand for managers who can inspire us, …
Some time management experts tell us that we have to get control of our inbox or in-tray if we are to manage our time. I would beg to differ. After all, if you only “control” what other people shove your way, are you really in control? Here are twelve things you can explore to get …
Strategy development can be a messy affair. In most scenarios, given the number of stakeholders involved in or affected by a strategic planning effort, there’s no doubt that you can potentially end up with a plan that is a convoluted, “please everyone” digest of hidden and not so hidden agendas. Unless of course you succeed …
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