Lead from Within

JUNE 14, 2016

The quieter you become the more you can hear: Trainings and workshops teach leaders how to communicate well, and especially how to speak concisely and clearly. You will be stubborn about flexibility: You can tell people the benefits of being agile, but you cannot teach them to be flexible. It has to come from within.

Loyalty 60

Loyalty Workshop Learning-by-Doing Agility 60

Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We need leaders who are flexible and agile, unafraid of what might go wrong and positive about what could go right. For coaching, consulting, workshops and speaking. It leads to disdain and disrespect. Holding an all-or-nothing orientation. Failing to recognize nuance and shades of gray leads to bias and distorted thinking.

Leadership 60

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Agility Energy 60

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

Seeing mental health emerging as a front and center concern, we provided meditation apps and emotional wellbeing workshops, along with our employee assistance program which offers free counseling support. We need to be prepared, resilient, and agile as we create our future.

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

They were intense, intelligence-based, role-playing immersion workshops that got leaders to see the market from a different and unfamiliar perspectives. While large consulting firms push expensive “war games” at the leadership level, Jessica ran cheap and quick local games based on local market dynamics.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Agility Workshop Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

The most valuable consulting lesson I ever received from a client came from being rewritten with neither my knowledge nor input. I'd been asked to run an innovation workshop for Procter & Gamble's R&D group because of a book I had written. I radically changed my workshop's design. Words would speak as loudly as actions.

Innovation 15

Innovation Workshop Lean Manufacturing Kaizen 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. The workshops encouraged and equipped the operating managers and HR teams to take a fresh look at their workforce goals and options. Create one integrated workforce strategy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. They allow a company to be more agile and to more effectively adapt to digital disruption. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

Agility 8

Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. Bringing customers and providers together is becoming more common.

Agility 8

Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8