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The Answers to Two Persistent Consulting Questions

David A Fields

Jesper (actual name of the consultant) tried for ages to land a project with Astra Zeneca (actual name of client; a.k.a. His firm had a history of work with AZ, particularly in North America; however, they had never been able to win an consulting engagement in Europe (actual names of continents). Last week, after [ ]

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May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Here are some helpful questions that will help you challenge your thinking. Welcome to the May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication.

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Asking Smart Questions Changes Everything

Leading Blog

The antidote, I’ve found during my two decades as an accountability speaker and business consultant, is a thoughtful and persistent effort to infuse accountability into every objective, every task, and in every colleague-to-colleague and company-to-customer interaction. Simple Questions are the Seeds of Accountability.

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Evidence-Based Recruiting: Practices to Hire the Best

Skip Prichard

Atta is the CEO of Ex-Consultants Agency where he leads the private equity and venture capital practice. But one of the key concepts I promote in my consulting work is that while stars are rare, they have an outsized influence on performance. Hire the Best. That’s what Atta Tarki shares in his new book, Evidence-Based Recruiting.

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CMI Highlights – 9 August

Chartered Management Institute

So here’s a quick overview of the main changes you need to be aware of: Employees will be able to file two requests within 12 months (rather than just one request) and will not have to explain how the request would affect the business. At CMI, we disagree: we believe that better equipped managers means better performing public services.

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The Best Collection of Advice for New Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

For this month’s Carnival, I asked an all-star collection of leadership experts the following question: What is one piece of advice would you give to a new leader/manager? Don’t get intimidated by the intellectually “smart” people, who appear to have all the answers and who sometimes compromise their values. This list is a keeper!

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5 Core Values For The Workplace

Tim Milburn

Dilenschneider, author of A Briefing for Leaders: Communication As the Ultimate Exercise of Power. There are many fine values, such as courtesy, confidence, ingenuity, thrift, and so on. The trouble is that the list of values grows easily and can cause many employees to lose their focus. They fail to prioritize. Accountability. Perseverance.

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