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The Readiness Factor: A balanced approach to strategic planning
June 25, 2012
Tags: Consulting, Strategic Planning
I was facilitating three separate strategic planning sessions over the past couple of weeks. The success of each planning session was impacted by one important factor: Readiness.
According to definitions.net the word readiness is defined as the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or...
According to definitions.net the word readiness is defined as the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or...
In Order To Sell, You Must Be Driven To Tell
June 25, 2012
There’s the thought that selling a product is the most difficult task to accomplish, yet in reality it is not as complicated as the world has set it out to be. In order to spread your product like wildfire and have your potential clients saying YES here’s a few tips to put you in the right...
Conflict: Friend or Foe?
May 29, 2012
Tags: Conflict Resolution, Facilitation
Conflict in our homes and the workplace is a fact of life. It doesn’t matter where you try to run and hide from it, conflict will always find you. We have seen all perspectives of conflict in one situation or another, whether it resulted from individuals with different interests or goals or...
Are you on the Critical Path?
May 28. 2012
Tags: Consulting, Project Management
The other day we were standing in our team huddle we have each morning and talking about our tasks; specifically those that were on the critical path for our project. I got the usual nodding of heads and I'm sure what was running through their mind as, "yeah, yeah, we know we have to get this done...
3 Factors for Successful Decisions
April 23, 2012
Tags: Consulting, Project Management
Plans are built with the knowledge that we have at the time. We therefore make assumptions about many things in order to complete the plan. When reality becomes different than the assumption that was made during the planning stage, we have decisions to make. This is true for all plans, projects or...