Management Consulting – Page 2

Engaging Talent and Resources beyond your Company’s Four Walls

April 20, 2011

Last week, I met with a CEO who is looking to create an advisory board for his company. After the CEO had gotten comfortable with me and what I could offer, his questions switched to "selling me" on why I should want to join his board. As we were wrapping up our meeting, he asked ...

More on Networking

January 30, 2011

I took a break from writing during December and January. It was a combination of being busy with too many other activities and a bit of writer's block. I decided that with ten hours on a plane last week, it is time to get back at it. For those of you that use LinkedIn, you ...

Why is the start-up world different? (or How to choose your advisors and employees)

November 10, 2010

I recently had coffee with a colleague who spent many years with large global consulting firms, specializing in large complex projects involving strategy, restructuring, governance and project management. He now has his own consulting firm which focuses on strategy, and primarily works with medium to large organizations. Over coffee, he wanted to pick my brain ...

Change Management in SME

November 3, 2010

This is the last installment in my series on Change Management: Chapter 1: Leading Change – Part 1 of a Series Chapter 2: Leading Change – The Art of Change Management Chapter 3: Leading Change in a Perfect Storm Chapter 4: Leading Change – The Need for Speed Chapter 5: Leading Change – Putting it ...

Leading Change – Putting it all together

October 27, 2010

This is the fifth installment in my series on Change Management: Chapter 1: Leading Change – Part 1 of a Series Chapter 2: Leading Change – The Art of Change Management Chapter 3: Leading Change in a Perfect Storm Chapter 4: Leading Change – The Need for Speed By the end of 2003, PeopleSoft's Global Services Group ...

Leading Change – The Need for Speed

October 14, 2010

This is the fourth installment in my series on Change Management: Chapter 1: Leading Change – Part 1 of a Series Chapter 2: Leading Change – The Art of Change Management Chapter 3: Leading Change in a Perfect Storm In 2000, I moved from software VP Sales to Managing Director of what was to become PeopleSoft Global ...

Leading Change in a Perfect Storm

October 5, 2010

This is the third installment in my series on Change Management: Chapter 1: Leading Change – Part 1 of a Series Chapter 2: Leading Change – The Art of Change Management From when I joined PeopleSoft in 1996 through to the end of Q3, 1998, we were on a tear. When PeopleSoft went public in 1992, ...

Leading Change – The Art of Change Management

October 4, 2010

This is a continuation of my previous blog: Leading Change – Part 1 of a Series I am currently working with a few small companies that are introducing significant changes in their business. The drivers forcing these strategy changes are unique to each business; some being driven by external forces such as markets, technology advancement or ...

Leading Change – Part I of a Series

September 30, 2010

At a recent coaching session, our discussions turned to "leading change in an organization". My client is a small software company in a niche market. They have been successful growing the company by hiring junior staff. As a result, their average age demographic is well below 30. In benchmark comparison to other software companies, their ...

Teach me, Coach me, Tell Me

July 29, 2010

Early in my management career, my bosses' boss Bert taught me about "teach me, coach me, tell me" management. Bert had been a very successful sales rep but as a rookie sales manager, he was failing. He was struggling to make quota and his team was not happy working for him. He had been an aggressive sales ...

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