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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

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People and Problem-Solving Skills Facilitating, coaching, mentoring and consulting all require great people skills. Counselling, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, training and consulting are at different stages of the helping continuum. An emerging theme was the combination of people and problem-solving skills. What is a consultant?

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

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I deliver and facilitate strategy workshops and it’s always good to be able to recommend strategy books to delegates. After describing what strategic thinking looks like, the author guides readers through the strategy process – with suitable questions to ask during leadership discussions. What is the informal decision-making process?

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Creativity 8 – From consternation to collaboration: Using creativity to turn problems into opportunities in client service

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Typically these involve: Identify the problem, think and reason, analyse, evaluate, solve problems, make decisions and implement solution. Brainstorming in a favourite option (see Creativity 3 – Update on brainstorming techniques – Kim Tasso ) to crowd-source ideas and these techniques can boost their effectiveness.

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Book review: The Management Shift – How to harness the power of people and transform your organization for sustainable success by Vlatka Hlupic

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It also highlights two key models – for which there are assessments – on which to base leadership and organizational transformation. The core message of the book is the need to move away from a “command and control” model of management towards a more collaborative and inclusive style of people leadership. These are shown below.

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3 Key Change Management Strategies for 2024

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For instance, hackathons provide a structured yet flexible environment where employees can brainstorm and implement new ideas within a set timeframe. To achieve this, leaders need to understand the root causes of resistance, communicate transparently about the purpose of the change, and involve employees in decision-making processes.

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6-Step AI Transformation Workshop 

OnStrategyHQ

Pro Tip : Our job as strategists is to facilitate the conversations and help organizations leverage this technology to shift to more strategic work. An effective AI strategy is designed to increase business value, create a competitive advantage not previously achievable, and make your organization more efficient than before.

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[Q&A] How Do You Get CEO Buy-in for a Strategic Planning Process?

OnStrategyHQ

Our role as strategy leaders is to facilitate alignment by having purposeful conversations that get to the heart of issues fast. Sometimes, the decisions for this process can be made democratically among the entire executive team, and sometimes, the CEO is the final decision-maker. As such, their perspective is critical.