Category: Newsletters
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How to achieve your goals
Goals should be clear, simple, and written down. If they aren't written down and reviewed daily, they aren't really goals. They're wishes. Robert T. Kiyosaki. Turn your dreams into reality by setting goals. It sounds almost magical, but it's real. Whether you're thinking about short-term goals or…
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Skill Matrix: A Simple, Mind-Bending Tool
In many (perhaps most?) companies, there's a cycle that unfolds almost unchanged: a form or process to identify training needs, a plan, and implementation. Sometimes, training programs also arise not from current needs but from future plans, or even from prejudices or assumptions. What are the results?
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The Magic Questions. 5W2H
5W2H is a very versatile and simple tool. It's used to aid in planning, brainstorming, analyzing root causes, defining a problem, and so on.
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Change management in times of pandemic
We often read, talk, discuss, and philosophize about change in organizations, how it's managed, and what the obstacles and challenges are. We also frequently say in the companies we advise: "There's no vacuum: if you don't decide, others will decide for you," and those "others" include the market, the industry, the context, and so on.
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Brainstorming
What is it? Brainstorming, also known as idea generation, is a group technique for generating a high volume of original and creative ideas in a relaxed environment, without external or self-censorship. Why use it? How is it done? In this exercise, the goal is to generate…
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GUT Method for Prioritizing Activities
We often find ourselves with countless tasks to do, making it difficult to decide where to begin. Time and/or available resources can be limiting factors when trying to figure out where to start. One thing is clear: the best way to do nothing is to try to do everything at once. It's more effective to progress little by little…