By alik levin
December 28th, 2009 — Consulting
Failure happens. I slip and I fall. It happens more than I want it to happen. I am on my quest to find out what are the early signs of a failure. Geoffrey M. Bellman shares good perspective on it in his book The Consultant’s Calling: Bringing Who You Are to What You Do, New and Revised.
Here is Bellman’s list:
- There are too few resources.
- There is too much training.
- There is a lack of leadership.
- Change is pursued as an event.
- Change is pursued in isolation.
- There is "flavor of the year" change.
- There are many unconnected changes.
- Meaning is lost in methods.
Let me share with you my personal view on each one of the above statements.
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By alik levin
December 13th, 2009 — Motivation
How do I quickly improve performance at work and in my life?
In the book The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan outline three simple laws of performance you need to follow to get instant results.
It is about how the situations occur to you and what language you use to reflect on the situation. The promise of the three laws of performance is rewriting your default future. I tried it – it works for me.
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By alik levin
November 3rd, 2009 — Consulting
To beat the competition you must not only be the best one in your category. You must be the best in the category that’s in demand. Information technology has high pace of change. So consultant’s services must change rapidly, he must offer high quality services on demand.
John Arthur Ricketts gives the following attribute to service on demand in his book Reaching The Goal: How Managers Improve a Services Business Using Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints
- Responsive
- Variable
- Focused
- Resilient
Want to beat the competition? Consider adopting these attributes too.
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