You cannot conduct strategic business analysis or project management without benchmarking and creating a baseline. That is a fact. I have seen times where executives and professionals skip this part of the planning process, thinking that they have all the information they need to document the current […]
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Some years ago I wrote an article about learning leaderships skills from my Dad when it came to my business, career and life. As we approach father’s day I find myself compelled to share the content of that article again. I think mostly because it tells part […]
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I think it is great when people ask me questions. Often it means I get to ask questions back to gain clarity and insight into the real issue. There are many great questions you can ask, and every professional should collect and create an inventory of questions. […]
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There are many skills that are required in the process of gathering and documenting requirements that a strategist, project manager, business analysts, or consultant need to master. Actually, if you are engaged to achieve clarity on a business problem or opportunity where you need to recommend a […]
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Last week while speaking on Strategic Business Analysis at the Project Management and Business Analysis World conference in Toronto a Chief Strategic Officer from a company asked me a question about the transformation reality. My response was to use a diagram and explanation I wrote about in […]
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While waiting at a gate for the next available airplane at an airport, I met a fellow business traveler. We started talking about business and what we did for a living. He was a COO (Chief Operations Officer). So I asked about their planning process, what it […]
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