Strategic Plan Overview

Posted by Bill Sumerlin on Mar 27, 2023 in Our Services..., Strategic Planning | 0 comments

Purpose The purpose of strategic planning is to set the overall goals for an organization for the next five (5) years and to develop a plan to achieve them.  The strategic planning process results in a presentation and/or document which identifies on a high level basis where the organization is going and why it is going there. Every major organization and successful small ones have some form of...

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Project Management

Posted by Bill Sumerlin on Feb 1, 2023 in Business Musings | 0 comments

Who is going to do the task? How long is each task going to take? When is the task going to be started? What are the dependencies with this task? If there is an issue with the task, or a deadline is missed, what should you do? What is the benefit if you apply more resources, shortening the time for completion? “Project management is the use of specific knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to...

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Program Reviews

Posted by Bill Sumerlin on Feb 1, 2023 in Assessments, Business Musings | 0 comments

Every program should make a positive contribution to an organization’s bottom line. Not all do. A contribution could be financial, or it could improve customer satisfaction, employee morale, internal operations, … While a Needs Assessments examines an organization and its operations, a Program Review assesses how well a formal program is performing across multiple organizations from a...

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The Best Managers Have These 10 Behaviors

Posted by Bill Sumerlin on Jan 24, 2023 in Business Musings | 0 comments

Beginning in 2008, Google researchers wanted to understand what makes a manager great at Google.  Here’s what they found. Project Oxygen Google sought to identify the common threads among Google’s highest performing managers. Based on internal research, Google then applied its findings to its manager development programs. Over time, Google found that by publicizing and training managers on these...

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Personal Self-Assessment

Posted by Bill Sumerlin on Jan 23, 2023 in Tools | 0 comments

Strengths and Weakness Evolve With Age Personality Assessment MyerBriggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Personality Type Discovery (TypeCoach) Crystal – The Personality Data Platform Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment™  (Predictive Index) StrengthsFinder book by Tom Rath Leadership Assessment Hogan Capacity Assessment Energy survey 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity (Franklin Covey) Issue...

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