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Royston posted this in Tools & Methods on September 6th, 2010
By Royston, on September 6th, 2010
SWOT (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats) is a simple but surprisingly effective technique to assess an organisations positioning and begin the process of turning general ideas for market growth into actionable
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Royston posted this in Tools & Methods on July 31st, 2010
By Royston, on July 31st, 2010
Running a meeting is not an easy task; retaining control and keeping the team on task are important tricks of the successful facilitator – in this post I cover some of the key points for you as facilitator of a meeting to ensure you make this part of your consulting practice a
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Royston posted this in Tools & Methods on July 29th, 2010
By Royston, on July 29th, 2010
Objective setting is a vital part of appraising and managing employees. Both managers and subordinates should be aware of what the objectives are for the current period as well as be working on new draft objectives for the next period prior to discussing them during a future appraisal meeting – where objectives for the forthcoming period can be documented and
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Royston posted this in Tools & Methods on July 19th, 2010
By Royston, on July 19th, 2010
I have loaded a simple contract template for consulting services – mostly clients will have a template already in hand from procurement. If you do not have anything you may find this one useful. It is pretty basic but contains the essential elements. I’ll post an affiliate version is there is any
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Royston posted this in Tools & Methods on July 12th, 2010
By Royston, on July 12th, 2010
I have created a generic Quality plan for the community that may be useful as a starter for you own efforts in your company. Below is an extract from the first page of this 35 page document. A PDF of the full thing is avaiable to download – a link back to this post or even a thank you would be
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Stephanie posted this in Tools & Methods on October 16th, 2009
By Stephanie, on October 16th, 2009
The process involves a series of workshops where knowledge and ideas are generated, gaps in understanding acknowledged and actions agreed to acquire the missing information for the following workshop. A marketing template is completed including action plans with clear responsibilities and dates for completion. The process also includes agreement on priorities and specific measurements for
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Royston posted this in Tools & Methods on July 7th, 2009
By Royston, on July 7th, 2009
This post includes a presentation on how a Brown Paper workshop can be run – it explains what a Brown Paper is and how to ‘create’ one in a workshop
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admin posted this in Tools & Methods on June 19th, 2009
By admin, on June 19th, 2009
Force field analysis has a long history this simple guide takes you through the process of creating a force
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Royston posted this in Tools & Methods on May 14th, 2009
By Royston, on May 14th, 2009
RACI is an acronym that stands for: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed. A RACI chart is a matrix of all the activities or decision making authorities undertaken in an organisation set against all the people or roles. At each intersection of activity and role it is possible to assign somebody: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted or Informed for that activity or
Continue reading How to do a RACI Charting and Analysis – a Practical Guide
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