Category: Consulting skills

Cybersecurity: From A Business Perspective

Cybersecurity is no longer just a buzzword. Frequent cyberthreats call for a proactive approach to cybersecurity from a business perspective. In late 2020, dozens of companies fell victim to a…

4 Guidelines To Excellent PowerPoint Storytelling

4 Guidelines To Excellent PowerPoint Storytelling

We've all been there - sitting in that long, boring presentation after lunch, holding on for dear life to make it to the end awake. Where was this presentation when…

Business Analysis Steps To Identify Problems

Business Analysis: Steps To Identify Problems

Business analysis roles are becoming increasingly popular. Why? They are the bridge between the business model (aka enterprise strategy) and the business functionality that is necessary in organizations. Business analysis…

Upskilling

Upskilling: Exploring How and Where to Learn New Skills Quickly

Upskilling has become a deep fascination for much of the consulting and professional worlds. As the world and the workplace continue to change at a breakneck pace, more and more…

Business Continuity: Protecting Your Business

In this article, we’re going to take a look at Business Continuity. What is it? How do we plan for it? How can we implement those plans to keep our…

Time Management

Time Management: How to Keep Employees Productive

Time management is perhaps one of the most researched, studied, and obsessed over concepts in all of management. Back when physical bookstores were more relevant, you could find entire sections…

Unit Economics

Unit Economics: What Is It?

Unit economics has become such a buzzword in the world of management consulting that it almost seems passé. Today's era is of highly publicized yet unprofitable startups raising tens or…

KPI: How to Use Key Performance Indicators

KPI, which stands for Key Performance Indicator, is an acronym you’ve almost certainly heard bandied about by people working in or studying management. But if you’ve never had a specific…

Interpersonal Communication: What Is It?

Interpersonal communication is one of those concepts that sounds so self-explanatory that it’s easy not to take a deeper look at what it is. But having an underdeveloped sense of…

Forming Storming Norming Performing

Forming Storming Norming Performing: Team Development

Forming storming norming performing is one of the most influential ideas in the study of team development. Its less catchy title is the Tuckman framework, which studies how groups develop…

What Is Creative Thinking?

What Is Creative Thinking?

What is creative thinking and why does it matter? In today’s constantly evolving world, people who can think creatively are highly sought after. They have an innate ability to see…

Leader vs Manager: A Difference of Purpose

The comparison of a leader vs. a manager might seem like a distinction without a difference. Indeed, many of us use these two terms interchangeably, as if the two roles…