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Beginning a new job is exhilarating, but it is also stressful. What if you don't get off to a good start? What happens if learning takes longer than you think it should? These worries are frequent in both employees and employers, and a 30-60-90-day plan is an effective method to confront them.   Making a […]

There are around 150,000 architecture positions available in the US; nearly a million architects vie for these. Only a few succeed, as you can well imagine.   What distinguishes a successful application from the rest?   Well, the answer is a cover letter appended to a resume. Here’s a detailed explanation of how it works? […]

You've probably seen it happen: your staff is frazzled, you all fall behind, and a deadline is missed. Opportunities are wasted, and targets ended up get missed. In a nutshell, you've dropped the ball.   Why?   One of the reasons may be that you haven't developed a solid action plan in the form of […]

Establish your goals, define and assign measurable steps, review the outcomes, and repeat!    This action plan sounds pretty simple. Why aren't most executives doing it?   Most CEOs understand what has to be done, want to accomplish it, and have the best intentions to get it done. And yet, not much seems to change. […]

In today’s dynamic business environment, information travels at the speed of light, and managers are forced to act on data, and make crucial decisions, often off the cuff. Believe it or not, a corporate leader, on average, makes 45,000 decisions/judgments daily on average.   If these leaders of consequence relied solely on spreadsheets or raw […]

Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides a light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward. - Joy Gumz, a project management expert.    Project managers are critical to the existence of any firm. The demand for project managers is predicted to increase by […]

Preparing for an audit is always a difficult undertaking with a lot of room for error. Naturally, the purpose is to present the financial statements with accuracy to make confident business decisions.   A financial audit checklist tool can serve as a guide to help you with your year-end financial tasks. In general, an audit […]

A process objective is not a destination; rather, it is the path you must take to get there. For example, if you want to grow better at writing and publish 12-14 blogs per month, your process objective would be to write one blog per week and learn from the advice.   This distinction is critical […]

What gets measured gets improved.                                                                         -Peter Drucker   An organization capability is no exception.    Capabilities are generally described […]

Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.                                                                                                   […]