The focus of most training is to improve organizational effectiveness, efficiency, or performance. Training may involve improving skills, removing hindrances, gaining proficiency, increasing sensitivity, and acquiring competencies. A competency is any knowledge, aptitude, attitude, or ability that distinguishes Brand U’s from average behaviors or me-too deliverables. More often, Brand U’s are induced to learn and …
Remember, there are a number of ways to develop personal competencies and be successful. It’s more than brainpower. More psychologists and others say that IQ is only one and may be the least important characteristic of success. Robert Sternberg, a Yale psychologist, believes that intelligence consists of three factors: 1. analytical skills ensure high standardized …
Each person must take full responsibility for his or her career. The old career path no longer exists. Workers will be rewarded for knowledge and adaptability. Teamwork will replace hierarchy as the dominant organizational form. Workers who flourish in the new environment will be so prized by employers that companies will go out of …
Commodity consulting goes for about $100/hour. Move up the how, what, why, and who consulting curve to offer more customer value. How consultants are skilled technicians. What consultants are skilled managers. Why consultants are skilled communicators. Who consultants are skilled leaders and politicians. Who consultants offer clients peace of mind in today’s time challenged and …
More Brand U’s are rethinking their work assumptions because of the unpredictable and volatile workplace. It’s not uncommon to see a 35-year-old Brand U having had five or more jobs, many of which were voluntary moves. Five years ago migrating from job to job was a sign of unsuitability, instability, or poor work habits. Now, …
Project management has always been associated with work tools and techniques such as scheduling and network planning. However, Brand U project leadership is more of a philosophy and structure of doing business that is being adopted by self managed teams, rapid product development groups, and hi-tech start-ups. More has to be done faster, better, more …
When the going gets tough, time becomes our most limited resource. Time management then becomes critical to getting things done at work, finding time with our family, and balancing our lives. Brand U’s have learned they can’t be all things to all people. Brand U’s have to optimize, prioritize, and focus on what matters most. …
Mission impossible project has a high chance of success and a high degree of satisfaction. Ugly project has a high chance of success but a low degree of satisfaction. Kamikaze project where everybody knows the project will fail but team members feel good about it. Suicide project, where everyone knows it’ll fail and they …
The Academy Award’s extravaganza maybe the world’s biggest party, excuse me I mean Brand U project. In a matter of speaking it’s both. In today’s celebrity and media obsessed culture, the Academy Awards and the Oscars are big business. More than 10,000 people directly work on the event that generates more than $100 million in …
If we believe Brand U work is project related then the earliest homo sapiens had a Brand U project approach to gathering food, hunting for food, building a shelter, and propagating their clan. Each of these activities had a beginning and end with a specific life-driven purpose.