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Building the Virtual Enterprise, 4 Tips to Help Get It Right    One of the old tenants at Andersen Consulting, the predecessor to Accenture, was the notion of People, Process and Technology. It would seem this is a universal truth! Can’t solve a problem without all three.   Earlier this week, I outlined what 3Continue reading “Building the Virtual Enterprise, 4 Tips to Help Get It Right”

The APEX of a consulting career is when your clients see you as a trusted advisor! Are you there?   We live in an exciting time of technical innovation, but there is a wide gap between high-quality technology consultants and those who hold the title but do not provide the best solutions to their clients.Continue reading “Follow These 5 Tips to Establish Yourself as a Trusted Advisor“

It seems like I keep getting pulled into this topic. Let me be clear, this transition is not for every company, or every individual, but read more if you want to know who it is for? “We Will NEVER Go Back!” In the October 15-21st Dallas Business Journal, the Cover Story is “We Will NEVERContinue reading “Work Remotely Forever is Gaining Momentum! Listen to Insights from These CEO’s and Talent Acquisition Firm JobVite”

I wanted to scream!   I tried the website, but my account would not reset the password I tried the 800 number but got in that endless “call volumes are higher today, please try our website”. Ugghhh! Then, a new option: “Press 1 if you want to use text messaging!” Oh, what the hell. MightContinue reading “Is the Wrong Implementation of the Right Strategy Still Right?  Consider These 6 Ideas!”

I was going to stay with my sales strategy and execution theme today, but after reading several articles about the employee participation rate, I could not resist. If you are an employer, this is for you! The gig is up. People have figured out they need less and value time more.   It’s the Economy,Continue reading “Where Did All the Workers Go? It’s the Lifestyle, Stupid!”

It’s What You Do, Not Where You Do It, Right?   There is a lot of talk about going back to the office, or not, or hybrid, or not. It occurs to me that it’s not where you work, it’s what you get accomplished. I’m a big believer in collaboration space where folks come togetherContinue reading “What You Do vs. Where You Do It: Hybrid, In-Person, or Work From Anywhere”

Lessons Learned from Steven Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” In 2007, Steve Covey published his life-changing book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. What is it about habits that is so life-changing?   Why would my second #brand30 post be about habits? It’s simple, change cannot happen without change.  There is aContinue reading “Lessons Learned from “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People””

Many companies mandate mentorship programs as a quick way to grow people. Growing talent is the most important thing in the technology space. The challenge isn’t that we have too much talent, but that we have too little. There are many ways to grow talent, but two stand out as standards in the market today.Continue reading “How to Develop a Mentor Program That Speeds the Growth of Your Business”

Lessons Learned from Starting Pariveda   I’m often asked about what it takes to start a business or walk into a new market as a sales leader and succeed. The two areas that I always fall back on are, first, learn to walk comfortably in ambiguity, and second, follow your process. The latter is muchContinue reading “Lessons Learned from Starting Pariveda”

End of a Dirt Road I met one of my future partners while at Andersen Consulting, now Accenture. We started going to lunch and talking about creating a company that would put finding and growing talent first. We surmised that there was a shortage of technical talent, and we could create a company focused onContinue reading “End of a Dirt Road”