Reclaim your authentic self by learning how to keep it real
Smart Brief
March 01, 2022
Here is an approach to restore your energy, vitality and reclaim your authentic self.
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How Structured Jump Starts Can Propel Productivity to Unprecedented Heights
Indispensable Consulting
February 22, 2022
Learn how Jump Starts can jump start your team's productivity...
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Coaching Involves Helping People Fix Their Self-Talk
Indispensable Consulting
February 20, 2022
This piece offers some ideas to flip the script...
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Vision Storytelling Is Something Leaders Need Now!
Indispensable Consulting
February 18, 2022
Most corporate vision statements are a dime a dozen. Learn how to tell a story instead...
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Helping Organizations Podcast Appearance
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February 08, 2022
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Making Healthy Dialogue a Corporate Value
SHRM
February 08, 2022
We wrote this article because creating a culture where healthy dialogue can take place is a challenge for businesses and many leaders don't know where to begin. We argue that executives can begin to make a difference by introducing the promotion of healthy dialogue as a corporate value.
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There Is Still Time For Free Training
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February 04, 2022
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Season One Highlights of Jim Kerr Podcast
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February 03, 2022
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Overcome The Great Resignation Free Training
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January 31, 2022
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Terry Earthwind Nichols Interview
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January 30, 2022
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Soundview Interview with Ursula Sharp
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January 30, 2022
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Customer Care At Apple Is Lacking
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January 30, 2022
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Todd Cherches on Indispensable Conversation
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December 15, 2021
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The Indispensable Conversation Podcast
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November 22, 2021
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Want to be happier? Choose abundance over scarcity
Smart Brief
November 16, 2021
There is much to be gained through the adoption of an abundance mindset. If you would like to put it into practice, and are not sure how, let me offer these three ideas to help you get started...
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Register For The Virtual Retreat
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November 15, 2021
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Want Diversity in The Workplace? Hire And Promote Differently
Valiant CEO
August 19, 2021
Enough already with the diversity committees and inclusiveness training!
If you want diversity and inclusion in the workplace, you need to promote and hire differently.
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This is not a forever virtual business world
Smart Brief
July 12, 2021
I know it’s fashionable for the talking heads in the leadership and workplace space to predict a business world that is “forever virtual.” However, let me be the first to burst that bubble by saying:
That’s not gonna happen!
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How To Shape Your Origin Story In A Winning Way
CEOWorld
June 23, 2021
All great stories follow a certain form. Learn to tell your story so others want to hear more.
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Getting back to work in the post-pandemic world
Management Issues
April 07, 2021
Recently, I got together with two colleagues: Melissa Davies, founder of Wise Ways Consulting and Kon Apostolopoulos, founder of Fresh Biz Solutions, and discussed the advice that we may provide to our respective clients.
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How to Build a Resilient Company Culture That Will Help Every Employee Thrive
Inc. Magazine
December 28, 2020
Winning companies cultivate cultures that enable their people to develop the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.
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Common Decency Leads to Business Success
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December 16, 2020
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Our excuses are just lies
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December 09, 2020
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Seek “Simple” To Become A Better Leader
CEOWorld
December 07, 2020
Somewhere along the way, business leaders have lost sight of the fact that simple is better. Preferring, instead, to over-complicate much of what it takes to be an exceptional leader.
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Before Pointing Your Finger, Use Your Thumb
CEOWorld
November 30, 2020
Leaders risk eroding trust within their companies and minimize their effectiveness is setting direction and managing change by shifting blame an evading accountability. Therefore, it is essential that leaders own their actions.
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Decency Begins With Patience: Practice It and Watch Your Team Excel
CEOWorld
November 16, 2020
Don’t you want to be revered by those in your world for being an exceptionally decent person and leader? If so, it is time for you to work at becoming more patient.
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COVID-19 Means Leaders Must Work to Become Even More Decent
CEOWorld
November 05, 2020
The bottom-line for business leaders is that many of our colleagues, whether they show signs of it or not, are truly stressed-out about COVID-19. This fact puts the impetus on us to approach our leadership responsibilities with even more decency and care – setting the example for others to follow.
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Why Decency Matters in the C-Suite
CEOWorld
October 27, 2020
Decency matters not just, because it is the right thing to do. Rather, it delivers business results that are difficult to attain otherwise. By adopting and practicing the guidelines offered here, you create a less contentious and more appealing work environment – one where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and play a role in your company’s success.
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When Will Leader Decency Be Cool Again?
CEOWorld
October 22, 2020
You can make decency cool again by letting your decency shine through in the way that you lead others. I recognize that some of this may be easier said than done. However, the benefits of leading in ways that can be respected and admired outweigh the noise that comes from more lazy, deceitful and selfish ways that can undermine one’s integrity.
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Company Culture Must Remain Front and Center During These Uncertain Times
CEOWorld
October 07, 2020
With Covid-19 continuing to wreak havoc across corporate America today, many major companies are choosing to remain remote for the foreseeable future, If that’s you, don’t make the mistake of inadvertently putting company culture on the back burner. It is essential to stay diligent in maintaining and enhancing your culture so that staffers feel connected and remain committed to your mission.
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The Ultimate Back-to-Work Checklist
CEOWorld
September 26, 2020
Top 10 list of risk mitigation considerations for returning to the office. Are your office spaces ready for staffers to get back to work? As many business leaders are contemplating a return to work, it has become clear that the transition back to the workplace must be planned and adjustments must be made, to ensure a safe return.
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It is Time for Top Leadership to Step-Up
CEOWorld
September 25, 2020
We must seize the remarkable opportunity that has presented itself during this global health crisis and work to become the Greatest Generation 2.0
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Bringing Common Decency Back to Business
CEOWorld
September 24, 2020
You can be an exceptional leader and act decently at the same time. Leadership and common decency are not mutually exclusive ideas. In fact, great leaders are often decent human beings. Of course, many are not. It’s the last point that we need to shine a light on.
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Greatest Generation 2.0 Is Within Our Reach
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July 20, 2020
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Do You Have A Communications Issue?
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July 01, 2020
It wasn’t a communications issue that was affecting their business performance. Rather, the problem was a lack of teamwork.
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There Are Only 3 Ways To Be Of Choice
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June 11, 2020
To become "of Choice" is to possess those characteristics that serve to strategically differentiate a firm from its competition. And these three goals are universal truths. After all, why would any commercial enterprise wish to be anything less than an "of Choice" concern?
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5 Ways to Become Indispensable
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May 24, 2020
Wouldn't you like to become indispensable to your customers? Sure, you would! While there's not one sure fire formula to follow to become indispensable, you can do some things to improve your chances that you'll "stick" to your customers.
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Scenario planning: the time is now
Management Issues
April 06, 2020
Most leadership teams are working out what they must do to stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. Some have dusted off their business contingency plans only to discover that the identification of key personnel and critical processes, standard fare in most business continuity plans, doesn’t suffice in determining what to do when confronting a worldwide pandemic. In fact, a different kind plan, or more precisely set of plans, is required.
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Flipping the organization
Management Issues
April 02, 2020
I have been helping a client for some time now on strategic planning and culture transformation. With a solid strategic plan and plan administration process in place and a roadmap for cultural change, I am proud to say that they’ve come a long way on both fronts. However, their journey is far from over. Strategic alignment seems to be a friction point that has proven difficult to smooth.
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I think differently and that's OK
Management Issues
March 17, 2020
Conventional wisdom says that firms need access to experts from their industry to help them develop strategies that will separate them from the competition. Nothing can be further from the truth! I’ve enjoyed a fulfilling career as a management consultant being industry agnostic. Rather, I brought clients all kinds of problem-solving frameworks, strategic planning paradigms and implementation methodologies, all aimed at helping them think differently about how to move their organizations smartly forward.
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Improve strategic alignment through better metrics
Management Issues
March 04, 2020
I have been helping a client for some time now on strategic planning and culture transformation. With a solid strategic plan and plan administration process in place and a roadmap for cultural change, I am proud to say that they’ve come a long way on both fronts. However, their journey is far from over. Strategic alignment seems to be a friction point that has proven difficult to smooth.
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4 Steps to Create a Winning Culture (and Company) from Scratch
Inc. Magazine
February 11, 2020
Bottom line: The most successful business owners are the ones willing to do whatever it takes to not only succeed, but also ensure they have a team that buys into the company culture and helps drive it forward well into the future.
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Are you a Narcissistic Leader? Take This Test and Determine Ways to Keep Your Ego in Check
INC
September 23, 2019
It's time to manage your ego and become the leader you're meant to be.
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Principles before personalities
Management Issues
May 01, 2019
Consequently, when an organizational planning conversation begins to go south, I know that it is time for me to remind meeting participants that the reorganization effort is not about any one of them, but, the collective "us". Learn what happens next...
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I Put a Company Through a Personality Test. Here's What Happened
INC
February 12, 2019
Personality test your vision story to characterize how your business is being presented and perceived by others.
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Want to Improve Teamwork at Your Company? Encourage Your Employees to Disagree With You
INC
November 27, 2018
Good things happen when colleagues are encouraged to speak up.
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Want to Be a Better Leader? Do These 10 Things
INC
November 13, 2018
Leaders come with all kinds of strengths and weaknesses. Regardless of yours, here are some things that you can do to become a better leader.
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How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Source New Ideas From Their Team
INC
November 09, 2018
Working with people who challenge you, and from whom you can learn, will make you a better leader.
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Going Through a Reorganization? Here Are 3 Tips to Make It Easier
INC
October 15, 2018
These fundamental principles point the way for leaders whose strategies require a different kind of organization design than the one they have today.
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How to Build a High-Performing Team You Can Rely On
INC
September 10, 2018
Teach them how to do the work and you won't have to do the work for them.
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Want To Anticipate Problems Before They Happen Use This Planning Strategy
INC
August 27, 2018
Easy approach to being more visionary than you ever thought possible.
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Trust Is Essential to Any High-Performing Team. Here's How to Build It
INC
July 31, 2018
Trust is the key to making your team hum. Learn how to build it.
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Company Culture is a Game of Follow the Leader
INC
July 05, 2017
If your culture lacks trust and integrity, draw a circle around yourself
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Culture by Design: 6 Levers of Change
INC
October 03, 2016
How to shift your business using culture as a tool...
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Culture by Design: The Deliverables
INC
September 26, 2016
A snapshot of the work produced when creating a culture by design...
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Don't Leave Your Company Culture to Chance. Build a Culture by Design
INC
September 19, 2016
Company culture is a strategic imperative that must be created and transformed by design, not by default.
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Learn How To Reshape Your Business Strategies Through Technology
INC
January 09, 2015
We're just about there! A time when technology can be acquired and consumed much like we buy and use water and electricity. Learn how.
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6 Ways to Manage A Team Of Superstars
Chief Executive
July 25, 2014
Now that you’ve drafted rising talent into your organization, do they have what it takes to lead? They do if you show them–here’s how.
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Collaboration: An Essential Element of a Winning Formula
Chief Executive
May 30, 2014
Leading companies like Pixar, Google and Zappos are known for their employee engagement and collaborative work settings. Learn how they did it.
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The Planning Method
Indispensable Consulting
February 24, 2022
Our assessment methods, analytical tools and change planning approaches are time-tested and optimized for making a difference. Of course, our track record speaks for itself. Watch this short video on our planning approach.
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The Coaching Approach
Indispensable Consulting
February 24, 2022
Our coaching methods are world-renown. We baseline through self-assessment and 360 Feedback. We use that to co-create customized coaching plans for each person that we work with. We deliver results. Watch this short video on our approach.
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Workplace Readiness Approach
Indispensable Consulting
February 24, 2022
Our workplace readiness services are custom-made to get you back to the office flawlessly. Watch this short video on our approach.
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Resilience Training Approach
Indispensable Consulting
February 24, 2022
Our resilience training services are focused on helping your people be their best selves. Watch this short video on our approach.
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Vision Story Jump Start
Indispensable Consulting
February 20, 2022
This offering provides the coaching, templates and frameworks needed to craft a compelling story of where you want to take the business.
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Vision Story Services
Indispensable Consulting
February 01, 2022
Your company’s vision defines its direction.
It should be told as a story that engages and informs all of your stakeholders, rightly.
After all, your people need to understand where their leaders want them to go. Your vision story defines the North Star which sets the direction.
Our Vision Story development framework provides the needed structure for creating a vision story that is compelling and inspires your team to greatness.
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Strategic Planning Services
Indispensable Consulting
February 01, 2022
Strategic planning is about anticipating the future and determining what you’re going to do about it.
Our Scenario Planning approach provides a framework for considering the possibilities that may await your business.
Our Strategic Planning Methodology defines and prioritizes what must be done to achieve your vision, strengthen your brand and deliver the necessary tools and templates to ensure that your plans are immediately actionable.
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Transformation Planning Services
Indispensable Consulting
January 03, 2022
Transformation
Transformation is about establishing Operational Excellence.
It is achieved by broadly changing the way work is done.
Our transformation services help you optimize workflow and work activities through process redesign. Also, we help you leverage digital technology capabilities that help you build a winning ecosystem for your business.
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Industry 4.0
Indispensable Consulting
January 03, 2022
Tomorrow’s is coming. Are you ready for the next evolution in manufacturing?
Can you imagine a factory where robots, automated guided vehicles, sensors, controllers, raw materials, products, and databases communicate with one another? This future is upon us.
We help clients realize their vision of the factory of the future through our Industry 4.0 Strategic Planning Services. Let us help you develop your plan to get there, too.
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Organization Design / Development Services
Indispensable Consulting
January 03, 2022
Strategic misalignment can destroy a company’s ability to deliver results.
Our Organization Design services drives alignment by using your vision and strategies to set the boundaries, for instance.
With the strategic framework is in place, we work with you to finely tune your operating model and then redesign the reporting structures so that the “right” people are in the “right” places to perform at their best.
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Culture Reset Services
Indispensable Consulting
January 03, 2022
Great cultures win. Others don’t.
Company Culture is about behavior. Indeed, it determines how your staff members interact. It determines how your team treats your customers.
Our Culture Reset services help you build a winning culture that promotes high performance, while fostering the adoption of a new cultural dynamic where everyone works together to deliver an impeccable customer experience.
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Workplace Transition Services
Indispensable Consulting
November 08, 2021
High performance businesses pivot to continue winning, even when facing a health crisis.
Our Workplace Transition Services help you transition back to the physical work- place with a focus on mitigating risks for staff and other stakeholders, while re-imagining the way work will be performed in the future.
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Leadership Coaching Services
Indispensable Consulting
November 08, 2021
Coaches make people perform better.
After all, even world-class athletes have professional coaches.
Why shouldn’t your leadership team and high potential people have coaches, too? Our executive coaching services will make your people better at what they do.
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Indispensable Audit Part - 6 -- Change Frameworks
Indispensable Consulting
April 12, 2021
This is 6 of 6 videos in the Indispensable Consulting's "Indispensable Business Quick Audit." This video focuses on change management frameworks and presents 5 critical areas where your business must perform flawlessly in order to be a provider of choice within the markets that you serve.
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Indispensable Audit Part - 5 -- Trust and Empowerment
Indispensable Consulting
April 12, 2021
This is 5 of 6 videos in the Indispensable Consulting's "Indispensable Business Quick Audit." This video focuses on trust and employee empowerment frameworks and presents 5 critical areas where your business must perform flawlessly in order to be a provider of choice within the markets that you serve.
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Indispensable Audit Part - 3 -- Company Culture
Indispensable Consulting
April 12, 2021
This is 3 of 6 videos in the Indispensable Consulting's "Indispensable Business Quick Audit." This video focuses on change management frameworks and presents 5 critical areas where your business must perform flawlessly in order to be a provider of choice within the markets that you serve.
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Indispensable Audit Part - 1 -- Leadership
Indispensable Consulting
April 12, 2021
This is 1 of 6 videos in the Indispensable Consulting's "Indispensable Business Quick Audit." This video focuses on leadership frameworks and presents 5 critical areas where your leaders must deliver their leadership flawlessly in order to be a provider of choice within the markets that you serve.
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Indispensable Audit Part - 2 -- Vision
Indispensable Consulting
April 12, 2021
This is 2 of 6 videos in the Indispensable Consulting's "Indispensable Business Quick Audit." This video focuses on vision and presents 5 critical areas where your business must perform flawlessly in order to be a provider of choice within the markets that you serve.
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Indispensable Audit Part - 4 -- The "Right" People
Indispensable Consulting
April 12, 2021
This is 2 of 6 videos in the Indispensable Consulting's "Indispensable Business Quick Audit." This video focuses on vision and presents 5 critical areas where your business must perform flawlessly in order to be a provider of choice within the markets that you serve.
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Thought Leader Leverage Hosted By Peter Winick
Indispensable Consulting
February 24, 2022
Peter Winick of Thought Leader Leverage interviews Jim Kerr -- they discuss consulting, thought leadership and his latest book.
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Kind Words For Indispensable
leadersHum
February 18, 2022
Here's what other, influential thought leaders are saying about Indispensable: Build and Lead A Company Customers Can't Live Without
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Why is Middle Management Leading the Great Resignation?
Short Lister Magazine
February 15, 2022
In collaboration with several managers and HR professionals, this article focuses on “The Great Resignation,” the reasons behind it, and the trends surrounding it.
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How Can Companies Motivate Employees with Corporate Social Responsibility?
Short Lister Magazine
February 15, 2022
The recent events of hardship and disruption that reshaped our world caused many to reevaluate the interdependence of healthy societies, economies, and the environment. Hence, companies can no longer exclude themselves from significant societal issues like climate change and social injustice.
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Aligning Vision and Culture
The Brand Called You
January 07, 2022
Key Elements for INDISPENSABLE BUSINESS - Guest of Ashutosh Garg on his The Brand Called You podcast.
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Have we lost the art of thinking
The Indispensable Conversation
November 19, 2021
I explore this question with Dr. Oleg Konovalov in this episode of The Indispensable Conversation podcast.
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The symbiosis between leaders and managers
Zen Desk
September 21, 2021
The definition of leadership, at any level, is changing
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Jim Kerr on Writing a Business Fable Book
Write Your Book Podcast
June 25, 2021
Today, Dan Janal interviews me about writing a business book.
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Expert Interview: James Kerr
Advancing Wellness
June 21, 2021
In this Expert Interview, AdvancingWellness CEO Mari Ryan interviews James Kerr, one of today’s foremost authorities on leadership and company culture.
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Become a Visionary Leader
Inc. Magazine
December 29, 2020
Short video shot for Inc. magazine -- offers 3 ideas to be come more visionary
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Boost Team Productivity
Inc. Magazine
December 29, 2020
Short video shot for Inc. magazine -- offers 3 ideas for leading your high performance team to deliver its promises.
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Inspire Your Organization to Greatness
Inc. Magazine
December 29, 2020
Part of the Inc. Magazine Leadership Series - This short video offers 3 ideas to set direction and manage change in your organization.
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Relieve Change Fatigue
Inc. Magazine
December 29, 2020
Part of the Inc. Magazine Leadership Series - This short video offers 3 ideas to relieve the tension, while continuing to drive change.
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Helping Organizatons Thrive
Julian Roberts
December 10, 2020
Great conversation about leadership, influencing change during CV-19 times and my most recent book, Indispensable: Build and Lead A Company Customers Can't Live Without with host, Julian Roberts.
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A Leadership Interview With James Kerr
AboutLeaders
December 10, 2020
Great interview about leadership, change management, company culture and some of my books with publisher of AboutLeaders, Dr. Mary Kay.
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Mediocre Will Not Suffice
Indispensable Blog
November 02, 2020
This short video from Inc. Leadership Series, Jim Kerr suggests mediocre performance will not suffice and offers 3 ideas to lift staff performance.
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Becoming indispensable—a company that your customers can’t live without
Zen Desk
October 01, 2020
An interview with James Kerr on his latest book: indispensable: How to Build and Lead a Company Customers Can't Live Without.
“Of course, you don’t have to disrupt an industry to become an indispensable business,” Kerr wrote in his book. “Instead, you must be driven to excellence in all that you do and to deliver what your customers want. In essence, you want to be on a constant lookout for ways to unlock your customer’s potential…."
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Barriers That Prevent Collaboration and How To Overcome Them
Indispensable Blog
September 30, 2020
Jim Kerr is Interviewed on the topic by Soundview's Andrew Clancy on the topic.
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Managing Naysayers
Soundview
September 30, 2020
Soundview leadership series with Host Andrew Clancy
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Preventing Confrontation
Soundview
September 30, 2020
SoundView Leadership Series hosted by Andrew Clancy
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Communication Barriers
Soundview
September 30, 2020
SoundView Leadership Series hosted by Andrew Clancy
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Inspiring Staffers
Soundview
September 30, 2020
SoundView Leadership Series hosted by Andrew Clancy
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SiriusXM's Innovation Navigation Interview
SiriusXM
September 29, 2020
SiriusXM Interview on Innovation Navigation program hosted Dave Robinson
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Power Lunch Live Hosted By Rhett Power
LinkedIn Live
September 16, 2020
We discussed COVID's impact on leadership, the importance of culture in coping and my new book -- Indispensable: How to Build and Lead a Company Customers Can't Live Without
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How To Future-Proof Your Company’s Organisational Design
ArielleExecutive
September 14, 2020
Great interview by Irene McConnell of ArielleExecutive -- Organization Design and Company Culture were main themes of this interview.
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Designing Executive Checklists
33Voices
September 11, 2020
Great interview by Moe Abdou of 33Voices -- We discuss how to set direction and manage change within the 21stcentury enterprise by building solid checklists that guide decisions and inform strategic thinking.
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Positive Business Radio
Positive Business Radio
August 31, 2020
This radio interview covered many of the topics brought out in my book, The Executive Checklist.
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Getting Ready for Tomorrow
reBoot
August 21, 2020
Hosted by Dave Summers. James Kerr, the Founder at Indispensable Consulting is hosted in this episode. Kerr is a long-time management consultant and futurist working to make a difference for businesses by helping leaders reshape the way work is done. His expertise includes vision storytelling, culture redesign and the development and implementation of multi-faceted change initiatives. He enjoys co-creating new ideas and devising feasible solutions to broadly relevant problems, while shape-shifting them into opportunities for his clients.
We spoke about the new look to organizational culture during #covid19 #workfromhome.
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Humanix Books to Publish James Kerr's Next Book
PR Newswire
August 04, 2020
Press release announcing the publication of my 6th book: Indispensable: How great leaders build strong companies customers can't live without, provides the agenda for becoming the business that customers prefer over any other in the marketplace.
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Tags: Culture, Future of Work, Leadership
We Are In it Together Interview with James M. Kerr
Iron Sharpens Iron
May 25, 2020
In this episode of the Iron Sharpens Iron Movement, Jim Hotaling interviews James M. Kerr, a true thought leader, he writes columns for Management-Issues and Inc. He has just completed work on his 6th book. It is called Indispensable and it provides a framework for how to become the business your customers can’t live without.
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Learning to Be an Exceptional Leader
Book Review
May 15, 2017
This lighthearted story presents sound leadership fundamentals and reinforces the notion that, regardless of the circumstances, we can all learn to become even more exceptional at leading others.
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It’s Good To Be King by James Kerr
Management Issues
March 03, 2017
A Book Review By John Baldoni
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A Leadership Interview With James Kerr
AboutLeaders
April 26, 2016
Read on to find out what was said about studying leadership, believing that teams under-perform, why it’s sometimes OK to take a break, and how naming a conflict helps in its resolution.
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Build and Lead A Company Customers Can’t Live Without
Skip Prichard
April 26, 2016
Want to take your company to the next level? Become more competitive? How about becoming Indispensable to your customers?
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A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change
Soundview Magazine
May 09, 2014
Called "A To-Do List for Achieving Results," this piece reviews an earlier book: The Executive Checklist.
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Tags: Business Strategy, Change Management, Leadership
10 Building Blocks for Today’s Leadership
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February 12, 2014
Establishing Leadership: Always Stay Accountable and more...
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