Design Consulting

No more information dumps! Map It helps you turn training requests into projects that make a real difference. You'll learn how to: Help the client identify what's really causing the performance problem. Determine the role (if any!) of training. Create realistic activities that help people practice what they need to do, not just show what they know. Choose the best format for each activity -- online, projected to a group, on paper, as a small-group activity, over email... Provide each activity at the best time -- in the workflow, available on demand, spaced over time... Let people pull the ...

Designed to Thrive: A Pathway to Building Resilient Systems is a compelling guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers looking to future-proof their organizations in an era defined by complexity and disruption. Blending decades of hands-on experience in public sector governance, manufacturing, and consulting, Dr. Alison Foster explores the essential principles of systems and systems thinking, and their practical applications in the real world.

Have you been frustrated by teacher collaboration meetings that go nowhere? Are you tired of wasting your time with collaboration that isn’t having an impact on your teaching? Have you yearned for engaging, high-energy collaborations that unleash your creativity and improve student outcomes? In this practical and engaging book, Brett Taylor presents an innovative, solutions-driven approach to teacher PLCs that unleashes teacher creativity and transforms classrooms.

Are you an engineer looking for more freedom, income, or opportunity? Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a recent graduate, or a skilled student, this practical guide shows you how to turn your engineering skills into real income through freelance platforms and direct clients. From building a powerful profile to delivering permit-ready drawings, technical reports, or CAD files — this book gives you the exact roadmap to succeed as a freelance engineer in today's digital economy. Inside, you’ll learn how to: Identify engineering services you can sell online Create high-converting profiles ...

Are you ready to take your consulting career to the next level? Look no further than this advanced consulting handbook for consultants! This comprehensive guide will provide you great insights and proven strategies to empower you to excel in the complex and dynamic world of consulting! In this book, you’ll discover all the advanced consulting skills! we’ll dive into agile consulting methodologies, design thinking, systems thinking, advanced strategic planning, innovation and creativity techniques, process improvement methodologies, project management and advanced change management ...

Everyday struggles grow heavier: navigating endless specification options, ensuring fire safety compliance without overdoing it, or harmonising structures and services while staying true to your design vision. And then there’s the unrelenting pressure to innovate while keeping projects on budget and clients happy. This book is your shortcut to clarity and confidence in a complex world.

Updated Jan 2025 Are you looking for ideas on how to find more readers for your book? Have you considered blogging as a method of connecting with readers? Technical trainer Barb Drozdowich has been blogging for a lot of years. She has grown her blogs to thousands of visitors each day & understands what authors need. Finding readers is the key to success. One of the best ways to connect with these readers is through the establishment of a blog - one that isn’t just a billboard for sales & releases, but a method for establishing long term relationships with readers. Do you feel uncertain ...

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is not a revolutionary new technology. Instead, it is better to think of this as being a new way of organizing computer network functionality. SDN allows the network to be virtualized. That's where the real power of SDN comes from, and that's what we'll be exploring in this book.

As an HR, Training or Talent Consultant, you probably recognise the benefit of 360 Degree Feedback as an effective tool for one-to-one coaching and development. 360 Degree Feedback can be a flexible, highly bespoke tool that can help link your training programmes with your clients' strategic talent and performance plans, providing a common framework for performance, development and succession planning. Many consultants would like to use 360 more strategically, but worry about the time, effort and cost, and how they can find a system that will always work for their clients. If you would like...

No matter what your own life's construction story is, you will need help and support to navigate through change with purposeful intent. In her first book, Allison Liddle, a John Maxwell Team certified keynote speaker, executive coach, and leadership trainer, will share with you her own life-under-construction story and offer simple yet effective techniques that you can use for designing your own life.