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There are 3 things that separate the struggling Excel monkey from the seasoned one. Keyboard Shortcuts. Knowing your keyboard shortcuts will dramatically accelerate the speed and efficiency of your work. It also makes you look… Tips from a Consultant: Some Not-so-Obvious Excel Shortcuts
LinkedIn recently surveyed 50-plus of today’s most successful business leaders, asking them about essential things they carry. These notable men and women include the likes of Richard Branson, Meg Whitman, and Deepak Chopra. Here are… The 5 Essential Things Today’s Most Successful Business Leaders Carry
Creating PowerPoint slides can be a very time consuming process. When I first started working in consulting, some slides would take me several hours to create. Hundreds of slides later, I can produce the same… Tips from a Consultant: Some Not-so-Obvious PowerPoint Shortcuts
When employees leave–especially the good performers–this translates into a higher cost for employers to replace lost staff as well as a loss of talent, knowledge and innovative ideas. One of the things you can do… Kaizen and Innovation in the Workplace
A month ago, we released Flevy Tools to our modest list of newsletter subscribers. Flevy Tools is a PowerPoint plugin. It can dynamically create various business diagrams, such as Gantt Charts and Harvey Ball Diagrams.… First Milestone Achieved for our Free PowerPoint Plugin – 1000 Shares and Counting
What is Value Analysis? It is an orderly and creative method to increase the value of an item. This “item” can be a product, a system, a process, a procedure, a plan, a machine, equipment,… With Proper Value Analysis, Cost Reduction Is Guaranteed
The business model is at the core of any organization’s Corporate Strategy. It defines how the company creates, delivers, and captures value. Most tech startups fail because they lack a viable business model. Even for… Deconstruct and Innovate Your Business Model
We are looking for business professionals like yourself to guest blog on Flevy. Your article will be syndicated to major news sites, such as CNN, Time, and Reuters. This is a great way to market… Establish Yourself as an Industry Thought Leader
As the US and European economies remain teetering on the edge of uncertainty, we are seeing tremendous growth in the emerging markets. Plus, these emerging markets are almost unfathomable in size. Take Beijing, as an… Craft a Successful Strategy for Emerging Markets
The 5S workplace organization system applies a set of basic management principles that many companies widely adopt to maximize workplace productivity and organization. As a cornerstone of Lean management, 5S improves workplace morale, safety and… 5S – Five Keys to Workplace Productivity
Hoshin Kanri (Hoshin Planning, Policy Deployment, Management by Policy) is a powerful, systematic Strategic Planning/Management methodology developed by Dr. Yoji Akao that uses a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to create goals, choose control measures and link daily… Hoshin Kanri