January 2017 - Conduit Consulting

26 Jan

The Importance of Accountability and how to develop more of it!

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For companies of all sizes, a strong sense of accountability can play a big factor in building a healthy, engaged culture. When employees feel that others are held accountable for their actions, they are more motivated by the sense of equity, fairness and justice, knowing that performance matters. Accountability means answering or accounting for your […]

25 Jan

7 Steps to Help Leaders Deliver Results As a Team

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As a leader or a manager it is a major part of your job job to create an environment where people can meet their potential. Furthermore, it is the leader’s job to keep the team heading in the right direction. Most managers have their own superiors and what matters most to them is delivering results […]

21 Jan

Why I.T. infrastructure should never be project managed

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I.T. infrastructure should be fluid – being constant reviewed, growing and adapting as the business grows and changes, so if you need to run a project, it stands to reason, you’ve already failed. By definition, an IT project is a temporary structure to govern and deliver a complex change (such as a new product or […]

21 Jan

Is a Project Management Certification Worthwhile for you?

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Project management certification has substantially grown in popularity in recent years, and some form of it or another is increasingly encouraged or required for many jobs in project management. The Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute in the United States—and similar credentials from other professional project management societies around the globe—is […]

19 Jan

10 Ways for CEOs to Boost Innovation

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Over the past 24 months Innovation has become the leading strategy for corporate growth, and increasingly CEOs and their Operations Teams must figure out how their companies can innovate better, quicker and faster. That was the conclusion of the tenth annual global survey of the State of Innovation by the Boston Consulting Group which echoed […]

16 Jan

Six Simple questions to see if you really want to turn an interest into a business

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At InstaMentor we have this conversation with aspiring entrepreneurs all the time. They show up at an initial mentoring meeting with a lot of energy and double of hope. What they don’t have is a lot of clarity about how to get started, or even if it’s an idea worth pursuing. Here are the six […]

12 Jan

Star Wars – 3 Leadership Styles Awaken

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Crisis Management through Directive Leadership Han Solo, Space Pirate and pilot of the Millenium Falcon, used directive leadership when the Imperial Forces attacked his spaceship carrying Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker. Solo even shouted, “We are under attack; I give the orders!” This was not a time for collaboration, feedback, or input. Han Solo needed […]

12 Jan

Agile Scrum – A starter for 10 (steps)

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Scrum is a framework for delivering value that requires a certain environment to manifest all of its benefits. Getting on board with the theory behind Scrum is easy. Actually putting it into practice? Sometimes that’s different story.Implementation of the method is neither quick, nor easy and as every investment it introduces some work and […]

7 Jan

Tear down the silos? Try structure and communication first!

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Mention the words Silo mentality or Silos to a senior management team and the overwhelming response is that “they must be broken down”, that “they are innovation killers” and cause “communication issues through the organisations” The term “Silo” was created to indicate a similarity between grain silos that separate one type of grain from another […]