by Kathy F. Bernhard
What, another generation of Star Trek extraterrestrial humanoids to contend with?
Mercifully, no. Look carefully, and you’ll see we’re not talking about Star Trek Vulcans; rather it is a real life, non-fiction uber-challenging force facing all of our organizations, the advent of the VUCA world. Continue reading
By Bill Sims, Jr.
Are you keeping up with your New Year’s resolution? If you’re like most folks, you’re probably hard at work on that new diet or workout program.
While you’re doing those next 25 crunches, ask yourself these questions: What’s my New Year’s resolution for my business? What are the exercises that will help me and my team perform better at work this year?
That answer is positive reinforcement. Continue reading
Interviewed by Larry Janis, Managing Partner, Integrated Search Solutions
LJ: Please share an overview of the services and processes that your firm offers.
JS: Continuum is a professional services organization that helps Fortune 2000 companies buy and manage their print more effectively, thus reducing their costs and enabling them to better focus on their core business.
Our primary offering is Continuum OnSourcing™, a turn-key print management solution that features a dedicated on-site team, transparent open-book model, shared economic incentives, and contractually guaranteed savings. Continuum OnSourcing allows us to become a true extension of our clients’ organizations. And the work we do day-in and day-out on behalf of our clients helps to minimize their costs while increasing the visibility and control they have over a critical area of spend. Continue reading
by Daniel Goleman
A primary task of leadership is to direct attention.To do so, leaders must learn to focus their own attention. When we speak about being focused, we commonly mean thinking about one thing while filtering out distractions. But a wealth of recent research in neuroscience shows that we focus in many ways, for different purposes, drawing on different neural pathways—some of which work in concert, while others tend to stand in opposition. Continue reading
Its literal meaning – the perception of beauty is subjective.
At ISSG, we’re curious to know how this proverb applies to executives as they look to bring in new talent – and think you might be too! This the second in a series of blogs/interviews with Senior Executives who are thought leaders in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Career Development and Leadership.
This discussion was with Craig Hovda. Craig has been a Partner with Deloitte Consulting since 1999. In his tenure with Deloitte he has held various roles including segment leadership in the Federal Government market, international Practice Development in Japan and Brazil, and leadership roles in the Managed Services service line. His current role is leading Deloitte’s largest engagement, a Managed Services program that provides health care analytics through Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and Information Management capabilities for a Fortune 50 health insurer with over 34 million members. Under his direction the Deloitte team is transforming the client’s health care analytics and information management function into an analytics, insight and result based delivery capability that is driving innovation, customer expansion and retention. Craig has organized the international delivery team to drive end- to-end development efforts for high priority projects that align with the overall corporate strategy. Continue reading
