Author and consultant
Kathleen A. Paris, Ph.D., speaks on healthy workplaces, provides consulting for strategic planning, process improvement and redesign, and professional development for leaders. Read more »
Kathleen A. Paris, PhD
Upcoming Events
September 22
Is It Possible to Tell The Truth All the Time at Work?
12:00pm-1:30pm
Madison Downtown Rotary
October 3
Strategic Plan Implementation Events
University of Tennessee Knoxville
November 2
Bringing Your Strategic Plan to Life: A Guide to Making Your Plan Happen
Workshop for business, nonprofits, and agencies (Date tentative)
Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence
January 25
Leading with The Clover Practiceâ„¢
Careers Conference, Center on Education and Work, UW-Madison
Madison, WI

Blog: Decision-making

Reviewer Focuses on Interdependence

In his review of Staying Healthy in Sick Organizations: The Clover Practice™,  UK Consultant Philip Whiteley seized on “Declare Your Interdependence.”

 

Three Secrets to Implementing Your Strategic Plan

Three Secrets for a Successful Strategic Planning Process
I have facilitated close to 200 strategic planning processes. Here are three secrets for a successful strategic planning process. Also you can join me for a webinar “Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan” on Thursday, June 17, 12:00-1:15 p.m. CDT. The Magna Publications program is aimed at higher education, but the techniques are applicable to any organization.

How Is Collaboration Going?

Thanks to the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, you can measure for free how well collaboration is going.

 

Be A Better Leader—Take Notes!

The most powerful leadership strategies are also the most simple. Here is one of those simple things: Take notes!  If you have time to make a grocery list, you have time to jot down a few things you noticed today.

 

Until We Get Our Act Together?

It’s an old fashioned approach to think we have to know all the answers before we are willing to communicate with clients, colleagues, customers or stakeholders. Inviting them to contribute to solutions is respectful and appreciative. This open approach is also very likely to shed useful light on the problem itself.

 

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