Dealing with Negative Nancys or Nates
Strengths-based assessment and planning We're building our capabilities in using Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to assessment and planning and recently had the opportunity to…
Action Plan Template
Action Plans that Work Action plans result from a variety of initiatives including strategic planning, conversations with a boss, or brainstorms with a team. When…
Marketing is really about building relationships
Relationship-based Marketing Last November I was a panelist at a conference for government contractors. After my session I was free to attend other sessions and…
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Marketing
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Marketing I came across a really interesting article that focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and marketing. There are so many…
Profile Partners LLC Earns SBA HUBZone Certification
Profile Partners LLC Earns SBA HUBZone Certification Certification offers new access and opportunities for Profile Partners and its clients Baltimore, MD – Profile Partners LLC…
A crash course in crisis communications for business
Crash Course in Business Crisis Communications Last week we gave a crash course in crisis communications for members of our local chamber of commerce. We…
The Readability Factor
I've had to let subscriptions to two beloved magazines (The New Yorker and the Economist) lapse for the simple reason that reading them hurts my…
Culture Change is slowwww
An Army laboratory experienced a series of accidents resulting in employee injury and equipment malfunction. After investigating, leaders realized that employees were sacrificing safety to…
Surveys: A underappreciated tool for development
We are fans of surveys and questionnaires around here. When constructed and applied correctly, they provide valuable data and insight and with only a light…
The Power of Questions
In a podcast I recently listened to on appreciative inquiry (which is a technique we employ in facilitating strategy sessions with our clients), David Cooperrider used the…