Leadership
Management Training, Management Development and Business Articles and Resources
Welcome to our on-line resource for students, managers, trainers, developers and you.
This pages is the gateway to many of the articles and resources that the RapidBI team have developed.
For free management development resources and free leadership resources follow the links in the table below
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Action Learning and Action Learning Sets (ALS) were popularized by Reg Revens this page summarizes his approach and ideas
Ansoff Product/ market matrix – An introduction to Igor Ansoff’s model for planning product and marketing strategy
Best Practice and Good Practice – Great words but what do they really mean?
Business Transformation – Increasingly the term Business transformation is being used without understanding what it means. This article explores the basics
Business Values – How to use values to create an effective organization
Career Anchors – A powerful tool to help individuals understand their career strengths
Change Management – Understanding the impact of psychology on change in organizations
Continuing Professional Development or CPD – CPD has been around for some years, now the need for personal responsibility is ever increasing
Corporate Social Responsibility CSR – How does Corporate Social Responsibility impact smaller businesses
Critical Success Factors – What are Critical Success Factors and how to use them
Deep Dive Organizational Development technique – Deep Dive is a rapid and practical approach to product development and problem solving
Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Models – There are many Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Models on the market, this page outlines some of the differences and asks does it really matter which one you use?
Force Field Analysis – The Force Field analysis is a valuable tool in any decision making process
Force Field Analysis – The Force Field Analysis is a decision making tool
Glossary of Business and Training Terms – Need to know the meaning of a business phrase or term – this is the place to start our terms dictionary and general glossary
Holistic Organizational Diagnostic Tools – Find out what using a holistic approach can offer you and your organization
How to write an internal communications plan – Do you need to write a communications plan? this page will give you a few ideas
Intelligent Purchasing for OD – Do you need to purchase training or consulting services? This page will help you on your journey
Key Performance Indicators – Key Performance Indicators and Critical Success Factors are terms often used in business but what do they mean? See our page on KPI examples
Knowledge Understanding Action – a model for development - Knowledge Understanding Action is the principles that RapidBI base all of their programs, products and development upon
Knowledge-Understanding-Action – An overview of our powerful approach to organizational Development
Learning Logs – We have had requests for material to complement our PDP and CPD pages… here it is
Learning Styles – Want to be a more effective learner? Here is a summary of the main learning style theories and application
Management Models – 100+ Management Models – a page full of graphical management models, 9 box grid, 4 box model grid, 2×2 matrix, 3×3 matrix, cycles etc. covering organizational growth, leadership, coaching, change management, business etc.
Managing Change - Change management is one of those things that many talk about but is rarely implemented well
Miller’s Magic Number Seven 7 – Miller showed a number of remarkable coincidences between the channel capacity of a number of human cognitive and perceptual tasks
Organizational Diagnostics and development – This page explores the importance of effective organizational diagnosis
Pech Kucha – Pecha Kucha is an innovative approach to designing and delivering engaging presentations
Personal Development Plans – Need to develop a Personal Development Plan – all you need is here
Porters Five Forces – Michael Porter’s five forces is a model used to explore the environment in which a product or company operates
PRIMO-F – Business Growth Model – The PRIMO-F business growth model, a holistic approach to organizational development
Psychometric Personality Testing – What psychometric testing is and how to use it
Scanning the Business Environment – a diagnostic technique – Why do this – is it just a waste of time or is it sound business sense?
Strategic analysis – Strategic analysis is a frequently discussed term – but what does it mean?
SWOT analysis -The SWOT analysis – a powerful tool for exploring the strengths of an organization
Consulting Skills – for internal and external consultants – Do you use consulting skills as part of your offer? This page will help you on your journey
Talent management - Using nine box grids for identifying talent in your organisation
The PESTLE Analysis – The PESTLE analysis – a powerful tool for exploring the external environment of an organization
Whitelaw’s Circle of Evaluation – Whitelaw’s circle of evaluation is a model developed to aid the evaluation of training and learning and development interventions
Write a Mission Statement – How to write a mission statement for your business
Write SMARTer objectives – Description on how to write SMART and SMARTer objectives for individual and business performance
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