by Alan Kantrow
Employers the world over tell us that what truly counts in hiring decisions is not the rote knowledge that helps college students answer examination questions, but skills and competencies that are essential for, and often developed at, work. To be useful, the bricks of modern education need the straw of experience-based skills. Bricks without straw tend to crumble; they cannot support weight, as has been known from Biblical times. (more…)
The role is accountable for all work delivered through a service delivery operation (global, regional, center, industry, or function.) Activities may include managing teams, implementing and improving standard processes and tools to drive operational efficiencies and meeting operational and financial commitments. The Service Delivery Operations Lead also supports the sales process as needed by participating in the solution design. (more…)
by John Beeson
A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” Typically a graphic depiction of the organizational components to be addressed in a redesign (for example, McKinsey’s 7S model, which includes strategy, structure, systems, staff, skills, and so on), every consultant and his brother flogs an organization design model. Dave didn’t advocate any particular design model, just one the leader knows how to employ and one flexible enough to be applied to the range of organizational situations a leader faces in the course of a career. (more…)
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. (more…)
