Consulting Insights & Ideas

“Self-management can’t be done on a large scale.”  At least that is what we hear a lot when we talk about revolutionizing the way we approach organizational management.  In fact, it’s probably the number one retort we get when we…

November’s NeXtworking event explored the topic of Holacracy—a method of decentralized management and organizational government–and its rules for organizational self-management. Deanna Doan kicked off the session with a brief explanation of Holacracy and how it works, with a focus on how…

On Thursday, September 12, several of Eleccion’s employees and close friends gathered together for the first ever neXtworking event.  Held at Rowan Tree in Herndon, VA, the event allowed many of Eleccion’s biggest supporters an opportunity to get to know…

One of our fundamental ELX values is the belief that we do not hold all the answers.  As we wade into the uncertain waters of inventing the future, we recognize that answers will come iteratively, from unexpected corners, and as…

What’s worse? Not knowing where you are? Or not knowing where you are going? Neither is ideal. So how do you avoid this quandary? You need a strategy – a plan of action. I know…it sounds obvious. However, in my…

So…what is management? How does one manage? What does one manage? Time? Programs? Budgets? People? Wait…do we really manage people? Let’s look at the definition – ‘the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.’ Would you be surprised to…

“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” – Tony Robbins Amazingly enough, I am now 20 years into my career…not sure how that happened, but new aches and pains, and a metabolism…