Three insights from JD Solomon’s interview with Ray Moore — I sat down with Ray Moore to discuss my newest book, Facilitating with FINESSE: How to How to Lead Others to Successful Business Solutions. These are the first three questions that frames the book. Ray: What is your new book about? JD: It is a practitioner’s guide for 10 common applications that technically trained professionals are frequently…

These Seven Tips Enable Promotions & Increase Salaries — Communicating with FINESSE FINESSE is my mnemonic for remembering the basics of effective communication. A mnemonic is a literary construction used to make important things more memorable. For example, FINESSE facilitates the memory of effective communication: Frame, Illustrate, Noise, Empathy, Structure, Synergy, and Ethics. The FINESSE Fishbone Diagram

JD Solomon’s newest book, Facilitating with FINESSE, will focus on moving ten facilitation applications from good to great — Facilitating with FINESSE: How to Guide People to Powerful Business Solutions is a practitioner’s guide for ten common applications that technically trained professionals are frequently asked to facilitate. The range of applications covers quality and reliability techniques such as block diagrams and tree diagrams through master plans and strategic plans…

The book dives into 10 applications that are most relevant to project managers and technically trained professionals. — I sat down with Ray Moore to discuss my newest book, Facilitating with FINESSE: How to How to Lead Others to Successful Business Solutions. These are the three middle questions that discuss what inspired me to write the book. …

Your career depends on understanding the “push and pull” that motivates others. — Why senior management desires to “do no harm” is critically important. Understanding the answer will make your technical presentations more effective. Understanding why decision makers have a hard time making strategic decisions will keep you from potentially being fired as a trusted advisor. Animal House Academics and researchers cite several dozen reasons…

From Secret Boards to Ideas Pins, there are some features that richly distinguish your business from others. — Pinterest is a powerful, visual-oriented platform for consulting businesses. I have found great value for both of my businesses by using Pinterest as a low-risk, high-reward tool. These are a few advanced tips for using Pinterest as a viable platform to improve your consulting business performance and brand management.

Pinterest differs from other social media platforms — Pinterest is a powerful, visual-oriented platform for consulting businesses. Pinterest differs from other word-heavy or video-driven social media platforms, so it requires some understanding of its nuances. I have found great value for both of my businesses by using Pinterest as a low-risk, high-reward tool. …

The recent special series focused on seven articles to help use and facilitate qualitative assessments — Substack is where I post special series on decision making, risk management, facilitation, and communication that do not appear on the main community website. This month’s summary includes the seven-part series on qualitative assessments, plus some lighter insights from my books. The Qualitative Assessment Good Practices Series

Managing expectations as “low-risk, high-reward” is key for consulting and training businesses. — Why would consulting-based businesses use a platform traditionally dominated by women and used predominately for shopping? Well, times are changing, and Pinterest continues to elevate its game. Pinterest is now an extremely viable branding tool for all types of businesses. What is Pinterest? Pinterest describes itself as the visual inspiration platform people worldwide…