Seven Attributes of Highly Effective Analysts

“Seven Attributes ofHighly Effective Analysts”

Paul RamsayNational Consulting Manager

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12 February 2009FINAL – Version 1

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What immediately springs to mind

“If someone tells you they have the answer

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If someone tells you they have the answer,they probably haven't understood the question.”


Your career

“Anytime I want to make a change or achieve anything in my life,I write it down, along with my plan to accomplish the goal and when I

ill hi it I thi I t h f l i t ti ”

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will achieve it. In this way, I turn each of my goals into action.”– Shad Helmstetter


‘The tool box’

“The grass is always greener where it is watered most ”

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The grass is always greener where it is watered most.


‘T’ profile

Breadth StrategicBreadth

Depth

Strategic

Tactical

Value

h

Operational

Value

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

– Winston Churchill


1 – Add value

“Will it make the bus go faster?”

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Will it make the bus go faster?


2 – Embrace change

“Those who are wedded to the spirit of the age

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Those who are wedded to the spirit of the ageare destined to be widowed in the next.”


3 – See the big picture

“God is in the heavens but the devil is in the detail ”

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God is in the heavens but the devil is in the detail.


4 – Commit to quality

“If you can’t talk about quality in the first person

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If you can t talk about quality in the first personthen you have not moved to the level of involvement

that is absolutely essential.”


5 – Bridge the gap

“Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists

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Your problem is to bridge the gap which existsbetween where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.”

– Earl Nightingale


6 – Understand the business

“Thinking is very hard work

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Thinking is very hard work.And management fashions are a great substitute for thinking.”

– Peter Drucker


7 – Communicate, communicate, communicate

“The more elaborate our means of communication

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The more elaborate our means of communication,the less we communicate.”

– Joseph Priestley


Ultimately, it’s all about people!

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing.The prize will not be sent to you You have to win itThe prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.The person who knows how will always have a job.

The person who also knows why will always be their boss.As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few.Th h i i l f ll l t th i th d

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The person who grasps principles can successfully select their own methods.The person who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson


Thank you

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Seven Attributes of Highly Effective Analysts