Presentation to the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) New Zealand Chapter Annual General Meeting on 12 February 2009

1. “Seven Attributes of
Highly Effective Analysts”
Paul Ramsay
National Consulting Manager
12 February 2009
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2. What immediately springs to mind
“If someone tells you they have the answer
If answer,
they probably haven't understood the question.”
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3. 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
will achieve it I thi way, I t
ill hi it. In this turn each of my goals i t action.”
h f l into ti ”
– Shad Helmstetter
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4. ‘The tool box’
“The grass is always greener where it is watered most.”
The most
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5. ‘T’ profile
Breadth Strategic
Depth
Tactical
h
Value
Operational
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
A
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
– Winston Churchill
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6. 1 – Add value
“Will it make the bus go faster?
Will faster?”
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7. 2 – Embrace change
“Those who are wedded to the spirit of the age
Those
are destined to be widowed in the next.”
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8. 3 – See the big picture
“God is in the heavens but the devil is in the detail ”
God detail.
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9. 4 – Commit to quality
“If you can’t talk about quality in the first person
If can t
then you have not moved to the level of involvement
that is absolutely essential.”
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10. 5 – Bridge the gap
“Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists
Your
between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.”
– Earl Nightingale
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11. 6 – Understand the business
“Thinking is very hard work
Thinking work.
And management fashions are a great substitute for thinking.”
– Peter Drucker
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12. 7 – Communicate, communicate, communicate
“The more elaborate our means of communication
The communication,
the less we communicate.”
– Joseph Priestley
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13. 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 it
you. 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.
The
Th person who grasps principles can successfully select th i own methods.
h i i l f ll l t their th d
The person who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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14. Thank you
paul.ramsay@equinox.co.nz
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