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Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Either their operations have grown quite a bit or they are in the midst of growing. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? But there are a few questions: Why is it necessary to hire an operations person? We answer with a resounding yes.

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How to Present to Executives

Prudent Pedal

There is a clear delineation between effective and ineffective presenters and business-development winners and losers. If you want to be an exceptional marketer or salesperson, you have to know how to present your ideas and recommendations to executives. . Salespeople blame marketing and product deficiencies.

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Why Do Management Consulting Firms Hire MBAs?

Steve Shu Consulting

Management consulting projects can span diverse areas from operational to finance to marketing to strategy to IT management, etc. An MBA training provide consultants with some minimum common business language, culture, methodologies, and skills that they can use in the field. plus traditional consulting roles.

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Rethinking Project Management Supply Chain Risks

PM Alliance

Even if your current provider relationships don’t present immediate risks, you may consider investing additional time into confirming that the materials you normally purchase continue to be sourced ethically. Workforce risks are also evolving, and in some cases putting significant pressure on historically reliable supply chains.

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Top Power Skills Every Organizational Consultant Needs

Consulting Matters

It provides mission and purpose, brand, vision, goals, desired customer experience, products, and service offerings. Understanding these stages helps you paint a picture of what's next for an organization and why and how they need to mature their leadership and operating practices. This is where your systems thinking comes in.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. A more reasonable starting point might be the 1930s, when the physicist and statistician Walter Shewhart of Bell Labs began applying Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to the improvement of products and processes.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business

Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).