Rod Burkert

OCTOBER 9, 2019

On to this week: It’s been said that having a book is the new business card. But what would we write a book about … what topic? If that’s you, email me with the words “faster and smarter” in the subject line and I’ll get you the details. We are all busy. But how busy, really? And if you’re new here, welcome aboard.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2017

She danced to requests and wittily answered customers’ questions on topics which ranged from product information and weather forecasts to their love life. According to the report, computer science and programming is the second most offered subject on massive open online courses (MOOC) like Coursera and Udacity.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

When is the last time you read a helpful blog article that gave you actionable advice to improve your consulting business? Although books are a fantastic way for consultants to learn how to run a more profitable business — blogs can be just as helpful. Did you know that there are consultant-specific blogs that host such advice?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

When companies expand into foreign markets, they need to gain the trust of local business partners and prospective customers in order to succeed. They build active communities both online (on different platforms) and offline (at events) around seemingly any topic imaginable — everything from beauty to AI to e-sports.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

However, we never addressed the company other than to say: ‘It’s business as usual.’ We went into a busy mall with confederates and a hidden camera to see what people really do when faced with a line-cutter. Luckily, cultures of silence can be changed — but only if leaders become teachers and models of candor.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 28, 2010

There have been many major movements and models in management, e.g., scientific management, management by objectives, quality circles, Total Quality Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, One-Minute Managing, Self-Managed Teams … the list goes on. Building a Business. Business Communications. Librarys Blogs.

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Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2018

We recently studied a novel approach to information sharing at Netflix that provides a model for overcoming this governance shortfall. Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) are two-day gatherings of the top 500 employees. You see how the topics that have been discussed, resolved, and reported on in a board meeting actually got processed.”

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2015

These extend from basic introduction-to-consulting workshops, to advanced excel/ppt skills, and of course regular seminars hosted by senior partners to discuss their white papers, recent interesting or topical projects, and subjects relevant to us all. Kearney’s travel model? During critical times, the hours may be longer.

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Rod Burkert

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But it can lead to many unsolicited requests for a “quick” call or meeting to pick our brain on a topic someone believes we know a lot about. 3 – We are afraid of missing a business opportunity with a prospect. Research the prospect to make sure they fit your ideal client model. First things first. 3 – Send a staff person.

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

These advances all point toward the total automation of our lives, including the way we work and do business. ” In effective communication, story and fact, rhetoric and science intertwine to enlist the emotions of others to take action on a topic or an initiative. Of course, communication must be about a particular topic.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

They have real-world effects on your business: grieving family members are likely to share their negative experience in online reviews, and in their own social networks. One exchange I had stands out in my mind, and could serve as a model for companies. Shortly before he died, Matt had been hiking in the Rocky Mountains.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Challenging Our Own Mental Models and Our Growth as Consultants (Part 1 of 3) By Jim Smith on February 16, 2011. This is the subject of my next three posts here. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. Business Planning.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2016

While activism takes many different forms, it usually begins with investors holding private conversations with company management on the need to change a process, business model, or management practice. Less so for financial institutions or healthcare companies. SASB uses the U.S.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

Yet many of the reasons that have always propelled business experts to take the time and trouble to write and publish an article (or two or more) still ring true today, ensuring those of us who do make the effort will surely reap the benefits of competitive advantage when measured against those who do not. Let me see if I have it with me.”.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

Evidence is piling up that vacations are good for business. First, make the business case. If you use out-of-office auto-replies, set the return date to the next business day to give yourself one day of slack.) Make missed vacation a subject for feedback and a topic in development discussions.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

How do you decide which concepts are most important to understand to your work and your understanding of the business? “The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score.

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Consultant Ninja

JUNE 26, 2009

Helping build initiatives that support a bad business model). How these types of situations arise is probably a whole topic of discussion in of itself, but I do not think such situations are limited to consulting. I think that the "generalist consultant" model is no longer viable. June 28, 2009 at 1:02 AM.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the present-day dynamic business environment, you should stay on top of all recent trends and be ready to implement innovations in your work. The conference will cover a range of topics – emerging technologies, diversity, soft skills development, inspiration for project managers, and more.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Although the book is fun and well structured, the book skims the surface on a wide variety of topics and doesn’t go into great detail. Ethan Rasiel practices what he preaches in the writing of the book as the book is less than 200 pages, covers a broad range of topics relevant to consulting, and is structured. 80/20 rule).

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MishTalk

MARCH 31, 2014

stock market is rigged when high-frequency traders with advanced computers make tens of billions of dollars by jumping in front of investors, according to author Michael Lewis, who spent the past year researching the topic for his new book “Flash Boys.” “The It is prima facie proof that something is amiss.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 29, 2020

I’m not an expert on this topic. My goal is to have a dialogue around an important topic that has many taboos and stigmas surrounding it. Depression and suicide are difficult topics to talk about openly. I had borrowed enormously against the family home to provide capital to the business. . I had no friends.

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freshminds

MAY 24, 2016

Some even named it a 'quiet revolution' of the people against big business. So how disruptive has the rise of Airbnb, Uber and others in the 'sharing economy' been to big business? has plans to make its self-driving cars unit a stand-alone business. billion since its launch. And what is the future?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2016

It’s a large, complex topic – and a large, complex continent — but Kenyan tycoon Chris Kirubi captured the essence succinctly. Premise and Asoko grow not only because they are in new markets, but because they’re developing a new model to succeed there. “Africa has nothing; we need everything.

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MishTalk

MARCH 17, 2014

Income Inequality " is a front-page topic so let''s take a close look. Rising income inequality is key to understanding this model. Rising income inequality can have the same impact on savings and consumption as a rising state or business share of GDP. This is a somewhat lengthy discussion, but an extremely important one.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2017

” The fact is, “there could be any number of things feeding this needy behavior,” says Linda Hill, professor at Harvard Business School and the coauthor of Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader. “Say, ‘Jane knows a lot about this topic. “You need to model healthy boundaries.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 22, 2020

Using that model we've been able to reverse lots of diseases: diabetes, cholesterol, fatigue, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia; all kinds of diseases and symptoms. So it sounds like what you do with your clients or what I do with my clients and organizations; but that's a different subject for a different day.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2016

In prior decades latent entrepreneurs had to overcome a lot of barriers — the red tape around setting up their own business, the difficulty of getting unsecured loans, the social pressures to climb a corporate ladder rather than work for themselves. But the opportunity for entrepreneurship in today’s business world is enormous.

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