Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

Working from Home Your Organisation’s most Productive, Happy and Profitable Year. I am a Change Management Consultant working with leaders around the world on change initiatives, and in this blog, I focus on the positive impact the situation could have on workplace behaviour. Take the Chinese company CTRIP as data point #1.

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Women in Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

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MARCH 22, 2013

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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

These Perspectives are the concise pieces designed to stimulate senior management on various business issues put together by several Consultants, including the founder of Boston Consulting Group, Bruce Henderson. You get to see what would happen if you could churn up new products 3X faster than your competitors. WHY READ IT?

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MishTalk

MAY 29, 2014

Occupations with the Most Job Growth, 2012 and Projected 2022 (Numbers in Thousands) 2012 National Employment Matrix Title Code Employment Change, 2012-22 Median annual wage, 2012 2012 2022 Number Percent Total, All Occupations 00-0000 145,355.8 29,990 General and operations managers 11-1021 1,972.7

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MishTalk

APRIL 23, 2014

Please consider French Company Does Biggest Junk Bond Sale Ever. Overall, the deal represents the largest sale of high-yield debt on record, according to Dealogic. billion debt sale in September. And its stock market value would roughly be equal to the gross domestic product of Mexico. It surpassed Sprint''s $6.5

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 18, 2013

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Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. After a quick spike of sales, future demand will be lower. So the effective cost per incremental new house sale was $43,000. Productivity. (6). Consultant Ninja.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 16, 2013

Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, who told investors as recently as last month that they should own gold, cut his holdings in the metal by more than half as prices plunged into a bear market. the largest investor in the SPDR Gold Trust, the biggest exchange-traded product for the metal, pared its stake to 10.2 Trash Bags’.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 23, 2013

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. Although it started as a tiny group, paling in comparison to the bohemoth revenues of the firm’s hardware sales, this group is now known as IBM Global Services (IGS) which is responsible for 50% of IBM’s revenue globally.

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Effective Managers

JANUARY 31, 2022

Should you consider using management consulting services to help you solve such a problem? Whether you are a user of management consulting services, or now considering it, here are some thoughts for you to help improve your chances of success. Management consulting, as a profession, exists to add value to client organization.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 26, 2012

History of Organization Development (Part 5 of 6) — Wilfred Bion and Eric Trist “The Birth of Self-Managed Work Groups” By Carter McNamara on June 26, 2012. The Origin of ‘Self-Managed Work Teams ’. Self-Managed Teams: A Socio-Technical Innovation. To Subscribe to a Blog.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz, who could very well possibly be considered the father of management consulting as a career. It is one of the original “white-shoe” firms, accredited with being the origination of the management consulting profession. In 2012, Booz & Company was joined by Axon Advisory Partners. Product and Service Innovation.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

These relationships can create efficient new sales channels and powerful feedback mechanisms or unlock entirely new business models. Writing in the Sloan Management Review, Boston College professor Gerald Kane noted that 87% of executives surveyed indicated that digital technologies will disrupt their industries to a great or moderate extent.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 5, 2015

managed to establish themselves in the market and grew into a global firm with 1000+ employees and 21 offices. Marketing & Sales. Consumer Products. Consulting career path is pretty standard: Associate – Associate Consultant – Consultant – Manager – Principal – Partner. would have failed.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

What’s the quality of the current management? product cross-selling, using one company’s distribution channels for the other company’s products, etc.)? Rationale: The main reason IBM decided to buy these 40+ companies is that they could all benefit from the firm’s global sales force. or capabilities (e.g.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The ones that manage to escape are discount chains —such as T. It also hurts the brands sold inside the stores, which in part explains why consumer product giants like Procter & Gamble are seeing their sales stagnate for products like Tide detergent, Gillette razors, Pampers diapers, and Crest toothpaste.

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MishTalk

JULY 26, 2014

The yen has lost 16 percent in value against the dollar since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012. This weakness is negative for an economy that suffered a blow to domestic demand from an April sales-tax increase. sales for Japanese automakers in the six months through June rose 6.2

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MishTalk

JULY 16, 2013

Hormel Cure 81 hams were allegedly on sale for $3.99 Kim notified me "the sale price was $3.99" and it was reflected on the receipt. was correct and then adjusted the weight of the product on the receipt to reflect the. Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2012

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

It’s not just lower charges that help Spanish firms, said Maxime Alimi, an economist at Axa Investment Managers in Paris. Retail Sales Cost-Cutting, Competition, and Cannibalization Numerous retailers are cutting employees. Where are those managers going to get another job? Gross domestic product will expand 7.45

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freshminds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Because of this, retailers have to respond accordingly as sales via handheld devices increase. Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. What’s more, making these reviews available in store can add to the social proof that products have been well received. Checking customer reviews.

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Women in Consulting

MAY 17, 2012

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 27, 2012

The Genius of Kurt Lewin” By Carter McNamara on July 27, 2012. Marvin Weisbord, my long-time ODN colleague and friend (also steeped in the Lewin/Lippitt school), shared his research with me both in his marvelous book, Productive Workplaces, and in personal conversations. To Subscribe to a Blog. Engaging the Workforce ca 1939.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

With two consecutive quarters of contracting Gross Domestic Product, Japan is officially back in recession. GDP Declines 1.6%, Setting Stage for Delay in [Another] Sales-Tax Increase. Financial Times : Sales Tax Tips Japan Back Into Recession Financial Times Reports. GDP shrank 1.6% annualized. None of this was "expected".

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Self-described “recovering consultant” Blair Enns is the CEO of Win Without Pitching, a sales training organization for creative professionals in the design, advertising, and public relations fields. It’s a sales training organization to creative professionals. I was hired as an account manager, and I grew in those positions.

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MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Instead, it is sitting on a pile of cash worth about $280 million—50% higher than its pile a decade ago, equivalent to one-fifth its annual sales, and more than twice the level required for the firm to be deemed loan-worthy by a bank. 2012-11-03: Capital Account. 2012-10-10: Capital Account. 2012-09-19: Capital Account. "QE

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MishTalk

JANUARY 1, 2014

Colorado ushers in the new year as the first US state to allow retail cannabis sales. Marijuana users celebrated as Colorado became the first US state to allow retail cannabis sales, putting it in the vanguard of efforts across the country to legalize the drug. That’s most of the reason that industrial hemp is illegal in the U.S.

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Women in Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2012

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2012

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MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

Anecdotal evidence indicated that increased production, and expansions in sales teams, had compensated for strategic reductions in payroll numbers. The Composite Employment Index fell marginally, to the lowest level recorded since October 2012, and signalled a marginal drop in staffing levels. 2012-11-03: Capital Account.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The robot will go on sale early next year for about ¥5 million. In his December 2012 Outlook, Pimco''s Bill Gross also wrote Strawberry Fields – Forever? That really was the economic question of the 2012 election towards which very few specifics were applied from either side. It''s worth a recap now. 2) Globalization.

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2012

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 9, 2013

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