Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 18, 2021

To better understand this, let’s explore the 5 retail strategies that are defining the industry and unlocking success on all fronts. At-home hiring lets retailers dip into a wide talent pool of a diverse and highly skilled workforce when needed to support customer service and sales inquiries. Tap into the power of remote work.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. Following the assessment, Brimstone began by working with the leadership team to develop a comprehensive strategy. The SBF ensures the entire team owns the strategy. CASE STUDY. A critical part of the process and outcome was an aligned team.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

18% reported a failure to close a sale. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. Cultural agility is vital because, with over 60 global society cultures identified and numerous variations in regions within the national cultures, it is virtually impossible to be experienced in every situation. 31% contributed to low morale.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 retail sales, or $391 billion of $4.9 That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management.

Retail 28

Retail Agile Sales Engineering 28

1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Outsourcing business processes and tasks can free up employees to focus on more complex or valuable work; it can extend resources, such as sales support, for targeting new or underserved markets; support new product and service rollouts; and provide expertise within a specific industry focus. What are the top reasons to use outsourcing?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Strategic workforce planning, and talent management and reskilling initiatives, are already top of mind for many in HR and among functional leaders. Just as digital technology is now fully within the purview of all organizational leaders, so is the question of digital-ready talent.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Unilever has acquired Dollar Shave Club , a young startup, for $1 billion in a move to introduce a new model of subscription sales. “A clear, easy-to-memorize digital group strategy is now vocally championed by leadership across the company,” Rochet says. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Software talent: The IT talent in industrial companies can execute projects oriented towards process efficiency and cost reduction. That talent is ill-suited to develop new, breakthrough software products that offer superior customer outcomes. If so, how can the industrial giants compete to attract the best talent?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

They’ve redesigned their core processes in the area of procurement (online shopping), talent acquisition (marketplaces), collaboration (social networking), market research (peer reviews), finance (mobile payments) and travel (room and ride sharing). There was no going back until a sale was either won or lost.

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Cheryl Cran

JULY 20, 2013

Departments that are most obvious to growing the business are sales and marketing but its important to remember that every organization is the sum of its parts. Article Blog CEO Solutions Leadership Strategies' Opportunities to grow the business by helping to grow the people in the business.

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Cheryl Cran

JULY 9, 2013

Departments that are most obvious to growing the business are sales and marketing but its important to remember that every organization is the sum of its parts. Opportunities to grow the business by helping to grow the people in the business. Regardless of the department you lead your contributions help the bottom line.

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Eupnea Management Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Organisations that choose to expand their ecosystem towards businesses with Digital orientation and focus on Digital innovation and forming partnerships with them can gain access to new Digital technologies, talent and capabilities.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets. Learning from Big Companies.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Remember: No matter how large Contect gets, it will stay agile and motivated. If we give talented people the best opportunities, they’ll stay with us forever, and we’ll keep growing at the rate we want to.” Designing policy around the lowest common denominator is a bad strategy, and you know it.”

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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We’re talking digitization and the shift toward data-first business strategies. Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. Professional services firms must move fast to accelerate digital transformation, build a unified data strategy, and lock down a competitive advantage. Empowering talent.

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