Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the previous article , we introduced the key skills an effective consultant is expected to possess — but now what? As an aspiring consultant, simply knowing which skills to show on your CV is not enough; you’ll also need to know how to hone and highlight these skills, which is what we’ll be covering in this article.

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore how businesses can elevate profitability with the assistance of consulting services, the common areas in which consultants provide support, and the multitude of benefits they deliver. Talent Optimization : Recruiting, retaining, and nurturing skilled employees to drive productivity and innovation.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In this article, we will explore the numerous areas where these consultants provide assistance and the extensive benefits, they deliver to businesses embarking on their entrepreneurial journey. Financial Management : Budgeting, financial forecasting, securing funding or investments, and managing cash flow.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 20, 2023

In this article, we’ll outline the key steps to start a business and emphasize the crucial role of business consulting agencies and consulting services in ensuring success for startup companies entering the business world. Create a financial plan that includes budgeting, cash flow projections, and funding sources.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Many management consultants hardly complete two or three years in their jobs before they realize that there’s more to life than consulting. Helping the organization to identify and manage strategic uncertainty. Jason Oh works in the Strategy/M&A – Global Wealth & Asset Management team at Manulife. Conclusion.

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BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Article Thursday, December 15, 2016 Life insurers are feeling the squeeze. How do we manage capital consumption and the volatility of our assets? Many internal asset managers have become caught in the headlights of this rising scrutiny. Can we cut costs to boost overall profit?

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This article discusses what this wireless technology is about, some of the advantages 5G offers, and the future direction of 5G as it relates to online sports betting. 5G networks are a promising wireless technology that online bookmakers and sports betting operators should factor into their business strategy. But, what is 5G? Conclusion.

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 11, 2023

In this article, we will showcase the tremendous benefits of starting a business with the help of a business consulting agency. These experts provide guidance in key areas such as business planning, market research, financial analysis, operations management, and strategic decision-making.

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Rick Conlow

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Overall, are 240% more productive on key measures. Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person-not jus an employee-are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. You can measure employee engagement by the performance of employees, or a company compared to the competition. Paul Marciano.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2019

On August 26, 2019 the WSJ had an article about how CEO pay is often much higher than disclosed (due to stock appreciation and clauses that escalate compensation). I’m working on a potential deal where the owner (and his advisors) setup five companies, two operating, one management, one for real estate, and one for equipment.

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Women in Consulting

JUNE 12, 2014

We can also do specific things that can increase our cash flow. In this article, I want to stick to income ideas. Here are 5 things you can do to increase income and profits: Offer new services or products. Upsell additional services/products to current clients. Know your revenue mix gross income.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

And —rather than selling physical products, they deal in less tangible resources like time, insights, and expertise – billed either by hour or by project. In this article, we’ll provide a high-level overview of where the professional services industry is right now – and what current conditions mean for project-based organizations.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! This article is designed to give you some immediate traction while still setting you up for long-term success. Go through your network and proactively reach out with a free article or other value.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! This article is designed to give you some immediate traction while still setting you up for long-term success. Go through your network and proactively reach out with a free article or other value.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise. Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects. How often do you release new products/services?

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

An interesting title of an article about how the author helps his company’s clients, isn’t it? In fact, I start out speaking engagements on buying a business by telling the audience (usually management and executive level people0 there’s a good chance it’s not for them. Immediately telling readers the subject might not be for them.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

This article covers two sides of the same coin for independent consultants: how to set up your business for success and what expenses to track to pay less tax. Moreover, you’ll want to set up and manage your business in a way that makes accounting easier as well as taking advantage of valuable tax deductions. They're interrelated.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

We have a few articles in our “writing folder” (articles I’ve saved to write about) on bad management, how technology is replacing people, and employee unhappiness. Gallup recently released a five-year-long study showing the variance between high and low productivity is 70% attributable to the manager. Easy money.

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

This is a classic story of unintended consequences — inadvertently short-circuiting long-term management — to the detriment of companies, investors, and the economy. Another company, in the agricultural technology sector, chose free cash flow as the primary long-term incentive measure.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It took more than 30 years for electricity to diffuse and enable industrial plant design that could generate significant productivity growth. ” The first group experiences the largest benefits from AI, and the second benefits but only by a fraction of the general AI productivity uplift. This may dissuade them from acting.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

tax law is likely to increase after-tax cash flows for U.S.-based There’s a strong argument that they should invest in growth , and the newly available cash offers them a unique chance to do so. The intrinsic value of a company with growing cash flows doubles every time the discount rate is cut in half.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

If you greatly reduce the production volume, the cars that do come out have to absorb more of the fixed costs, and that eventually sends the product into a profitability death spiral. Capital-intensive factories have a high-fixed-cost, low-variable-cost operating model. When and how are the best ways to do it?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The weather affects consumers’ behavior in terms of what products they buy, where they buy them, and in what quantity. When weather conditions are on average adverse over days, weeks, or entire seasons, shortfalls in sales cause reduced cash flows and can lead to financial distress and business failure. alone, or 3.5%

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

On the one hand, there are many anecdotes suggesting that pressures to manage earnings hold back investment. On the other hand, some of what is done in the name of managing for the long term may be unmonitored waste. Some companies have great ideas, great management teams, and compelling strategies.

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

Since Immelt’s departure, GE’s stock is down another 30%, as its new CEO, John Flannery, has struggled to cope with the cash flow drain from years of problematic acquisitions, divestitures, and buybacks. Because of these dubious decisions, GE’s ratio of debt to earnings has soared from 1.5 in 2013 to 3.7

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Since at least the time of Frederick Taylor, the father of “scientific management,” control has been central to corporate organization: Control of costs, of prices, of investment and—not least—of people. When a new project comes in, the manager does not devise a plan to complete it.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2016

These companies are able to attract and keep the right customers, those who value its product or service and will purchase year after year. You’ll learn what they value, and you’ll adapt to find products and services they appreciate.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm. Corporate culture.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Here are three things that Western investors should want from African entrepreneurs: a focus on the top of the pyramid, control over factors of production, and innovation in distribution rather than in products. A few of these companies manage to transcend national boundaries and scale to a larger size. Factors of Production.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a recent HBR article , we claimed that modern digital companies such as Uber, Facebook, and Alphabet play an increasingly important role in the economy, but their financial statements fail to capture company’s main value drivers. The company’s first revenues indicate the acceptance of its product or services by customers.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

A second, more radical solution is to create budgets and authority for a service line or integrated practice unit (IPU) that manages a patient’s entire treatment for a high-volume medical condition. The IPU is an essential component of the value-based care model advocated by Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

Consider BlackRock, the world’s biggest investment manager. To repeat, BlackRock is one of the best resourced fund managers in this regard. It is not just a question of the saver, the fund manager and the company. So today, a typical pension might be invested in thousands of companies from all around the world.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. Owning up to our own behavioral biases is a worthwhile starting point to discussing the problem of managing infrequent, severe events. Small businesses and young businesses are especially vulnerable. Data from the U.S.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Since I last wrote about the company , theater operator AMC entered the subscription market, to early success , and MoviePass took out and paid back a $6 million emergency loan and flip-flopped both its pricing and its product. This ad strategy led to its quest to scale as quickly as possible, given its cash burn.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. ” Improving risk management. On the contrary, academic research and business experience point to quite the opposite.

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Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

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