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Cost Overrun in Aerospace and Defense: The Main Causes and How to Prevent Them

Epicflow

Aerospace and defense projects are exposed to numerous risks – geopolitical and economic tensions, supply chain and talent challenges, competition with the world’s largest companies, etc. Applying inappropriate project management methodology. For example, the aerospace and defense industry mostly relies on the Waterfall methodology.

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Supplementing Your Pipeline with Consulting Agencies

Successful Independent Consulting

By “agency” I mean a company that matches independent consultants with client projects, like a talent agency. An agency is different than a consulting firm because agencies usually place one person at a time, and they assume consultants are bringing their own methodology and tools. They say 30% of the Fortune 500 use their expertise.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. I hope you found this blog post interesting.

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Chief Ecosystem Officer – Taking Customer Centricity to the Next Level

Kates Kesler

Customer centricity is defined here as creating unique product value propositions and strategies to deliver against unmet customer needs. You may be asking, isn’t it the role of a Chief Product Officer to create solutions across products? Since inception, they have consistently developed cutting edge, best-in-class products.

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How Sales Leaders Drive Growth

LSA Global

Based on your sales strategy, define what brings in the majority of your profits in terms of customers, geographies, distribution channels, products, and services. Boost Sales Productivity How much time are your salespeople spending actually selling? Promote a Growth Mindset While sales leaders drive growth, for high growth ?

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So, you’ve built a new capability, but no one uses it! What gives?

Kates Kesler

She had hired top talent, built assets, and delivered high quality demonstration projects. They do all the right things: create a strategy, announce a leader, build and buy the talent needed, research and implement best practices, purchase new technology, and roll-out training. But a year later they have little to show for it.

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5 Risks of Delayed Facility Startup Projects

PM Alliance

By the time your facility finally comes online, attracting the right talent could be far more challenging. Either your existing facilities must continue to shoulder the load, or you may need to scale back on your production levels to fit other product lines into the schedule. Manufacturing workloads experience conflicts.