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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

The uncertainty of the market, unstable cash flow, and the seemingly never-ending threat of recession may force companies to make tough decisions. References Cording, J. They provide band-aid solutions at best, and, at worst, they give employees the “heebie jeebies” about their job security. The Power Of Free Lunch. Dawson, R.M.,

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Business Book Review: Boston Consulting Group On Strategy

Management Consulted

The focus here is completely on cash flows and not projections. Excellent historical case references from companies like Toyota, Mitsubishi, Atlas Door, Walmart vs. Kmart and much more on product development, Innovation, manufacturing, time management techniques and strategies that have made them leaders in their industry.

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Honing and Highlighting the Consulting Skillset

Tom Spencer

Problem solving Problem solving refers to the ability to reliably overcome challenges. For instance, if you are applying for a role in the financial sector it would be great if you can highlight occasions where you constructed discounted cash flow models as part of a project, or automated workflows using VBA.

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The Corona Virus for Small Businesses

Consultant Journal

Refer to the CDC , WHO , your local health authority or another reliable, science-based source for health information. Take a look at your cash flow and what a change to sales or staffing could do. At Consultant Journal, we know many entrepreneurs, small business owners and consultants wonder about the business impact.

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Consultant Marketing Diving In

Jerry Fletcher

They refer the experts they know to fill a client or prospect’s needs. Their credibility as a referral source leads to more assignments and better cash flow. They are much more about “What have you done for me lately?”. Relational networkers pay it forward. They constantly seek out opportunities for those they believe in.

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Interest Rates Lower; Business Prices Higher

Martinka Consulting

I represent a lot of business buyers and often I hear something like the following, “I won’t pay more than X times cash flow” (or profit, or EBITDA – pick your term). or 4, times cash flow” won’t get the deal when the bank will lend that amount or more.

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Economies of Scope - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

The distinction is that ‘ economies of scale ’ refers to where the average cost of producing a unit of output decreases as output increases, whereas ‘economies of scope’ refers to where the average cost of producing a unit of output decreases as the number of different products increases. Sources of economies of scope.

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