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New Regulations Place Sustainability and ESG at the Center of National and Global Business Competitiveness

Brimstone Consulting

Your strategy needs to consider current and future sustainability and ESG rules and regulations and market realities. Compliance with rules and regulations at the local, state, federal, and international levels has already begun and will continue to impact corporate strategy. The impact of these rules and regulations is far-reaching.

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Sales Reps, Stop Asking Leading Questions

Harvard Business

Most executives recognize a need for their sales team to act as consultants and sell “solutions.” ” But many CEOs would be shocked at how poorly their sales teams execute on the strategy of consultative selling. I’ve sat through many sales calls like this, and trust me it isn’t pretty.

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. The manufacturer was compensating sales representatives based solely on how much revenue they generated. Top performers are more likely to: employ truly tailored pricing at the individual customer and product level.

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Customer Signals for Adapting Experiences

1 to 1

A chemical manufacturer with a solid customer listening program noticed an uptick in complaints about pricing. It learned that some distributors were selling chemicals for applications in markets better served by off-the-shelf, commodity products. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Empire State Manufacturing: New Orders Negative 4th Time in 5 Months; Slight Bounce in Industrial Production

MishTalk

Slight Bounce in Industrial Production Following unexpected negative numbers in April and May, an Industrial Production bounce in June came pretty much in line with Economist's Expectations. percent rise in June industrial production looks respectable but still overstates strength. percent rise for hi-tech production, a 0.7

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go! McKinsey & Company. McKinsey at #4?

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

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. In 1991, IBM approved a new world-wide services strategy to make IBM a world class services company by 1994.

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