Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Interestingly, last Thursday I attended a seminar on culture and one of the things the speaker said was that you can’t change your (bad) culture if you keep the same people. Don’t worry if they’re extremely talented, have solid customer relationships, have a wealth of product knowledge or anything else. Take action.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2018

At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper. Let’s go back to our seminar list and take one of the responses: “achieve $100m net revenue.”

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Interestingly, last Thursday I attended a seminar on culture and one of the things the speaker said was that you can’t change your (bad) culture if you keep the same people. Don’t worry if they’re extremely talented, have solid customer relationships, have a wealth of product knowledge or anything else. Take action.

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Emerson Consulting Group

MAY 10, 2019

But CEOs lucky enough to come across a gathering place with other CEOs, in effect a “watering hole,” will be able to also locate both answers and emotional relief to keep them and their companies moving forward, and in the right direction! CEO Recharge, a structured retreat for reflecting on new company strategies and goals.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

I’ll let you in on the six-step technique I have developed over many years, working with clients and in teaching my public seminars on strategic planning. It was a national distributor of milk and other dairy products and in it, farmers occupied two roles. But methods can be learned. You may think that this will be easy.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2016

And although there have been real gains in productivity since then, the days of A, B, and C tasks are over. How to Boost Your Team’s Productivity. 9 Productivity Tips from People Who Write About Productivity. Overwhelmed is the new normal. You and Your Team Series. Getting More Work Done. Rebecca Knight.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

” This perspective is promoted in books and seminars, but research indicates it is not how people buy. Incremental commitments can also convince prospects to change, which is vital in selling new products or services. Other companies have found similar success.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In particular, I described how important it was to be an “A” player in your company. In my first few steps into industry, I found that I gravitated towards the product management functional area — a hybrid between business, customers, technology and strategy. I recently wrote an article on How to Be a Corporate Superstar.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

As an employee in a large company told us about his boss, “She energized me because she loved her job and was in general a very happy person. Members of this health care company who experienced relational energy with their leaders were more engaged at work, which then led to higher productivity. What do they do?

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 28, 2013

Essential reading about remarkable products and services. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. « Upcoming seminar/internships | Main. | Listed below are links to weblogs that reference A hierarchy of failure (from brave to shameful) : « Upcoming seminar/internships | Main. |

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 27, 2013

Essential reading about remarkable products and services. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. Upcoming seminar/internships » May 27, 2013. Upcoming seminar/internships »' The worldwide bestseller. ONLINE: amazon. Barnes & Noble. CEO READ (Bulk Orders). International Links.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

Essential reading about remarkable products and services. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. The goal of that short film or that sales letter or that invitation to a seminar shouldn't be to answer every question and completely describe what's on offer. The worldwide bestseller.

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Smart companies understand that workspaces are a business tool. For example, we’ve seen an explosion of open office layouts, sn part because openness, transparency, and collaboration are some of the attributes companies strive for today. At the same time, the company knew they had some challenges.

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1 to 1

JUNE 10, 2022

We also have finance classes and sales seminars to help people stay as sharp as they can on their skills. CS: What other challenges has the company had to overcome to maintain these high scores? We have the same products and the manufacturers tell us what the price is going to be. And we do that more often than not.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 13, 2013

Essential reading about remarkable products and services. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. Here's one take on some of the things we covered in an expanded seminar last summer. The worldwide bestseller. ONLINE: amazon. Barnes & Noble. The Book Depository (Free Worldwide Delivery).

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

That led me to asking about fifty of them for an update, and without further ado (click each ellipsis for more information): Michelle Welsch crowdfunded money to establish an education center in Nepal that provides language classes, career counseling and weekly seminars. Nicola Gammon continues to grow Shoot to transform the way we garden.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 22, 2023

announces a meaningful change in company policies without providing any explanation or rationale behind the decision, leaving employees confused and frustrated. Misinterpreted instructions, miscommunication of expectations, or unclear goals can lead to errors, wasted time and effort, and decreased productivity. 31% low employee morale.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2016

Do: Get experience at an outside company first to improve your judgment and boost your confidence. Toby Bozzutto’s father, Tom, never asked him if he wanted to work in the family real estate management company. He eventually headed up the company’s development business before becoming the company’s president in 2013.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

A 94-year-old HR consulting and global employee benefits company that helps clients better manage their ‘human resources’, Buck is an independent subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., A Xerox Company. Then, in 2010, Xerox acquired ACS for $6.4B, making Buck a Xerox company and a global leader in HR solutions.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Agile Software Development track will be interesting for Scrum masters, Agile coaches, team leaders, project and product managers, and everyone involved in product delivery. The other track, Product Design and Management, will attract product managers, UI/UX designers, and researchers.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

We have yet another interesting read for you today – in fact, we learned a lot as we took a closer look into the kind of work this company does and the areas of expertise they possess. Well, needless to say, a company where both founders are Ph.D. ZS ASSOCIATES. Welcome back! ZS ASSOCIATES KEY STATS.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

While private companies employ some excellent scientists, most of America’s scientific research is publicly funded. So for companies looking to create revolutionary products, identifying and accessing cutting edge, exploratory research is a key competitive advantage. ” Yet that poses a problem for managers. .”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Corporate leaders are becoming convinced of the impact that effective data collection and analysis can have on the bottom line, from tracking daily reports against Key Performance Indicators to make informed decisions on where to spend marketing dollars, to monitoring and evaluating customer communications to adjust product offerings.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In my 36 years of working with companies, I still haven’t seen an example of a strategy that was so tightly specified that the people “executing” it didn’t have to make major choices—choices as tricky and important as the so-called “strategy choices” themselves.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

Apparently, his company had won a million-dollar contract to design a sensor that could detect pollutants at very small concentrations underwater. Or, what if the company needed to identify a new business model? Essentially, they become square-peg companies in a round-hole world and lose relevance.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2017

A couple of years ago I was invited to facilitate an offsite training for the diversity committee of a Fortune 500 company. companies over more than a decade, companies implementing compulsory training for managers actually showed a decline in employee minority representation. And what to do instead.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2021

“Coauthored with Jerry Porras and based on their research project at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, this book investigates the question, Why are some companies able to become and remain visionary through multiple generations of leaders, across decades, and even centuries? Technologies, products, and economies constantly change.

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