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How to Assess Entry-Level Product Manger Positions

Tom Spencer

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. These alumni have gone on to become VCs, founders, and product leaders, in addition to starting APM programs at companies like Salesforce.

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Strategy of War – Business Lessons from the Battlefield

Tom Spencer

Military strategy has long been a source of wisdom for the field of business, inspiring countless comparisons. As they gradually improve the quality of their product offering, the new entrant has the potential to take over the entire market. This strategy was replicated by generals throughout the world for many generations.

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Why Is Change Management Vital to Any Company?

Clarity Consultants

While it allows the company to implement new strategies, processes, or technologies that enhance productivity and profitability, change is inherently disruptive for employees. Plus, it can boost morale and engagement, leading to higher productivity and increased output quality, as well as more loyalty.

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The ROI of eLearning: Measuring the Impact of Online Training on Organizational Success

Clarity Consultants

Instead, employees participate at times that are convenient to them, ensuring organizational productivity. For example, it can identify productivity bottlenecks, skill gaps, and similar issues that are prime targets for improvement. Continuing productivity gains often occur long after training is complete.

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Industrial Production Declines Most in 3.5 Years, Down Eighth Time in Ten Months

MishTalk

Industrial production shocked to the downside this morning with a drop of 0.6%, the most in 3.5 Industrial production came in at the Econoday low forecast, down a very sharp 0.6 Industrial production came in at the Econoday low forecast, down a very sharp 0.6 years vs. an Econoday Consensus guess of -0.2%. percent in November.

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Creating an Ideal Customer Profile

Tom Spencer

Companies sell products to a broad variety of industries and customer segments, and it’s often hard to know where to focus the sales, marketing and product development efforts. They buy quickly, renew and expand their contracts, and advocate for the product. Product analytics: monthly usage, feature usage.

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Using the Right Performance Metrics: Watch out for P&Ls

Kates Kesler

For a simple comparison, consider this sports team analogy. As an example, we recently worked with a healthcare company that contains product/service lines of business (LOB’s). Metrics serve as a powerful motivator and unfortunately, are often perfectly designed to drive sub-optimal results.

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