Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

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! bravo Deloitte!). Deloitte M.E

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong. OC&C Strategy Consultants. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Established in 1989, Accenture operates in more than 120 countries worldwide. Founded in 1983, A&M operates in 38 cities worldwide.

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I’m working with a private equity firm to find add-on HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or refrigeration companies for their plumbing construction firm in the Seattle area (so if you know of any doing at least $5 million in sales who want an investor let me know). Operating interest (a working capital line of credit).

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Cash Flow Metrics Construction Financial 40

Nash Consulting

MAY 21, 2024

Mastering Post-Training Sustainability: Strategies to Maintain Organizational Change By Nash Consulting Successfully planning and implementing robust training in an organization isn’t a small feat. Fast forward a few months or weeks, and the demands of day-to-day tasks have all but washed away the resolve to implement new strategies.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

A change in sales or other customer-acquisition processes, for example, will affect multiple aspects of their business models: the types of orders their firms get, capacity planning, operations, delivery, post-sales requirements, and daily interactions among these groups. Who among your current sales team has this ability?

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

They need to adapt their leadership styles, communication strategies, and performance evaluation methods to accommodate remote work. Here are ten employee focused strategies that leaders can implement to uniquely and positively managing highly productive remote work teams. This helped build team trust and camaraderie.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2014

The skyscraper-filled skyline of the Conch Bay district in the northern port city of Tianjin has none of a metropolis’s bustle up close, with dirt-covered glass doors and construction on some edifices halted. Sales of bonds by local-government vehicles to repay bank loans are just “buying time,” he said.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 26, 2013

American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) yesterday fired a group of workers, with a focus on acquisition and construction staff, after the housing landlord reported a fiscal second-quarter loss, according to a person with knowledge of the terminations. Such silliness explains why existing home sales are relatively robust compared to new home sales.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Rising vacancy rates and plummeting rents are increasingly common in Chinese malls and department stores, despite official data showing a sharp rebound in retail sales that helped the world's second-largest economy beat expectations in the third quarter. Major listed mall operators are also feeling the pain. That's the banks' problem."

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Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2018

As the tension built, the chance of working together positively and constructively to add value for the benefit of all shareholders slipped away. One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit. Think Positive: Where Does the Activist Fit as a Shareholder?

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Construction Meeting Company 28

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? At a glance, the study revealed these themes: There is no common pattern for a ‘best organization design’ regardless of size, strategy, or industry.

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Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

MishTalk

MAY 29, 2014

22,320 Construction laborers 47-2061 1,071.1 29,990 General and operations managers 11-1021 1,972.7 78,600 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 41-4012 1,480.7 22,320 Construction laborers 47-2061 1,071.1 29,990 General and operations managers 11-1021 1,972.7

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Harvard Business

APRIL 2, 2018

A major reason companies don’t get credit for their good works is they employ a one-size-fits-all strategy to communicating their efforts, while what’s needed are focused messages that matter to each of their four different audiences: corporate watchdogs such as social media activists, NGOs, and government agencies.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

At Frontier Strategy Group, we observed that in 2017, executives and boards paid the most attention to risks that dominated global headlines: Brexit, the Trump administration’s trade policy, cybersecurity, and, more recently, North Korea. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

To improve their job performance, successful human advisors will use virtual assistants to tackle routine administrative tasks and focus on more constructive, creative, and relationship-building activities. Because AI capabilities can potentially displace humans, in­surers need an effective and thoughtful HR strategy. Start small.

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Insurance Insurance Industry Turnaround 28

Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

18% reported a failure to close a sale. Identify five people that know you well and would be comfortable giving you constructive feedback. Executive Coaching Example: A leader from one part of the world was assigned to take on operations in another in one organization. 44% lead to failure in completing their projects.

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Leadership Emotional Intelligence Agile Culture 52

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2017

If sales need to be increased, that’s change management. Each innovation brings lessons that inform ongoing operations. For example, Gary Kaplan, president of XL Catlin’s North American Construction insurance, got his division started by formulating some major strategic goals.

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Change Management Management Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2017

Specifically, there are three urban planning strategies, commonly followed by major metropolises, that leaders can use for inspiration in the race to keep up with digital competition. Companies ranging from telecom to financial services are adopting a similar strategy by rebuilding core IT functions from scratch in the cloud.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

Just as you construct an investment portfolio differently for different investment objectives, you want construct your thinking portfolio. In the beginning of the project, Explorers and Planners are helpful to set the strategy and structure the work effort. Most teams need every kind of thinking style at one point or another.

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Construction Agile Examples Efficiency 37

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. In a future dominated by autonomous vehicles and ride-sharing schemes, a typical family might decide to own fewer cars or none at all — meaning lower unit sales, all else equal.

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Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

and scale up after its recent declines in sales and market share. Employees operate within a hierarchy and are well aware of the guidelines that dictate their behavior. The unique blend of idealism, high profit margins, and rapid growth that came with operating the first certified organic national supermarket in the U.S.

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Culture Operations Efficiency Guidelines 33

Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

Yet many companies face serious challenges when it comes to executing on a circular economy strategy. Our first example, JLG Industries, is a globally recognized manufacturer of lift equipment used in construction and maintenance. Philips wanted to increase this business to serve more cost-constrained segments of the market.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

The earth movers digging out a sandy pit in the beach town of Biarritz could be any construction site in France. The Spanish, fleeing a construction slump and an unemployment rate of 26 percent at home, say they’re just using European Union rules allowing free movement of businesses and workers. “We Wal-Mart, J.C. percent of all U.S.

Banking 78

Banking Retail Healthcare Sales 78

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Self-described “recovering consultant” Blair Enns is the CEO of Win Without Pitching, a sales training organization for creative professionals in the design, advertising, and public relations fields. It’s a sales training organization to creative professionals. There’s some strategy work that you haven’t done.

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Consulting Productivity Advertising Training 121

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

understands both hiring math and competitive strategy when it comes to filling entry-level jobs in its 3,000-plus Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores. The strategy offers them a rare trifecta: It’s good for the company, youth, and society. Across the U.S., With low unemployment, the competition for talent remains fierce.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Our company, Frontier Strategy Group, recently polled 20 Latin America general managers about Venezuela’s contributions to their regional revenues. Moreover, mismanagement of the state-owned oil company PDVSA led to additional oil production cuts, leaving foreign reserves dwindling. Exodus of Multinationals.

Government 28

Government Resumes Operations Energy 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

Companies that offer good jobs today — with decent wages, predictable schedules, and opportunities for success and growth — do so by combining investment in people with operational choices that increase their employees’ productivity and contributions. We call this approach the Good Jobs Strategy.

Retail 28

Retail System Training Training 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Tools Construction System Retail 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 15, 2016

For example, Rio’s city hall has established a WhatsApp channel (link in Portuguese) to answer questions about the construction work that is affecting the city prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Here are five ways brands can start using direct messaging in their digital marketing strategies to stand out and win consumer loyalty.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Video Apparel Operations 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 22, 2016

But gains in financial operations? Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. Everything Rosy but Healthcare Curiously, the following chart from the report makes everything look rosy except healthcare. I don't accept that chart, at least for the implied reasons.

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Industry Biotechnology Transportation Healthcare 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. Designing policy around the lowest common denominator is a bad strategy, and you know it.” ” Derek asked.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Construction 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Founded in 1989 by three former consultants of the MAC Group (a boutique sales and distribution consulting firm), Cornerstone Research was established to be very different than the general management consulting firm it was birthed from; focused on unique clients, managing delicate client relationships, and offering specialized work.

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Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry. They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014). Strategy Consulting & Research.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

MishTalk

MAY 21, 2014

I was on a project at US Bank in Minneapolis involving a merger or sale of a Piper Jeffrey trading system. Indeed, it’s what we typically think of as middle-skilled workers—for example, construction workers, machine operators and administrative support personnel—that are hardest hit during recessions.

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Engineering Banking Education Training 77

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

So the chiefs of strategy and technology formed a unique circle of peers — 18 diverse members from across the organization whose task over the next six months was to ask and answer what they felt were the most pressing strategic questions facing the company. That, in brief, is the concept of a leadership circle.

Leadership 29

Leadership Pharmaceuticals Groups Operations 29

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. Strategy, competitor actions and timely responses do not fit neatly into a fixed calendar. This takes time.

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Agile How To Enterprise Metrics 28

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

Even companies that make industrial products like cars, medical devices, and construction equipment are increasingly competing with digitally sophisticated firms like Tesla and Nest that regularly update their connected physical products online. Operations in a Connected World. The ideal strategy is to maximize customer lifetime value.”

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