Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. To make tracking progress effective, it's important to set SMART goals with specific metrics and targets that can be accurately tracked in software.

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We don’t need to track metrics to succeed as a business.” But we have worked with many leadership teams that acknowledged, “We don’t know what metrics to track to get meaningful insights so that we can make strategic, timely business decisions.” A well-rounded scorecard will have the following: Financial metrics. Sales metrics.

Metrics 52

Metrics Agile Leadership Trends 52

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

As consulting has become more popular (frantically so), we are getting increasing numbers of emails from undergrads – and even high schoolers – begging the question – if you want to break into consulting, what should you major in – and what majors are deal-breakers?

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Consulting Engineering Finance Case Interview 100

Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Time to bring in a consultant. But what does a consultant for small business cost? What is a consultant for small business A consultant for small business helps smaller organizations achieve their goals. The clients these consultants work with are no larger than 250 employees, typically between 15 and 100 employees.

Small Business 52

Small Business Cash Flow Consulting ROI 52

Effective Managers

JUNE 9, 2021

Management consulting is a very young profession, especially when you compare it to professions like medicine and accounting. Consulting, on the other hand, started as a profession only in the late 1800s, and universities started teaching it some time later. That can only mean that the management consulting industry can grow as well.

Consulting 52

Consulting Enterprise Industry Leadership 52

PM Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As our project management consultants help clients work through their high-visibility and high-risk initiatives, we know that sponsor backing is particularly important when a project requires significant allocations of funds or personnel. The support of well-placed and well-backed sponsors is critical to executing strategic projects.

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Methodologies Financial Data Metrics 84

LSA Global

JUNE 5, 2022

Execution Excellence Designing and evaluating the operating processes, procedures, and agreements that drive accountability , collaboration , and commitment across the team. Job Relevance. Satisfaction. 117% Knowledge Gain. Net Promoter Score.

Management 36

Management Talent Training Training 36

Management Consulted

APRIL 3, 2016

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. It may test an industry or practice area focus, like technology, operations, or finance. The 8 Elements of Consulting Case Anatomy. We have good news for you!

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Case Interview Consulting Interviews Case Study 100

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Beau approached us a few months ago to ask about breaking into consulting. He had the epiphany that consulting was his calling in life, and went searching for details – finding MC in the process. We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Is that right?

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Consulting Resumes Bain Recruiting 125

Makarios Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The GWC tool from the Entrepreneurial Operating System ® (EOS®) has three parts: Does the person Get It? Be practical: did you discuss the metrics you would be looking at to assess progress and results? Do they need additional skills training or mentoring? If the answer is “No,” then let the person go. Do you know?

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Metrics Examples Tools Operations 98

LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Before hiring more sales reps, pushing specific sales activities, or investing in sales enablement technology, smart sales leaders invest the time and resources to deeply understand the market in which they operate in. Then invest in the sales processes and business sales training necessary to succeed.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Before hiring more sales reps, pushing specific sales activities, or investing in sales enablement technology, smart sales leaders invest the time and resources to deeply understand the market in which they operate in. Then invest in the sales processes and business sales training necessary to succeed.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 16, 2023

A good working definition of what it means to embrace data-driven decision-making is: Using facts extracted from data and metrics to guide business decisions that support business goals rather than relying on experience, intuition, and stories alone. Using data enables organizations to optimize operations.

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Data Culture Deloitte Survey 52

Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2021

To establish an engaging vision for your company, we recommend using eight key questions delineated in the Entrepreneurial Operating System ® (EOS®): What are your Core Values ? Metrics are vital for effective execution. To keep on track, you need to pay attention to relevant daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual metrics.

Metrics 52

Metrics Energy Enterprise Company 52

Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2021

To establish an engaging vision for your company, we recommend using eight key questions delineated in the Entrepreneurial Operating System ® (EOS®): What are your Core Values ? Metrics are vital for effective execution. To keep on track, you need to pay attention to relevant daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual metrics.

Metrics 52

Metrics Energy Enterprise Company 52

Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2019

Besides giving overviews of our respective business we discussed: Strategies and tactics the operating company representatives have used to grow their business. The use of metrics, management reports, etc. The softer things like safety training and getting rid of bad customers. Having a strategy and matching it to value drivers.

Banking 40

Banking Sports Metrics Construction 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

The engagement of its drivers, who deliver milk and bread to millions of customers each day, was dipping while management was becoming increasingly metric-driven in an effort to reduce costs and improve delivery times. Take for example a UK food delivery service that I’ve studied. The new approach?

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Leadership PricewaterhouseCoopers Banking Training 60

Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” If your company offers internal finance training, take advantage of it. ” Focus on key metrics. Play with numbers.

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Finance Balance Sheet How To Metrics 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

Needed repairs and upgrades were delayed, worker training postponed, and risk assessments overlooked. These kinds of statements speak to a leader’s choice of values, and a failure to understand the relationships between a safe work environment and operational performance. It doesn’t have to be this way. At Cummins, Inc.,

Operations 59

Operations Chemicals Metrics System 59

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Simpler product environments will require experts in operations, logistics, and supply chain. IT technology and process experts: They understand the nature of the data flow and operational processes. Consult legal and compliance stakeholders. Records managers: They are the curators of business records, both physical and digital.

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Data Methodologies Enterprise Guidelines 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2016

Digital transformation halts, or fails, for many reasons—but most often it’s because minor changes at the surface level do nothing to affect the fundamental operations of a company. In consulting, leaders invest in hiring and training people and then carefully track how they use their time.

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Industry Metrics Transportation Strategy 28

Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL CULTURAL CONTEXT Today many industries and organizations operate on a global scale. However, highly visible and disruptive events like mergers and acquisitions can make cultural differences striking. Not understanding the impact of local culture on organizational culture can lead to grave miscalculations.

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Culture Resources Tools Leadership 52

Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Instead, change is part of their broader operational paradigm. Change often means that your workforce will need to act, behave, think, or operate differently, which won’t go over well with everyone. Identify key metrics to measure success and have a plan to ensure broad buy-in. appeared first on Clarity Consultants.

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Metrics Operations Leadership Efficiency 120

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The lure of incentives are a problem in boardrooms too: Bonus payments and executive share schemes are often based on short-term business metrics, which can be counter to long-term success. If, after consulting your network, you believe something’s going wrong, it may be time to be brave and speak up. Consult with peers?

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Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Study 40

Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

” The memo’s bullet points ought to “provide concrete metrics of the impact you’ve had,” descriptions of “solutions you’ve delivered” and financial outcomes for which you’ve been responsible. “Be realistic,” she says. The handbook was rolled out company-wide.).

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QEmploy

JUNE 28, 2019

In honor of Pride Month, we decided to list this year’s biggest LGBT Inclusive Consulting Firms in the USA. According to the Corporate Equality Index 2O19, 47 Firms in the USA are rated as the top scoring companies in the field of Consultancy, who establish equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) employees.

Consulting 71

Consulting Boston Consulting Group Policies Accenture 71

Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Consulting lead generation isn’t easy, especially when done online. Now, B2B decision makers are actively looking for consultants online, and your digital presence can be a huge part of how you generate new conversations with buyers. Learn a framework for discovering which method is best for your consulting business.

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Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

What are the Top Consulting Firms? While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost.

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Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

We’ve talked a little bit, so it doesn’t just have to be about consulting, or questions you would ask at the end of the interview. What kind of training did you do, or what kind of reading did you do in order to prepare for this specific case so that you could get up to speed?” Be more positive, and more specific.

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Interviews Case Interview Bain Finance 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

30 years old and long a mainstay in European consulting, BTS Group has been steadily growing since its inception in 1986. BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

The purpose includes creating value for customers, investing in employees, dealing fairly with suppliers, and supporting the communities where corporations operate. Leaders must be able to operate both within and upon the organization's culture. Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon an organization's culture.

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Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. The cloud is also a common repository for the collection and analysis of new data, and the place where an increasing number of artificial intelligence operations, like image and speech recognition, are conducted.

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Change Management Management Software Productivity 43

Harvard Business

JANUARY 13, 2017

Single-screen “snapshots” of operational processes, marketing metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) can be visually elegant and intuitive. Many times those priorities are defined by IT, a design expert, or a consultant who deploys dashboards and doesn’t know the company that well. The Importance Trap.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

KPMG CONSULTING. However, not all of its resources are pointed towards consulting, as it offers three lines of services, Audit, Tax and Advisory, with the Advisory arm of its operations (where consulting lives) generating $9.09 Within the US, KPMG LLP operates from 87 offices with more than 23,000 employees.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As an example, just look at legacy consulting. Again, business leaders will need to prepare employees to make the most of the latest tech and provide ongoing support and training. Progressus helps professional services firms transform operations, tear down silos, and drive long-term profitability.

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Data Agile Tools Talent 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The nurse has real-time phone access to a geriatric care–trained nurse practitioner who, based on the nurse’s assessment, can order tests (including in-home imaging) and prescriptions and make treatment decisions. The innovation and operations teams must work together and negotiate the use of these resources.

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