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Don’t do everything yourself

Jacq Hackett Consulting

Of course, you need to take responsibility for all the core consulting tasks – those tasks that require your high-level expertise, your thinking, your credibility. But now that you’re running a small business you need to think differently – you need to focus on being as effective and efficient as possible, which means outsourcing some tasks.

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Don’t do everything yourself

Jacq Hackett Consulting

Of course, you need to take responsibility for all the core consulting tasks – those tasks that require your high-level expertise, your thinking, your credibility. But now that you’re running a small business you need to think differently – you need to focus on being as effective and efficient as possible, which means outsourcing some tasks.

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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

Turnarounds. A consulting report can also provide an impetus for action by clarifying the reasons that a proposed course of action makes sense. Convenient scapegoats: Related to the first reason, consultants can provide political cover to help management pursue a potentially risky or unpopular course of action.

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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

The biggest difference between these two situations lies, of course, in the amount of interdependency among group members and the resulting teamwork necessary. Perceptions about his overall efficiency and effectiveness rose dramatically. The participants rarely felt they were wasting their time. SOURCE Michael Watkins. ©

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Leader’s Performance

Prudent Pedal

I hope it eases your angst, provides a rubric to simplify your conversation, gives your marketing leader their do, and sets you on a course for a less anxious and more productive review next year at this time. Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs.

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2021 Black Friday guide: 5 CX strategies for retailers this holiday season

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And of course, the cloud’s ability to react with speed and agility based on fluctuating volume will be key this holiday season. That is why it matters more than ever to deliver empathetic and efficient customer service. Strategy #3: Combine automation & empathy. Black Friday shopping is stressful.

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What I Learned From 10 Years of Doing PR for Apple

Harvard Business

” Little did I know that over the next 10 years I’d be part of the biggest corporate turnaround in global history. If the story was shaping into something deviating from our key message, we would ramp up efforts to course correct. It was an approach that helped us use our time most efficiently.