The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2020

I’ve been writing a lot about the importance of setting up meetings with prospective clients and those who can lead you to prospective clients. How to Get 100 Meetings. More Meetings = More Clients. But what do you actually say in such a meeting that will move things forward and lead to more valuable connections?

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs and product managers (PMs) know that they need to find out what people want. The collected information is then taken into product development meetings, focusing all future engineering efforts on addressing the customer pain points in a way that can be monetized.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We had (and still have) too many products to keep the same teams on them for a long time. For programs, the team stayed together and moved to a different feature set/internal product until the program finished. We could move to a new product and/or a new team. My job was to smooth the way for people to deliver products.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Instead, employees participate at times that are convenient to them, ensuring organizational productivity. Second, eLearning courses allow businesses to create tailored training programs that align with organizational goals. Plus, eLearning courses are reusable and can remain accessible as long as the content stays relevant.

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Nash Consulting

MAY 6, 2020

How to Have Effective and Enjoyable Workplace Meetings This meeting started 10 minutes late. Can we just get this meeting started already? I literally have no clue what we’re meeting about. Boy, do I have a lot of work to get done that I’m not doing as I sit here in my fifth meeting of the week. It’s Tuesday.)

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Last week, I wrote about how the pandemic lockdown and work from home have made employees more productive by removing some of the bureaucratic barnacles that keep them from doing high value work. But how do we ensure that the administrative “drag”—bloated meetings, excessive documentation, repetitive approvals, etc.—don’t

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Nash Consulting

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Most of us recognize that being an effective manager is so much more than simply “air traffic controlling” the work product. According to research , one of the strongest predictors of success for middle managers is that they held regular one-on-one meetings with the people who reported directly to them. Relationship building.

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Last week, I wrote about how the pandemic lockdown and work from home have made employees more productive by removing some of the bureaucratic barnacles that keep them from doing high value work. But how do we ensure that the administrative “drag”—bloated meetings, excessive documentation, repetitive approvals, etc.—don’t

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Instead of incurring the time and cost when you bring everyone together, consider the Product Value Team. (In In past writing and presentations, I’ve called this the Product Owner Value Team. I am trying to change my term to the Product Value Team.). The product value team is a different kind of a team.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

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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Clarity Consultants

MAY 17, 2023

By harnessing eLearning, it’s easier to meet that specific need. More Personalization Personalization has been a growing trend in the eLearning space; by tailoring programs to meet the needs of individual learners, engagement and knowledge retention rise. In many cases, personalization also makes self-pacing possible.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 12, 2022

Dianna and I had a unique business, "meet cute." It turns out she had found me online last year and bought one of my courses. I could tell from meeting Dianna how brilliant she is as an engineer. We also brainstormed different ways to position some of the program ideas she has been percolating on. Learn more.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Along with staying current on your company’s products or services, they need a strong skill set that propels them forward. By offering the right training opportunities, you can ensure that they hone crucial capabilities while also keeping them informed about new product or service developments.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Intrigued by the possibility of a way out of the burnout cycle, a coworker (Colin) and I started meeting every other week to discuss productivity. We had little to show for six months of meeting. To give more rigor to our meetings, we decided to define a metric for our productivity: average weekly hours worked.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

There’s a lot of advice out there about how to make meetings more efficient and productive. And while it’s true that leading focused, deliberate conversations is critical to organizational performance, meetings aren’t just about delivering results. What is a quality experience in a meeting?

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Now however, controversy about the productivity challenges of leading remote work teams confront organizational assumptions about its effectiveness. The Council on Foreign Relations shares global research on how productivity increases in remote work settings. Owl Labs date says they are 47% more productive. hours a week.

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Rod Burkert

OCTOBER 30, 2019

They meet spec. If they all meet spec, is it any wonder our pricing is collapsing. You have just further commoditized your product. If we both meet spec, what is going to make my report stand out against yours? If an entire industry is busy seeking to meet that average, we can define that work as mediocre.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 18, 2022

How do you want them to feel after the meeting, and what can you do to drive that? While having a larger group may be more inclusive, the productivity of your meeting has the potential to decrease. This can distract from the real conversations that need to happen for the event to meet your objectives. Meetings template.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

Without corporate mandates such as weekly team meetings or biweekly project check-ins, entrepreneurs have the ability to wipe out bureaucratic red tape and reach new heights of productivity. Here are four strategies self-employed professionals can use to schedule meetings more effectively. You and Your Team Series.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 29, 2023

And while hiring the right candidates is important, there are steps you can take to ensure that they are well-equipped for the job–like taking training courses. And while there are countless training courses, choosing the one that is the best fit for you and your business is of utmost importance. That’s where eLearning comes in.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

“Sometimes, when I sit in meetings, especially ones in which people don’t seem engaged, I calculate the cost in staff time. So many meetings are lost opportunities.” They should, according to these statistics on meetings: Organizations hold more than 3 billion meetings each year. Daniel Day/Getty Images.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2019

Volume discounts have the same effect, by encouraging customers to order more product than they need in order to get a larger discount. It may be counterintuitive, but long production runs and large batches create disruptions in the flow of work compared to one-piece flow or small batch sizes.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2020

The problem isn’t with this expensive “technology”—the people in the KPO, the course materials, or the andon lights. Front line workers grapple with daily (and hourly) production problems, while leadership is too busy to go to the gemba and learn what’s actually happening.

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Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2016

When it comes to designing and leading meetings that produce results , when you meet matters just as much as how you meet. For them, having a meeting at 9 AM and another at 1 PM could destroy the productivity of the entire day. Paul Garbett for HBR. Please do not disturb.”

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Value stream maps (VSMs) show both the material and the information flow in any kind of end-to-end process such as order to cash, or new product introduction. In total, the back and forth shipping of samples could add weeks to the product development timeline. With the current process, there was no way to meet the new conditions.

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Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. Do product developers every transpose style codes or prices in a product spec sheet?

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Specifics of Project Management for Manufacturing Companies The manufacturing environment deals with creating physical products, which in turn embraces a variety of processes that should be properly managed. Meeting the increasing demand under conditions of ongoing resource shortage is a challenge for manufacturing project management.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 27, 2020

Use the time you have now productively. While it's helpful to connect with people who are in the same boat you are, it's even more valuable to meet with people who have been there and are now on the other side. Meet people like that who know how to take a career hit and use the experience for good.

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Kai Davis

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Here is a selection of services and products from friends and colleagues that help meet your needs and help you grow. Specials on Kai's Products 34% off Quick Start Roadmapping Get the complete Quick Start Roadmapping for $99 (instead of $150). You'll get the book, resources, SOPs, guides, templates, and videos.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 20, 2020

Whose team you are excited about meeting with. The only times I would ever consider a time-based fee is when I am doing what I would call a "one off" - a project that I don't expect to be more than a half-day or so like facilitating a board meeting. Take 30% off the "Consulting Beyond the Bottom Line" Course Series!

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Harvard Business

APRIL 8, 2016

You’ve spent hours preparing for the meeting. We’ve all seen scenes like this play out, whether in an hourlong meeting or at a multiday offsite. In fact, research suggests that “getting off the subject” is the number one challenge to meeting productivity. The objectives are clear. Do you agree?”

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Project leaders must make sure that online meetings take place according to a clear, consensual schedule and that all members of the team are aware of what they are expected to do. A commonly resurfacing problem with remote working is that meetings easily become monotone and boring.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 6, 2021

Therefore, if you are not meeting with employees regularly, in groups and one-on-one, you are missing a key opportunity to positively influence them. Furthermore, you miss the time that will increase their productivity and improve their results. Of course, people are more than resources, they should be valued partners.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

He was 80 minutes into a virtual meeting with counterparts from five other countries. But a few days later Hassan learned that his Indonesian colleague, who was in the virtual meeting, had violated the commitment by extending a three-year engagement on a pet project. The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It depends on, of course, how detailed you wanted, if you have a partner, things could get a little more complex, but the basic average LLC or S-Corp or the typical way of getting a more formal entity set up, you shouldn’t be charged more than say, $3,000. It really depends if you’re doing a DBA and those vary on, by location.

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Jerry Fletcher

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Verify their possibility and have them posted in my speaking CRM Contact the Meeting professionals involved in a sequence of contacts using, in most cases, e-mail, Linked In, telephone and/or Zoom Once a presentation is booked it is a matter of a follow up sequence to assure that we accomplish the organizations goals for the meeting.

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