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Stop Comparing Management to Sports

Harvard Business

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. Although there is nothing wrong with commitment and perseverance, I, however, think sport (much less war) is often an unhelpful analogy.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. The FTI Technology practice played a substantial role in the Major League Baseball steroids investigation that both news and sports casters covered religiously. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. FTI CONSULTING CULTURE. All the while, the high-profile cases keep rolling in.

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How to Build a Better Sales Playbook

LSA Global

Like a playbook in sports that plans for the most frequent and most important in-game situations, a sales playbook is a unique collection of sales scenarios, strategies, plans, tactics, and tools to help a sales team consistently win when the stakes are high. Sales Culture. Sales Talent. What Is a Sales Playbook?

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Aging Societies Should Make More of Mentorship

Harvard Business

This last film sports the subtitle, “Experience Never Gets Old,” surely happy news to any Boomer thinking about their next chapter in the world of work.)

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. Building Balanced Cultures. Previously, working in the call center was a solo sport. This is also true of executives. ” Of course, being too adaptive can also hurt tactical performance.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

Culture : Is the work environment healthy or toxic? It has an academic culture focused on continuous improvement.Intellectual rigor and factual analysis skills are vital components of success, as is a can-do attitude with an optimistic focus. Hours are long, and the culture can be demanding. Employee Satisfaction. Diversity.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. Learning from Big Companies.

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