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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

Although his one-on-one meetings with these reports, which involved progress reviews, motivation, and coaching, were highly productive, his monthly team meetings weren’t. Catherine, a senior marketing director leading a cross-functional product development team at the same company, provides a contrasting case study.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

According to PWC , talent, technology and data will set winning professional services firms apart from the competition. Human experts (talent) – and the knowledge and skills they bring to the table – are responsible for generating business value and differentiating their firm from the competition. Retain talent? The bottom line?

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Leader’s Performance

Prudent Pedal

Preparation: Your marketing leader will do most of the prep for this meeting. Annual Review Questions: How did you perform in meeting the needs of our partner requests? Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. Are we using your talents to the fullest?

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. But when some CEOs in this position look at the people they employ, they discover a problem: a swath of their existing team doesn’t have the necessary skills or metabolism for change to meet the new challenges.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. In 2005, the firm developed their first 5-year plan with a goal to double revenues from approximately $427M to $1B in 5 years. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. Litigation discovery.

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5 retail strategies that are here to stay

1 to 1

Meeting these challenges while reducing cost to serve will require a digital-first, customer-centric approach. More often we are seeing digitally transforming legacy support systems as a key to meeting modern expectations. These roll up into what we call ‘effortless’ experiences, which will define the new age in retail.

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All Hail Medium-Term Planning

Harvard Business

Now a global giant in the drinks business, just 25 years ago, its precursor, Brahma, was a second-tier Brazilian brewer undergoing a painful turnaround in the hands of acquirer 3G, a São Paulo–based private equity house. A key feature of the turnaround, led by CEO Marcel Telles, was avoiding a hopelessly long-term view.