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An Overview of Business Development Consulting

Tom Spencer

Business development consulting is about helping businesses grow sales and profits in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Business development consultants enable companies to reach their full potential and rescue companies that are struggling to survive. We don’t understand the value and we’re too busy to think about it.

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As Customers Start to Schedule Their Getaways Again – How Do You Get Your Team Hired, Onboarded, and Trained Effectively?

Clarity Consultants

During the pandemic, the travel, leisure, and hospitality industries ground to a near halt. Many companies were not allowed to operate for several months, and even as reopenings move forward, many had their maximum capacities limited. appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Training Development.

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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

Low-value travel? At a $500M footwear company I once worked with, the founder and CEO—long removed from his role product development—decided that he didn’t like a particular style his product team had designed, developed, and purchased. Long commutes? Four-hour meetings? Gone, gone, gone, and gone.

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Business Ecosystems: Building Stronger Connections

Tom Spencer

If you are an iPhone user, can you imagine moving to a mobile phone than runs on an Android operating system? Getting used to the new operating system would take weeks. Consultants are understandably eager to stay at the forefront of these ecosystem developments. Not likely. Such a change would pose a myriad of inconveniences.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

At a company, there is more security in the relationships you develop, and more likelihood that they will last throughout your tenure at the company. However, extensive energy can be spent learning the political dynamics, internal processes, and even standard operating procedures for software tools.

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How Smart Speakers Are Poised to Reinvent the Travel Industry

Harvard Business

Travelers with an Alexa device at home can book a car rental or hotel through Expedia and Kayak. On many fronts, artificial intelligence-powered smart speakers and apps seem poised to become the world’s virtual travel agents. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center.

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Importance of Developing Soft Skills in Consulting

Tom Spencer

What skills do I need to develop? Luckily, the answers that I received from countless individuals at various levels of seniority at the firm were the same: focus on developing your soft skillset. From associate to partner, everyone is operating on a deadline to fulfill their respective role on the case team. Image: Pexels.