Consulting Success
APRIL 9, 2018
Summary: You might be losing a lot of money right now. I’ve worked with hundreds of consultants in many industries all around the world and often I hear about situations where people are losing a lot of money, they’re losing a lot of opportunities. In some cases, they’re aware of it. In other cases, they’re not. What am I talking about?
The Fearless Marketer
APRIL 9, 2018
At the end of 2012, after a long string of business successes, I experienced burnout and dramatically scaled back my business. My first big success in 2000, the publishing of the InfoGuru Manual, brought me wide attention and a dramatically increased income. That led to Marketing Action Groups, my Certification Program, and the Marketing Mastery Program.
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Consulting Success
APRIL 9, 2018
Have you ever felt like you needed to do something else but didn’t know what that was? Jason Treu is the CEO’s secret weapon. His work as an executive coach revolves around helping entrepreneurs, executives and rising stars increase their leadership and performance. He helps them map out their business blueprint, either starting their business from scratch or taking them to the next level.
Melissa Agnes
APRIL 9, 2018
Note: The following is an excerpt taken from my new book, Crisis Ready–Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World , which is available for purchase on Amazon. Whom should you include within your crisis management governance? As a high-level overview, there should typically be three main groups within your crisis management governance model. While this structure may vary from organization to organization, using this approach as a starting point will help you fit this model to your organiz
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Strategy+Business
APRIL 9, 2018
PwC asked 22,000 people in 27 territories about their shopping and consuming activities for its seventh annual consumer insights survey. The results suggest that for consumer products companies and retailers seeking success, the most important factor to watch is the reshaping of consumer habits by new technologies and online social interaction. Black Friday and grocery coupons are out; they will be replaced by a combination of smartphone ordering, voice technology, and rapid paths to purchase th
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 9, 2018
Solving interesting problems is the best work we can do. It's a practice that has built the very best parts of our culture. Solving interesting problems begins with posing them--which means being willing to speak up about what could be better before we know how to make it better. We see these problems, all of us do. But they're easy to ignore if we're hoping for a quick win.
Harvard Business
APRIL 9, 2018
Bloomberg/Getty Images. “If you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you’re going to wake up this morning as a software and analytics company.” Jeff Immelt, former CEO of General Electric. The second wave of digitization is set to disrupt all spheres of economic life. As venture capital investor Marc Andreesen pointed out, “software is eating the world.” Yet, despite the unprecedented scope and momentum of digitization, many decision makers remain unsure
LSA Global
APRIL 9, 2018
We Need to Better Lead Organizational Change. In today’s business environment, avoiding change is not an option…change is inevitable. There is no “magical” solution to business problems. It takes courage to face the challenge of change…to reverse course or to accept a new way of operating. And, to succeed, we all need to better lead organizational change.
Harvard Business
APRIL 9, 2018
Andrew Nguyen/HBR Staff/The New York Public Library. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the crush of email. In fact, one study showed the average professional spends 4.1 hours per day responding to work messages. During a recent time tracking exercise, I discovered I’m actually at the low end of the spectrum, spending about 1.35 hours per day on email.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
1 to 1
APRIL 9, 2018
Facebook is in trouble. Again. As the company struggles to make amends in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, two stories are playing out that speak volumes about the public’s appetite for data-driven ads and Facebook’s ability to adapt. Business as usual?Build a better mousetrap. Make the product stickier. Capture users. These are all terms that business leaders are familiar with and strive to achieve within their companies.
Harvard Business
APRIL 9, 2018
Jens Magnusson/Getty Images. Ever since Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations in 1776, observers have bemoaned boards of directors as being ineffective as both monitors and advisors of management. Because a CEO often effectively controls the director selection process, he will tend to choose directors who are unlikely to oppose him, and who are unlikely to provide the diverse perspectives necessary to maximize firm value.
MBO Partners
APRIL 9, 2018
Stay organized, prioritize tasks, and improve client communication with these five project planning tips.
Harvard Business
APRIL 9, 2018
Eric Thayer/stringer/Getty Images. It’s a predictable part of nearly every big business scandal: the moment when the CEO is summoned to Capitol Hill to testify before a congressional committee. For Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, this rite of passage happens this week , when he will testify about data breaches and how foreign states allegedly used social media to try to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.
Harvard Business
APRIL 9, 2018
kelly bowden/Getty Images. Last month, Facebook announced in a brief statement that it will be shutting down Partner Categories, a feature that allows marketers to target ads on the company’s universe of platforms by using third-party data provided by data brokers. The move, which comes during a period of intense scrutiny over the social media giant’s privacy and security practices following the Cambridge Analytica revelations , marks a first-of-its-kind pivot among internet companie
Harvard Business
APRIL 9, 2018
andrew nguyen/hbr staff/dan gold/unsplash. In May the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect, two years after passage by the European Parliament. This radical new privacy law, which covers any business that processes information about EU residents, will dramatically affect the way data is collected, stored, and used , including for U.S. companies doing business abroad.
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