Strategic Planning and Management Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast , we're joined by author and founder of the Extreme Leadership Institute , Steve Farber. Steve has been involved in leadership development for 30 years, which has allowed him to work with almost every kind of industry and business from top to bottom. His experience has granted him a valuable perspective and the ability to identify what successful businesses have in common.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I first started recruiting for consulting jobs, an interviewer at Bain shared a story (arguably a legend at this point) about how Bain (or it might have been McKinsey) was asked to advise Motorola on whether or not they should enter the mobile phone market. As you might know, Motorola eventually dominated the pre-smartphone mobile phone market with close to $10 billion in annual sales.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Today that isn’t always an option. Technology is changing rapidly. Formal education acquired just a few years ago may already be out of date, and skillsets become antiquated seemingly overnight. If companies don’t embrace employee skills training, keeping up with the competition is nearly impossible, as they would become trapped in a perpetual recruitment cycle to secure the skills they require.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Something just went wrong; really wrong. What's the first instinct you and others have? In many company cultures (and in many family, marriage or parent/child relationship cultures), the first order of business is to decide whom to blame. Much of corporate politics (not to mention governmental politics) is based on this principle. "I don't want to support Initiative X because if it fails, I don't want to be blamed.".

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As I reflect each year on all the innovation that took place, I am in awe of the amazing new thinkers and creations the world reveals each year. Here are my predictions for this upcoming year and some critical questions I share with you to contemplate: Mobile devices will further increase in their popularity and practical use. What new functions should you release next year that leverage these mobile devices?

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The Source

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Cannibalisation is all the rage. The downside to all the growth we’re seeing in multidisciplinary projects is that the more digital transformation, cybersecurity, etc., expands to embrace different capabilities, the less time and money there is left to spend on more traditional services. Even strategy consulting, that bastion of archetypal consulting, isn’t immune to this: We estimate that, if you exclude the digital transformation component from strategy, for example, demand for traditional str

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When you look at the top performers in every domain, all of them share one thing in common. They live their lives at the edge -- at the edge of discomfort. All growth comes from this edge. It's a thin line between success and failing. This is especially apparent in the weight room. I've been lifting weights on and off ever since I was 14 years old. What I've learned is that your muscles do not grow if they are comfortable.

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Gina Abudi

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Abigail, a manager of a customer service support team, often provides feedback to her employees that they find to be of no value. She has told employees that “You need to do a better job on the phone with customers,” or noted good work with comments such as, “Good job!”. What’s wrong with this [.]. The post Providing Feedback that Makes Sense! appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I recently wrote an article about the difference between Planned vs. Emergent Career Strategies. The career plan is one you create at the beginning of your career when you have the least amount of information. The emergent strategy sometimes reveals itself in the process of pursuing the original career plan. New information emerges that was not available at the start of the process.

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How To

Rick Conlow

DECEMBER 4, 2019

“You have to earn these things.” This is a simple but powerful statement about The Philosophy of Management. It suggests a leadership lesson any manager must learn or re-learn. However, it is absent in so many individuals in positions of authority and influence. Watch this leadership training video as it defines this profound principle.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the last decade, I have continually found myself intrigued by a field I never thought would interest me: linguistics. In particular, I'm fascinated by how linguistics intersects with psychology. The words you use profoundly impact how you think and behave. Here are a few examples. I often encounter clients who tell me there is huge demand for what they do, they have no competitors, and sales have declined.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 4, 2019

We regularly work with leaders of complex organizations that are making changes to strategy that have organization implications.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One of my favorite interests is to apply the 80/20 rule to everyday life. In consulting work, we’re constantly trying to do the most critical 20% of the possible work to yield 80% of the results or insights. I’ve found it quite surprising that MBB consultants who are great at applying the 80/20 rule at the office are often terrible at applying it in their personal lives.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Nicole Eagan, CEO of Darktrace, one of the world’s leading cybersecurity firms, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how artificial intelligence is opening a new battlefield for hackers, governments, and private companies alike.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The math is compelling. You’re going to lose most of the competitions you enter. How could it be any other way? With a hundred or a thousand or a billion people completing, only one wins. Which means that you’re going to be seen and measured by how you lose, not how you win. The way to win is usually to fit in all the way, to give the judges precisely what they want, to train just like everyone else, but harder.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss some of the under-the-radar companies that they think people should be paying more attention to.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In a recent article, I wrote about How to Tell Someone They're Totally Wrong. It was in response to my comments about music and learning how to write songs. That discussion and the flood of emails I’ve received (with very polar points of view) has probably been one of the most controversial topics I’ve written about — ever. Clearly, people are very passionate about their music.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A study reveals what happens when managers get a look behind the curtain.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Amongst U.S. corporations, employers use the term “A” player to denote an employee that’s exceptional. This is based on the U.S. academic grading system where the top-performing students are awarded an “A” grade and the worst-performing students earn an “F” grade. If you are working in corporate or expect to do so at some point in your career, you want to become the “A” player.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A framework for understanding economic potential in the region.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Good work requires deep focus.

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This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2019

It’s rare for these two forces to occur simultaneously.

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