Steve Shu Consulting
AUGUST 26, 2016
The balancing act is tricky, and I think context and desired outcomes matter. For example: A thirty-year old might have problems saving for retirement because they think of savings as being for stranger. The solution might be to increase emotional connection between the thirty-year old and their future self so that the right behavior of saving can be achieved.
Management Consulted
AUGUST 21, 2016
Welcome back to the 2nd installment of our rankings series (see our U.S. list here ), covering the best majors and programs specifically as they relate to the consulting field. Today, we highlight the Top 10 Global MBA programs for consulting. Whether you reside outside of the U.S. and have been eagerly awaiting our international post to come out, or you are stateside and anxious to see the world, this list is for you!
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David A Fields
AUGUST 24, 2016
There were about fifteen of us—three from my team and a dozen client personnel—in a conference room at the headquarters of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. The meeting was long. Lively, but grueling. It took an investment of time and even a bit of cash to pull together. (I brought two, contract consultants in to prep and attend the meeting.
Tom Spencer
AUGUST 20, 2016
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BCG
AUGUST 24, 2016
Article Wednesday, August 24, 2016. A core idea of the digital era—one commonly treated as a universal truth—is that digital is making life better. And, no doubt, it is. Digital technologies have improved our access to knowledge, simplified transactions, brought people closer together, and given voice, often loud, to views and opinions. New opportunities for companies and individuals are emerging at an astounding pace.
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Chad Barr
AUGUST 24, 2016
It’s a claim I hear all the time in business: “I’m a perfectionist!” Many people seem to think perfectionism is a virtue, so they proudly admit their obsession with perfection. But the truth about perfectionism is far darker. More often than not, perfectionism in business is simply an excuse for procrastination. It even reflects self-doubt, and lack of belief in one’s own abilities.
Kates Kesler
AUGUST 24, 2016
Kates Kesler has been named to Forbes magazine’s list of Best Management Consulting Firms for 2016 in the Organization sector. The selection of the best management consultancies is based on two surveys; one of 7,286 partners and project managers from a wide range of firms and one of 1,316 clients that use management consulting services. Both surveys were conducted online from November 2015 to February 2016.
BCG
AUGUST 21, 2016
Focus Monday, August 22, 2016. Yue, a 38-year-old mother in Beijing, knows all about the limitations of health insurance in China. Her public insurance allows her to go to public hospitals to get routine care, but those hospitals are crowded and confusing to navigate. She has often been unhappy with the quality of doctors and the overall experience.
Strategy+Business
AUGUST 24, 2016
In mature product categories, the top companies usually compete fiercely for one another's customers. But they might be better off focusing on the fringe consumers who haven't yet picked a side.
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Harvard Business
AUGUST 24, 2016
Most companies try to avoid problems. Experian actually goes looking for them. In fact, it has set up a specific unit – Experian DataLabs — to actively seek out unresolved problems its customers are having and use them as a launchpad to seek out new opportunities and create new products. In doing so, it has been able to act more like a startup than a global data giant.
Melissa Agnes
AUGUST 23, 2016
The Cincinnati Zoo has suffered a lot of backlash, online harassment and even a Twitter hack ever since the tragic incident of the fatal shooting of Harambe , the Gorilla, back in May of this year. After months of being subjected to this online abuse, the zoo has decided to shut down their social media accounts. Was this the right crisis management decision or will it potentially have even more damaging effects on the brand?
BCG
AUGUST 23, 2016
Article Tuesday, August 23, 2016. To capture the immense opportunities in emerging markets, pharmaceutical companies require highly targeted strategies. Each country presents a unique set of socioeconomic and geographic characteristics, government and regulatory issues, and local competitors. And what works in developed markets won’t necessarily work in emerging economies.
MishTalk
AUGUST 26, 2016
Today Fed Chair Janet yellen gave a speech at the “Designing Resilient Monetary Policy Frameworks for the Future,” symposium in … Continue reading →
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Harvard Business
AUGUST 24, 2016
The answer to excessive micromanaging , we’re often told, is to learn to trust our reports, empowering them to make decisions for themselves. Yet that sounds far easier than it actually is. In practice, many bosses fail to delegate because they haven’t cultivated a set of underlying mindsets and practices. Over the past decade, I’ve studied the world’s greatest bosses, extraordinarily successful leaders who have also unleashed vast pipelines of talent.
Strategy+Business
AUGUST 22, 2016
As one McDonald's location proves, investing in expensive equipment that substitutes for some labor is a proactive, productivity-enhancing measure.
Martinka Consulting
AUGUST 22, 2016
We walked into a nice Sheraton Hotel with our dogs (all Starwood Hotels allow dogs) and our Lab got scared, turned around, and headed back to the entry way. As we entered it was a nice white marble floor, there then was a very shiny black marble section, followed by more light marble. The sea of dark spooked him. Someone said maybe he thinks it’s water (he has no fear of water, he’s a Lab).
MishTalk
AUGUST 24, 2016
Huky Guru on Guru’s Blog posted a chart that answers the question: How Long Will it Take For the ECB … Continue reading →
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Cheryl Cran
AUGUST 21, 2016
CEO’s and leaders want to know the number one secret to a leadership development programs success. A recent McKinsey report states that in the US $14 billion is spent on leadership programs annually. 30% of US companies admit that fail to succeed at international opportunities because they have not developed their leaders with the right capabilities.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 25, 2016
Organizations I work with increasingly struggle to straddle two painfully polarizing operating principles. On the one hand, they desperately seek greater agility; on the other, they genuinely want to include all the right stakeholders in their processes. This conflict uncomfortably transcends traditional “centralization/decentralization” debates.
Gina Abudi
AUGUST 23, 2016
Do You Know What Your Audience Wants and Needs? Before you give your next presentation, consider whether you truly understand what your audience wants and needs from that presentation. Often, we give a presentation with a focus on what we want and need from it, but forget about our audience’s wants and needs. Let’s assume [.]. The post About to Give a Presentation?
MishTalk
AUGUST 22, 2016
Debt Seller’s Paradise Things are so absurd in the Eurozone that the ECB is buying private placement debt with little … Continue reading →
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Seth Godin Blog
AUGUST 25, 2016
The race to the bottom is unforgiving and relentless. I ordered some straw hats for a small party. The shipper sent them in a plastic bag, with no box, because it was cheaper. Of course, they were crushed and worthless. I wrote a note to the company's customer service address, but they merely sent an autoreply, because it was cheaper. And they don't answer the phone. you guessed it, because it's cheaper.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 23, 2016
In our work as business school professors and consultants, we’ve met countless managers who fail to achieve their goals. They come up against problems that refuse to budge no matter how hard they push. Indeed, such problems may even get worse the harder they try to solve them. At the heart of most of these apparently intractable issues at work, we usually find people problems: interpersonal conflict, miscommunication, poor decision-making, and more.
Strategy+Business
AUGUST 21, 2016
With the U.S. and Cuba beginning a slow thaw in their relations, foreign companies are starting to venture into the island nation very cautiously -- as well they should. Besides the hurdles that include the U.S. embargo, a lack of clear investment laws, widespread poverty, and corruption, Cuba is a frontier market that badly needs a competitive edge in the global economy.
MishTalk
AUGUST 22, 2016
A former top advisor to Ben Bernanke, and two other “Fed Up” activists have a plan to revise the Fed … Continue reading →
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