David A Fields
JUNE 8, 2016
It’s easy to be a snoozer. To communicate killer ideas in presentations and articles that are utterly boring. Dull as lichen inside a rock. How do you jazz that up so dishwater concepts sparkle like champagne and your breakthrough insights transfix readers and listeners? I’ll reveal one, easy-but-unusual action that will make your content buzzworthy.
Management Consulted
JUNE 5, 2016
How did Charlie, a recent Harvard undergrad, navigate through the process of getting accepted to medical school and working for a biotech firm on the West Coast to finally finding his true passion in healthcare consulting (and landing an offer at Putnam)? Charlie’s was a non-traditional path for sure, but chock full of lessons for anyone who is looking to break in to consulting and find a position where skills and passion converge.
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BCG
JUNE 7, 2016
Focus Wednesday, June 08, 2016. Year after year, Nordic companies outperform the global average in The Boston Consulting Group’s annual study of value creation. This impressive feat holds true whether we look at annualized returns over time periods of 5, 10, or 15 years. Nordic companies’ superior performance is also evident across most industries. While many factors contribute to Nordic companies’ superior returns, we believe these companies’ unique model for corporate governance plays an impor
Tom Spencer
JUNE 5, 2016
(Source: Flickr ). Executives often rely on the advice of management consultants. Was it always this way? Where did it all begin? The management consulting industry, as we know it, originated in America. The very first management consulting firm was Arthur D. Little, founded all the way back in 1886 by a professor at MIT whose name was (funnily enough) Arthur D.
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Women in Consulting
JUNE 8, 2016
By: Kim Martin. Long before you polish up your PowerPoint and prepare the training room, there are three essential questions that you must ask to ensure the success of your next staff development training. If you can master these preliminary steps, you’ll find that your in-house sessions will be more effective and have longer lasting results. 1. Why are We Doing This?
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
BCG
JUNE 7, 2016
Article Tuesday, June 07, 2016 The growth of global private wealth hit a speed bump in 2015, especially in the developed markets, with all regions other than Japan experiencing a slowdown relative to last year. This development, combined with the ongoing decline of revenue and profit margins—all amid shifting client needs in both traditional and nontraditional segments—is forcing wealth managers to reevaluate their strategies.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 6, 2016
As the head of WPP Group, which touches every part of the global media business, Sir Martin Sorrell is confronted with the challenge of figuring out ways for people to work together more effectively -- with employees and clients, with new entrants and startups, and across industries and geographic borders. He sat down with strategy+business for a wide-ranging interview.
Women in Consulting
JUNE 8, 2016
By: Kim Martin. Long before you polish up your PowerPoint and prepare the training room, there are three essential questions that you must ask to ensure the success of your next staff development training. If you can master these preliminary steps, you’ll find that your in-house sessions will be more effective and have longer lasting results. 1. Why are We Doing This?
Harvard Business
JUNE 7, 2016
Many researchers have studied the phenomenon of abusive supervisors, or what we’ll call “bully bosses.” The behavior of a bully boss can include a wide range of various forms of non-physical aggression, such as ridiculing employees, putting them down in front of others, accusing them of incompetence, blaming them, lying to them, or not giving them credit for their work.
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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
BCG
JUNE 7, 2016
Focus Tuesday, June 07, 2016. The CEO of a large consumer goods company was near the end of his rope. He was one year into a large-scale transformation that was focused on growth through a shift into premium products. The company had invested millions of dollars to develop an innovative product that warranted higher prices. The early results had been promising: initial sales were strong.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 6, 2016
In order to build engagement and loyalty in a climate of intense competition and distraction, media companies have to understand their customers, viewers, and readers as fans.
MishTalk
JUNE 7, 2016
Some people raised eyebrows when in response to a freedom of information request the state department said it would take … Continue reading →
Harvard Business
JUNE 7, 2016
Sometimes you feel like you’re in over your head. Perhaps you got a big promotion or are leading a new, high-profile initiative but you worry that you don’t have the right skills or experience to succeed. Are there strategies you can use to jolt your confidence? How do you “fake it ‘til you make it”? And are there risks to that approach?
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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.
BCG
JUNE 9, 2016
Article Thursday, June 09, 2016. The digital disruption of the US television industry is at hand. Streaming video is changing every existing relationship in the TV value chain. The very neat and structured relationships of the past—with studios and rights holders relying on broadcast and cable networks to air their content, and networks relying on pay TV distributors to deliver their content into people’s homes—are no longer intact.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 6, 2016
To outperform their increasingly diverse competitors in a slowing global market driven by multiple coincident shifts, entertainment and media companies must capitalize on the many pockets of growth and opportunities.
MishTalk
JUNE 10, 2016
Reader Duncan Burns, a writer for the “Valley Patriot”, a local newspaper in North Andover, Massachusetts pinged me with an … Continue reading →
Harvard Business
JUNE 7, 2016
Business school faculty often bemoan how their students place too much importance on economics and finance courses and not enough on more humanistic ones, such as human-resource management. Condescension toward such courses is as misguided as it is common, the complaint goes. As Rosabeth Moss Kanter once commented about her experience with Harvard MBA graduates, “Five years out, they often say they wish they had taken fewer finance courses and more people-oriented courses.” Such was
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.
BCG
JUNE 8, 2016
Article Wednesday, June 08, 2016. Digital technology is no longer the disruptive force in print media—it is the driving force that shapes content creation and distribution. The distinction between print and digital is not relevant anymore: publishers have become, with varying degree of success, digital media companies. But the industry continues to evolve, pushed by changing consumer behavior and business innovation.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 6, 2016
Some people seem to have a knack for developing talent, but the credit should go to their habitual leadership practices. By interviewing hundreds of people over a 10-year period about the bosses and mentors who changed their lives, Dartmouth professor Syd Finkelstein uncovered a template for bringing out the best in the organization around you. His examples of "superbosses" include Chez Panisse chef Alice Waters, San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Micha
Martinka Consulting
JUNE 10, 2016
Recently I put the word out to my network that I needed to replace the person who’d been doing outbound telephone work for me, to match business buyers and sellers. I was surprised at the response and the number of quality people available. Jay Miller, with “I Can Open Doors for You,” was referred to me by multiple people at HomeStreet Bank, as he has a long-standing relationship with the bank.
MishTalk
JUNE 4, 2016
While French unions step up protests against labour reforms, over 100,000 homes and businesses in France were left struggling without … Continue reading →
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Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c
BCG
JUNE 10, 2016
Article Friday, June 10, 2016. When it comes to technology in the public sector, the buzz is all about the power of digital technologies to transform the ways governments operate and deliver services to citizens. Certainly, that shift is real and transformational. What is often left out of that discussion, however, is the need for a modern IT backbone to make the digital revolution possible and to support the ever-increasing need for agility, real-time information, and customization of services.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 6, 2016
The vast media market serving India's billion-plus population falls into three broad groups: infotainment followers on feature phones, digital self-aggregators on smartphones, and regional print readers with newspapers. All three groups are moving to digital at different speeds. Media companies that understand where they fit can win in emerging economies.
Martinka Consulting
JUNE 6, 2016
Awhile back I wrote the following on a piece of paper and put it by my computer. “I tell my business buyer clients what it will take to get the deal, they make a low offer, don’t get the deal, and it sells for a price in the range I told them.”. One could easily substitute seller for buyer. I, and others, can tell a seller the price their business will (most likely) sell for and they ignore it.
Harvard Business
JUNE 8, 2016
HBR STAFF. We have a love-hate relationship with email. On one hand, we send over 108 billion email messages every day. On the other hand, most of us hate working our way through our inbox. Email takes up 23 percent of the average employee’s workday , and that average employee sends or receives 112 emails per day. When you look at these statistics, you begin to see email as a new form of knowledge pollution.
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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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