Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

ALTMAN VILANDRIE CONSULTING. Welcome back to another one of our firm profiles! Today we’re going to taking a look at Altman Vilandrie, a boutique firm based out of Boston, MA. Formed in 2002, the firm focuses all of their attention on 3 key sectors: telecom, media and technology (TMT). They describe themselves as “a unique, pure play communications and media strategy consulting group” and it seems as though they may be right about themselves.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

(Source: Flickr ). While it may not be a core framework for solving consulting case questions, the BCG Growth Share Matrix can help to broaden your understanding of how a company might want to allocate cash between products and business units. The framework is based on the idea that the amount of cash a product uses is proportional to the rate of growth of that product in the market, and the generation of cash is a function of market share.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Flat Out Broke Illinois is in serious fiscal trouble. Unpaid bills will hit about $10.5 billion later this year, counting unpaid lotto winners and state university bills. Lotto is a small problem overall, yet symbolic of the mess the state is in. Because Illinois has no current budget, the state does not pay lotto winners. Instead it sends the winners IOUs.

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Kates Kesler

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

We coach our clients to take a thoughtful approach to design work and do believe that time spent up front involving people in shaping the future organization accelerates implementation. However, once a new framework is set and the leader announces the change, then speed is critical. The “gray period” is the time of ambiguity between the announcement that the organization will change through when the new organization is up and running.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

A client from 10 to 12 years ago absolutely hated the Bush administration. In her eyes, they could do nothing right. However, at one point she interrupted her grousing and admitted the economy must be pretty good because “everybody” was taking off the last half of December. I’ve been saying to people this summer the economy must be in great shape because so many people are not around and those who are around take one to two weeks to do what takes one to two days in May or Octob

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

With the holiday shopping season just about upon us, the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), a trade union representing pilots at UPS, said its leadership has called on its 2,528 members to authorize a pilot strike against UPS. Please consider Further Airline Problems are Brewing at UPS. The possibility of a major disruption to UPS domestic and international air cargo services has moved closer after the union representing pilots at the parcel giant asked its members to back a strike.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Former CEO Bill George has encapsulated his knowledge about leadership development into one short book. In sum, it says that leadership is a journey that requires a special compass if it is to be authentic.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

“ While in a big company one bad hire is an issue, in a startup it can spell the difference between success and failure.” Eric Ryan, co-founder of Olly. Substitute “small business “for “startup,” it’s the same thing. It’s a point many people don’t understand and some business owners prefer to ignore.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Yesterday, I visited a shop that only sells children's books. The store was empty and I asked the clerk, "Do you know where I can find Yertle the Turtle ?". He walked over to the computer, typed a few keystrokes and said, "I don't think we have it, do you know who the author is?". Stunned silence.  [I found the section myself--they had three copies].

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Burgeoning Trade in Fake and Stolen Syrian Passports For those hoping to leave from wherever to EU countries, the passport of choice is Syrian. Preferential treatment Syrians receive in Germany and Sweden has turned Syrian passports into desired, and valuable documents. And with the increased demand comes passport theft and forgery. In a process known as ghost travel, still others borrow a passport from someone who looks similar, then return the passport after they arrive where they want to be.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Coca-Cola's Derk Hendriksen says his company wants to lead the way in positively affecting communities. The company has initiated the Ekocenter program -- producing a series of off-the-grid, modular "community markets in a box" -- in Asia and Africa to improve the well-being of communities in which it operates, achieve water-neutrality in its products and production, and empower women entrepreneurs.

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Gina Abudi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Employees want to be involved and engaged in the organization. They want to be a part of something. Successful organizations – those who achieve their goals, continue to grow and prosper, compete effectively and recruit and retain top talent – are those organizations that encourage and expect participation from their employees in the organization. This [.].

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

I've been sharing Rogers production adoption curve for a long time, but I realize that it doesn't viscerally explain what's actually happening. Here's a better way to think about it: [Click to enlarge]. Different people have different mindsets when encountering various markets. Some people are eager to try new foods, but always rely on proven fashions or cars.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Export Prices Collapse Most Since July 2009 Today's Import/Export report will have alarm bells ringing in the heads of various Fed members. Month over month, export prices fell 1.4% with the Bloomberg Consensus opinion at -0.4%. The decline was outside the range of any estimate. Economists' estimates ranged from -1% to +0.1%. Significant declines sweep nearly all categories of the import & export price report pointing squarely to a deepening of cross-border deflationary pressures.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Firms on the forefront of innovation often concentrate on introducing new products to younger consumers, but an aging population gives companies fresh opportunities as well.

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freshminds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Digital technology is helping us in so many aspects of our lives to make things quicker, easier and more user-friendly. As project managers have to deal with so many different digital applications in their workloads these days, there are plenty of new programmes out there to help you organise your responsibilities. Slack is increasingly becoming the prominent platform in which to communicate with teams.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

1. Advertising and marketing are no longer the same thing. 2. The most valuable forms of marketing are consumed voluntarily. 3. The network effect is the most powerful force in the world of ideas. (The last assertion is based on the fact that culture changes everything about how we live our lives, and culture is driven by the network effect. society works because it's something we do together.).

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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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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Reader Tim Wallace sent in a spreadsheet on the total number of banks. click on chart for sharper image Whatever happened to the idea that something needs to be done about "Too Big to Fail Banks"? Consolidation numbers do not tell the full story, but the largest banks do keep getting bigger in the slow but steady march towards one bank. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Media pundit Michael Wolff makes a typically bold claim in his new book. Television isn't only surviving the digital media upheaval; it's poised to win.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Yesterday, I did something I haven't done in years: I picked up my phone and called a store to ask a question. A friend told me about a farm that sells lavender but she wasn't sure whether customers could pick their own flowers. Since the information wasn't on the farm's website or Facebook page, I called the farm. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

It's easier than ever to listen in, to hear what your customers say about you, to read what your friends are posting, to eavesdrop. Keep surveying your employees, tap their phone lines, hang out in a stall in the break room. If you try hard enough, you can hear what people are saying about you behind your back. The thing about the fly on the wall, though, is at the end of the day, he spends a lot of time eating dung.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

In the wake of the EU migration crisis with German chancellor Angela Merkel chiding UK prime minister David Cameron for not doing enough, a shocking new poll shows Majority in UK Wants to Leave the EU. A majority of British people would vote to leave the European Union in the wake of the migrant crisis engulfing the continent, a shock new Mail on Sunday poll has found.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Have a handful of employees in your organization taken StrengthsFinder? Are there a few teams that utilize some strengths language during meetings? Or perhaps you have taken the assessment organization-wide and are wondering what to do next? Join us on Friday, October 9, 2015 as we host a FREE StrengthsFinder preview experience where we demonstrate our approach to using this transformational tool.

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Gina Abudi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Best Practices for a New Project Manager to Establish Themselves and Build Relationships Quickly Background: Sydney was a newly hired project manager at a consulting firm. She has previous experience working on project teams, but had never led a project on her own. She has only been with the firm for two weeks and has [.]. The post A Mini Case Study: Leading a Project as a New Project Manager – Part I appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The steps in the proof? Or the conclusion? If you agree with every step of the argument, but the conclusion leaves you angry or uncomfortable, it might be time to reconsider your worldview, not reject the argument.

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