David A Fields
MARCH 30, 2016
Project pricing is like a balloon in a room made of nails. I’m not sure why such a room would exist or how you would get the balloon in there, but go with me on this one. On the pricing floor are the rusty nails that cheapen you and let the air out of your credibility or win you projects you can’t afford to deliver. But you’re probably more worried about the needle-sharp nails on the ceiling.
Management Consulted
MARCH 28, 2016
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON . Welcome back to our Firm Profile series. Today we’re going to be looking at Booz Allen Hamilton, a firm with a great name and a confusing history. Headquartered in the Greater Washington, DC area, Booz Allen Hamilton is well known for its governmental work. But after several sweeping changes to Booz Allen Hamilton’s infrastructure, the question now hanging over Booz Allen Hamilton is how it’s going to weather the storm and if it will come out stronger on t
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BCG
MARCH 31, 2016
Article Thursday, March 31, 2016. Across industries, companies have been intesifying their focus on cybersecurity. This is a direct consequence of the expanding role that digitization is playing in their business and operating models and the demonstrated potential for significant damage resulting from a successful cyber attack. Indeed, CIO magazine’s “2015 State of the CIO” survey revealed that chief information officers now spend roughly a third of their time on cybersecurity-related issues and
Tom Spencer
MARCH 27, 2016
(Source: Flickr ). Consultants work on projects of varying lengths, and are often required to travel to work on site with the client. The specific tasks that a consultant undertakes will depend on which firm she works for, the project requirements, as well as her level of seniority and experience. Projects typically follow a predictable cycle which involves five stages: pitching, hypothesis generation, research and analysis, reporting, and implementation. 1.
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Chad Barr
MARCH 30, 2016
This week’s reflection point: To successfully market your business you need to review the positioning of your business. This hot topic is one that I am often asked to talk about. To help you assess the positioning of your company I prepared these key questions for you to review and answer: What is the purpose of your business and why does it exist? If you fast forward a year or two into the future, how would you paint the success of your business?
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Kates Kesler
MARCH 28, 2016
We work with many large, global organizations as they move toward more integrated operating models. One of the key levers in creating real connections across business units, regions, and functions is the redesign of the executive team. It is perfectly appropriate for an executive team overseeing a fairly unconnected and autonomous business portfolio to come to the table as representatives of their component of the business.
Consultants' Consultant
MARCH 28, 2016
Consultants Consultant: It’s not true that we can’t do less and achieve more. We just think it is. Check out the 9 Lies that Keep Our Schedules Overwhelmed. The post 9 Lies that Keep Our Schedules Overwhelmed appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
Gina Abudi
MARCH 31, 2016
Better Communication = Increased Success in Implementing Your Strategic Plan It is essential to have a plan in place to communicate about the strategic plan throughout the organization. Educating employees about the plan enables for their understanding of the importance of the plan as well as increasing their commitment to supporting the plan – which [.].
Strategy+Business
MARCH 28, 2016
Social entrepreneurs seek to sustainably change an unhappy but well-established equilibrium, transforming it into a more just or more equitable state. Nandan Nilekani's effort to provide a unique ID number to every person in India represent a novel and notable example, because of the sheer size of the problem. But across regions and in different contexts, a discernible pattern has emerged for projects that attempt equilibrium change at meaningful scale.
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Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 1, 2016
There it is, in black and white, on page 782, between gullet and Gulliver. Actually, it's not there, which is cause for worry. In the brand new fifth edition of the classic American Heritage Dictionary , the word 'gullible' is missing. A significant defect. Clearly, they need to recall all of the books they've already printed. Sandy Williams, head of the division at Houghton Mifflin that publishes the book, was clearly working hard to avoid the cost of a recall.
Consultants' Consultant
MARCH 26, 2016
Consultants Consultant: If you send emails, write reports, web pages or brochures as part of your job then you are in fact a professional writer. So get pro – here are some excellent tips from professional writers like Steven Pinker, Stephen King, and film and tv writers whose names you don’t know, but whose works you do […]. The post Writing from the pros appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
Gina Abudi
MARCH 30, 2016
Improve the Results of the Process! Too often SWOT (Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats) analyses are done by the top leadership only. Employees from throughout the organization are not involved in the process. But they should be! By involving employees in the SWOT analysis process, leadership can develop a better SWOT overall. Employees [.].
Strategy+Business
MARCH 29, 2016
A comprehensive model shows how far-reaching trends in the massive industry will influence the growth of profit pools -- and how payors and providers should respond.
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Seth Godin Blog
MARCH 26, 2016
We're wired to return the favor. When someone opens a door for us, our instinct is to hold the next door for them. This generous response has led some marketers to aggressively take advantage. They do a favor for someone and then reap the benefits when the favor is returned. All under the guise of, "I'm helping other people.". “Helping other people” is not what they're doing.
Consultants' Consultant
MARCH 28, 2016
Consultants Consultant: formal clothing made people think more expansively and abstractly — more like a leader So casual Friday for offsites ain’t such a good idea! Power Suits. The post Power Suits work appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
Gina Abudi
MARCH 29, 2016
Simply having a strategic plan in place within the organization is not sufficient to getting it accomplished. Leadership must sell their strategic plan to the employees. Employees must buy-in to the strategic plan if they are going to support it and work toward accomplishing its objectives. Many leaders scoff at the thought of selling a [.]. The post Selling Your Strategic Plan to Your Employees appeared first on Gina Abudi.
Strategy+Business
MARCH 27, 2016
Mature food companies need to use aggressive cost reduction, portfolio simplification, and substantially new approaches to growth to deliver competitive returns.
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Leadership Vision Consulting
MARCH 31, 2016
Since 2009, Leadership Vision extended our Professional Services to offer clients many additional ways to learn about their Strengths beyond our Core Offerings. One of these opportunities has been utilizing the foundation introduced by Gallup in their 2008 book titled “ Strengths Based Leadership. ” We have taken the basic ideas of the book and created actionable case studies to help individuals go beyond a personal understanding of how their Strengths work and instead to one where Strengths are
1 to 1
MARCH 31, 2016
As more employees take on multiple responsibilities with little to no pay increases and no growth paths in place, it therefore should be no surprise that employee engagement is at an all-time low. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.
Seth Godin Blog
MARCH 29, 2016
Don't finalize the logo before you come up with a business plan that works. Don't spend a lot of time thinking about your vacation policy before you have a product that people actually want to buy. There are endless small details to get right before you have something that you're truly proud of. No doubt about it. But there are frightening and huge holes in any bridge to the future, and until you figure out how to get across, I'm not sure it matters if you have a typo on page 4.
Strategy+Business
MARCH 28, 2016
How can a service economy function at its full potential if many service workers can't afford to live anywhere near their jobs?
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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
Cheryl Cran
MARCH 28, 2016
U.S. employers are finding it increasingly difficult to find skilled workers, according to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics 35 percent of the 112 economists who participated reported their firms had seen shortages of skilled labor. The future workforce is predicted to continue to struggle with finding the right talent with the right skills to drive business forward.
1 to 1
MARCH 29, 2016
When we talk about the customer experience, it's important to remember that it's an end-to-end experience for customers. It's not just about the pre-sales experiences a customer may have viewing products on a company's website or the interactions a customer may have with a salesperson before deciding on a purchase. The post-purchase support a customer receives is also a critical component of overall satisfaction and loyalty.
Seth Godin Blog
MARCH 28, 2016
How far in the future does your agenda extend? One way to tell: of the things you worked on last week, how many were due last week? The marketplace has always tempted us with short-term cycles (they require less trust) and the internet amplifies this temptation to buy fast, sell fast, work fast, measure fast, move on. But the work that leads to change is rarely written on an order slip or an RFP.
Strategy+Business
MARCH 29, 2016
A leading light of the corporate responsibility movement calls out a reading list for building a sustainable economy.
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