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Anyone Can Succeed - Celebrating 15 Years of Consulting Success with Dan Weedin

Consulting Matters

You're going to hear a lot of actionable idea and inspiration from Dan in this interview that I did with him about his journey from just thinking about starting his own business to where he is now - using the power of his strengths and passion to make money and a difference.doing what he loves. Transcription. I'd never been a consultant.

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How Good Companies Become Market Leaders (Without an Infusion of Capital): Interview with Charles Browne

Consulting Matters

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn : Hey, it’s Betsy Jordyn of the Consultant’s Institute, and I’m so excited to interview Charles Browne. And a lot of people think that they write down the problem statement, and the problem is we need more sales. Charles Browne : Yeah, absolutely.

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The Deep Flaw in MBB Strategic Planning

CaseInterview.com

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. But what happens in smaller markets or with smaller clients?

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Does Customer Prejudice Help Drive the Employment Gap Between White and Black Americans?

Harvard Business

A great deal of research — using methodologies such as resume studies and other models — has found that employer discrimination and prejudice plays a large role in creating this gap. They found that this result is stronger in jobs that involve direct contact with customers, especially sales and service jobs.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Upon realizing that their findings were highly applicable to the problems of sales force sizing and resource allocation, they decided to investigate further. sales force teams.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

Located in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, in 2012 Manizales was a good place to grow up and get an education, and an even better place to retire, safe and surrounded by beautiful scenery. The average participant in the first cohort has actually doubled its sales. strategic hires). 2 – Broadly communicating growth.

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The Mindset That Wins Consulting Work With Fortune 500 Companies with Mindy Millward: Podcast #24

Consulting Success

We have done government work; we’ve done work with educational institutions. We’ve invested a fair amount of time getting to know each other and getting aligned around methodology and how we think about clients. There is a decider or a decision maker on the work. We have capacity when we oversell. How do you do that?