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Block & Tackle Better And Hit Harder

Martinka Consulting

Regular readers know that I like to make analogies between sports and business. If you read the sports page (paper and screen) you know this. I hear it’s huge on sports talk radio, which I don’t listen to. Maybe it’s time to bring in a process expert to improve efficiencies.

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COVID-19: Local vs. Global Optimization

CaseInterview.com

If the VP of sales maximizes sales without considering what the finance team needs for profitability, collections, or cash management, overall company performance suffers. You also see this phenomenon in team sports. In quasi-mathematical terms, the VP of sales tries to achieve a “local” optimization.

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There Are 4 Futures for CMOs (Some Better Than Others)

Harvard Business

These efforts have enabled operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and greater agility, preparing companies for the next phase of digital transformation: driving growth. At Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lauren Hobart was promoted from CMO to President, while at KFC, CMO Kevin Hochman became President and Chief Concept Officer.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

The book gives readers a variety of concepts, tools, and techniques as well as explains how to implement them in an organization to increase the efficiency of its project management and business processes. Book a call with our experts to explore its functionality and features in more detail.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. Previously, working in the call center was a solo sport. Every high performer needs both.

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How the Data That Internet Companies Collect Can Be Used for the Public Good

Harvard Business

This is what Sport England did, for instance, when it used data from Twitter to understand women’s views on exercise and exercise messaging to inform and assess its #ThisGirlCan campaign aimed at improving women’s and girls’ health and physical activity. How the Exchange of Data Can Help Solve Public Problems.

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In Product Development, Let Your Customers Define Perfection

Harvard Business

The first company is Porsche, which in the early 2000s launched the Cayenne sports utility vehicle — a vehicle very different from the high-performance sports cars for which it was famous. In the late 1990s, Porsche avoided bankruptcy by making its manufacturing more efficient and its sports cars more reliable.