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VOMP Your Way Out of a Conflict

Makarios Consulting

Mary Ann acknowledges the need for sales to align better with operations and concedes that some commitments might have been made in haste. During the Moccasins stage, Sam empathizes with Mary Ann’s drive to secure clients in a competitive market. For projects beyond this scope, a formal proposal process will still be required.

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In the Best Sales Teams, About Half of the People Are in Support Roles

Harvard Business

Sales reps are most effective when they have the right amount of support staff, but exactly how much support staff does a company need, and how should it be structured? Call it a Goldilocks quandary: Too little support, and your sales people can’t do their jobs well; too much, and you’re wasting money.

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Social Media Is Too Important to Be Left to the Marketing Department

Harvard Business

Some companies increase their social media staff to offer live responses during big events like the Super Bowl or the Grammys, but then they return to predominately one-way social media or content marketing. Here is a simple process from my book Social Media Strategy, Marketing, and Advertising in the Consumer Revolution.

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Intro to Consulting Case Frameworks

Management Consulted

The frameworks help you quickly identify hot topics that will assist you in solving a case – real or in an interview – in an extremely short – and efficient – amount of time. 1 – Market Sizing. The interviewer wants you to assess the existing market of a product in units or sales. 3 – Market Study.

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China Announces SOE Shakeup: Too Little Too Late to Matter

MishTalk

We now see the effects in steel and cement production, crashing commodity prices, capital flight, and a plunging stock market. China has unveiled the much-awaited guidelines for reform of its bloated state-owned enterprise sector as the latest official data show its economy continuing to slow. China need fools to bail out the system.

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One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business

and scale up after its recent declines in sales and market share. Tight cultures have an efficient orderliness and reassuring predictability, but are less adaptable. Rooted firmly in the manufacturing industry, Amazon has defined processes to maximize its efficiency. Loose cultures are much more fluid.

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5 Steps to becoming a Successful IT Consultant

QEmploy

A consultant can also give organizational advice, offer guidelines for sourcing and managing the client’s IT resources. Such as: What marketable skills and experience can you offer to your customers? In the case of client management, utilising these trends can help client tracking through sales process.