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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

Thrust into crisis mode, employees (and managers), responded as you’d expect: getting rid of the administrative garbage that pollute their days and sharpening their focus on taking care of their customers and critical business functions.

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Have you designed your change and project management capabilities?

Kates Kesler

A manufacturing company undergoing a multi-year transformation effort found they had change and project management people, but they hadn’t brought them together and en abled them t o deliver in an integrated way. . They are responsible for securing funding for their services from b usiness and function leaders. .

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Why Your Productivity Hacks Don’t Hack It

Markovitz Consulting

(Note: a modified version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. afternoons or evenings totally disconnected from work and wireless devices, agreed-upon email blackout times, or uninterrupted work blocks) led to greater job satisfaction and better work-life balance without compromising client service.

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Want To Be On The Leading Edge? Forget About It.

Markovitz Consulting

In my consulting work, I’ve seen business unit managers unable to achieve the market share goals mandated by the CEO because they couldn’t get the IT support for new product development software; Finance and HR support to hire the necessary material scientists; and Operations support to rapidly qualify new suppliers.

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There are 2 Types of Business Buyers, We Want the 3rd Kind

Free Agent CFO

Yep, there are just two types of business acquirers–strategic buyers and financial buyers. When you and I start brainstorming with our clients who could buy their businesses, we always start with competitors or others who know the industry very well. Your client will be there to pluck off the customers that leave en masse.

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Managing Project Stakeholders

The Management Centre

Think about ways in which you can grow their influence, such as banding your followers together en masse. As a busy project manager, this is the group you should spend the least amount of time focusing on. Or contact us about our in-house training and consultancy services on project management. Working with your Doubters.

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Thoughts on PwC’s Booz Purchase

Tom Spencer

Nally stating that the merger will strengthen the scope and quality of PwC’s service offering. People sometimes mistakenly believe that PwC only provides accounting services, when in actual fact its audit business generates less than half its revenues. If they depart en masse , then PwC will be left holding the bag.