Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 19, 2018

Back in 2010, I was part of a team that started one of the early behavioral finance centers with one of the investment manufacturing firms in the United States. One key observation I’ve had is that certain companies can have different strategies for implementing behavioral economics. Mercer UK – Personalised Pension Videos.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy. For example, Alibaba, a leading Chinese e-commerce company, could conduct sentiment analysis of customer reviews of individual products and services, and use these insights to modify existing products and develop new ones.

Data 147

Data Operations Efficiency System 147

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

As a result, many consultants shift to industry and join the client’s side so that they can not only offer solutions but also take more ownership to formulate, execute, and implement a strategy from start to finish. BizOps / Strategy & Operations at tech firms. Corporate Strategy. What is corporate strategy?

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Interviews Case Interview Strategy Strategy 68

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

This helps discern where to focus your time, money and efforts and keeps you from being busy but not productive. EVEN if you feel the crunch on the finances, you do not want to under-value what you can bring to the table. Your marketing messages and tactics still need to be grounded on how to offer a solution to THEIR wants and needs.

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Steve Shu Consulting

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The introduction of new product or service lines into an existing customer base is a challenge that companies often face with new business development. Consider using frontier charts and thinking about platform strategies (the latter which may be topic for another post). Apple’s “there’s an app for that”).

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Software 150

Granite Leadership Strategies

MARCH 22, 2023

As part of a well-functioning business development system and a well-respected pricing strategy practice, keep your pricing team apprised of upcoming bids. The best opportunities come from early pricing strategy homework that includes subcontractor inputs. Ten of the most dynamic and synergistic pricing practices are right here.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

This helps discern where to focus your time, money and efforts and keeps you from being busy but not productive. EVEN if you feel the crunch on the finances, you do not want to under-value what you can bring to the table. Your marketing messages and tactics still need to be grounded on how to offer a solution to THEIR wants and needs.

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Consulting Strategy Strategy Strategy& 202

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

If someone I work with is fabulous at sales but terrible at finance, when we work together, I benefit from their talent in sales, and they benefit from my talent in finance. The late Steve Jobs, a co-founder of Apple, was a brilliant visionary and product guy. This is a profoundly important mindset to become accustomed to.

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Finance Engineering Talent McKinsey 98

MishTalk

DECEMBER 28, 2013

RT reports French broadcasting watchdog CSA eager to tax YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion France''s Superior Council of Audiovisual, an independent broadcasting authority, wants to impose taxes on media giants like YouTube, Facebook and Dailymotion to force them to contribute to financing French culture. billion ($1.8

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Finance Culture Film Advertising 78

Tom Spencer

APRIL 14, 2023

Wealth managers assist their clients to do this through a combination of strategies involving financial planning, investment management, and risk management. Wealth managers may also make recommendations about tax-efficient investment strategies and assist with estate planning to help clients pass on their wealth to future generations.

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Management Financial Real Estate Insurance 88

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal).

Consulting 135

Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

Tom Spencer

MARCH 11, 2022

A few experiential learning opportunities to look for on campus include consulting clubs, finance clubs, student government, and technology development teams. On-campus engagements are opportunities for students to engage with their peers in a productive environment. Opportunities on-campus.

Finance 88

Finance Government Industry Consulting 88

LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2020

Is It Time to Pivot Your Sales Strategy? You will find out just how quickly you can pivot your sales strategy and your sales team when a crisis occurs. Do you need to pivot your sales strategy or sales approach? 3 Steps to Pivot Your Sales Strategy During a Crisis. But hope is not a strategy – especially during a crisis.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Industrial production in the currency bloc''s second largest economy fell 0.3% Over the three months through October, industrial production was 0.6% Over the three months through October, industrial production was 0.6% The disappointment comes after separate data showed Monday that German industrial production dropped 1.2%

Finance 75

Finance Industry Data Report 75

Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 20, 2023

Business Plan : Develop a comprehensive business plan that outlines your business goals, strategies, financial projections, and marketing plans. Finances : Secure startup funding through personal savings, loans, investors, or grants. Product or Service Development : Develop your product or service, keeping customer needs in mind.

Cash Flow 52

Cash Flow Financial Sales Analysis 52

Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2023

I was assigned to a typical strategy engagement – should client X selling product Y increase sales in market Z? However, we struggled to calculate profitability over time, as the client had multiple kinds of products and used various procurement methods. However, be sure not to oversimplify the analysis from the start.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I recently wrote an article about the difference between Planned vs. Emergent Career Strategies. The emergent strategy sometimes reveals itself in the process of pursuing the original career plan. I am finding it EXTREMELY difficult emotionally to manage this pivot from 'Planned Career Strategy' to 'Emergent Career Strategy.'

Strategy 66

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Engineering 66

Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. Here are some strategies to improve your financial intelligence. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .”

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Finance Balance Sheet How To Metrics 28

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 12, 2020

After a decade of growing organic herbs and vegetables and raising farm animals, a family-run New England farm decided to pivot and produce high-end functional CBD products. This pivot required the organization to change its business model from wholesale agricultural commodities to the production and retail of consumer goods.

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Case Study Case Studies Cash Flow Retail 53

Markovitz Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2020

All too often, companies that strive for first mover advantage bleed their products—or their entire organization—to death. Peter Golder and Gerard Tellis’s seminal study of 500 brands in 50 product categories reveals that almost half of market pioneers fail. Good luck finding any of those products today.

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Guidelines Operations Talent Sports 140

Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2013

List of Global Strategy Firms in 2013. BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Global Strategy Firms. Maybe not, but seeing as Sydney is at the other end of the earth you would expect a truly global strategy firm to have an office there (if you want to see a list of purely Aussie strategy firms for 2013, click here ).

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

Designing an optimal channel distribution strategy (e.g. Determining appropriate product pricing (e.g. Prioritizing new product development efforts. Choosing specific product features. For example, the analytics team might find that one customer segment tends to use the product weekly, while another just monthly.

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Apparel Retail Examples Productivity 103

Steve Shu Consulting

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Management consulting projects can span diverse areas from operational to finance to marketing to strategy to IT management, etc. Roles in these newer consulting firms are positions analogous to product manager, UX design, digital marketing, data scientist, etc. plus traditional consulting roles.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 7, 2017

When Strategy Aligns Behavior. A clear, well understood strategy aligns employee behavior within the priorities of the business. When Strategy Does Not Align Behavior. Just think what can happen when the strategy is unclear, unsupported or too far-fetched. R&D developing products that target customers do not value.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Sales 38

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong. OC&C Strategy Consultants. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. 30/F, One International Finance Centre. Definitions.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 12, 2023

Ensure these goals align with your long-term financial strategy. Cost Reduction Strategies : Implement cost reduction strategies based on the consulting service’s recommendations. Pricing and Revenue Analysis : Analyze your pricing strategy and explore opportunities for increasing revenue.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 12, 2014

You are valued for your ability to review/cut/analyze data and use the results to come up with solutions and strategies to your clients’ dilemmas. You will learn how to improve productivity, how to provide more choice to customers, how to reduce response times, and how to improve quality. What should your strategy be?

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Course Development Consulting Finance 184

Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2014

The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Below is our 2014 list of strategy consulting firms in Sydney. This list will be of interest to you if you live in Sydney (or you would like to live in Sydney), and: you want to become a strategy consultant, or. Pacific Strategy Partners. Source: Flickr ).

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

By not dancing, CEOs cost their companies billions of dollars of lost employee innovation, productivity, and customer service. In the 1940’s, Peter Drucker praised the company for its product decentralization but criticized it, even back then, for treating employees as a feudal cost center rather than a base of knowledge and potential.

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Emotional Intelligence Study Leadership Finance 88

Business Consulting Agency

JULY 20, 2023

Step 2: Business Planning and Strategy Once the idea is crystallized, the next phase involves crafting a comprehensive business plan. A well-structured business plan outlines the company’s mission, vision, goals, target market, competitive landscape, revenue projections, and operational strategies.

Operations 52

Operations Efficiency Consulting Marketing 52

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 19, 2019

In technology and software companies, there are product management (PM) and product marketing management (PMM) roles. They both focus on a product, so how do they divide the tasks that need to be done? So, what happens to other tasks like product strategy? Responsibilities of PM and PMM. Image: Pexels.

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Engineering Productivity Enterprise Marketing 60

Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 29, 2019

As the WSJ explains: " Hoshin Kanri holds that all workers should understand the company’s strategy and how their role can contribute to it, enabling feedback and improvement to come up from lower levels." Naturally, he’s trying to instill many of those elements to GE. Consider hoshin kanri.

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Operations Journal Metrics Finance 100

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

They make sense of a complicated issue and help guide others through a course of action that’s productive and effective. If you can articulate the finance department’s concerns better than they can, you’re trusted by those in that department. How to Live an Amazing Life – Sign Up for Free Tips and Strategies for your Career and Life.

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Media Advertising Finance Engineering 98

Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 23, 2024

A single misstep, whether in product quality, customer service, or ethical considerations, can tarnish a brand’s image irreparably. These inefficiencies hinder productivity and hamper the ability to adapt to market dynamics. Rebuilding trust is often a long and arduous process.

Consulting 52

Consulting Turnaround ROI Case Study 52

Progressus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Most companies have a finance and operational system in place, but siloed systems can’t go beyond everyday business processes or help with future business growth. It doesn’t just offer data connectivity within your ERP system, but also within your productivity tools, e-commerce, and even customer engagement solutions.

Software 52

Software ROI Efficiency Operations 52

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Business development consultants engage in ‘prospecting’ which involves searching for potential customers who are likely to be a good fit for the product or service being offered. We prefer your competitor’s product. The important part is finding potential customers who have problems that your client can solve. Who are you?

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Development Consulting B2C B2B 88

Chad Barr

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

LEGO: A Blueprint for Collaboration and Individual Ingenuity At the dawn of the 2000s, LEGO found itself on the brink of collapse, its brand diluted and finances in turmoil. The appointment of Jørgen Vig Knudstorp as CEO marked the turning point.

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