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Consulting 101: Operations, Hierarchies, and Types of Firms

Tom Spencer

Learning how consulting firms operate can help you better understand what you would do as an analyst. Your business just launched a new product and needs to market it. Market trends have changed, and you want to make sure the product will reach the correct target customer. How do Consulting Firms Work? Large Consulting Firms.

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Consultant Marketing Listen or Lead?

Jerry Fletcher

Suddenly marketing gals and guys are debating whether to listen or lead and how the pandemic reaction will affect that going forward. Consultant Marketing is different…or is it? We know from 17 years of research that Consultant Marketing is not like traditional product marketing. Then a pandemic got in the way.

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Navigating the Entrepreneurial Journey

Business Consulting Agency

Conduct Comprehensive Market Research Once you have identified your areas of interest and expertise, conduct comprehensive market research to assess the demand, competition, and market dynamics within the selected industry or niche.

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Chief Ecosystem Officer – Taking Customer Centricity to the Next Level

Kates Kesler

Specifically, how can we ensure that we are appropriately looking ahead, curating market opportunities, and defining holistic responses to address the specific needs of our customers? Doesn’t the Chief Marketing Officer look at opportunities out in the market?

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

long term vs short term investments, M&A activity, enterprise vs operating unit accountability). And it will mean getting comfortable with influence derived from sources other than positional power, such as a decision right that is tipped one way or another for key operating issues or budget control that is granted to a new unit/function.2

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Shadow functions pop up in the markets and business units when leaders become frustrated with bureaucratic colleagues at the center. Global businesses that are trying to drive scale and agility through integration across markets must share a common design logic that enables consistent connection points that add value. An Example.

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Start Slow, Finish Fast: Rightsizing Your Organization the Right Way

Kates Kesler

Consider these five factors: Customers Strategy and Organization Capabilities Operating Model Organization Shape Talent. Operating Model. Even the best run companies are faced with right sizing due to market fluctions, technological advancements, demand shifts, and industry disrupters. Customers. Start slow, finish fast.