Martinka Consulting

MARCH 27, 2021

Have a list of tactics, whether it’s for growth, margin improvement, expense reduction, process improvement, an improved culture, or something else. Cover the basics first, and as I’ve written many times, the basics include: Solid financial systems and accurate financial statements. Know what you are going to do.

Small Business 40

Small Business Energy Real Estate Financial 40

Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

As the organization learned to work together better through training, numerous cross functional teams arose to deal with process, quality systems, and procedural issues. This results in missed opportunities for new products, process improvements, or creative solutions to challenges.

Training 99

Training Training Leadership Resources 99

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facing a tight labor market as the holiday shopping season approaches, many retail companies will undoubtedly consider following the lead of Amazon, which recently announced that it is raising its minimum hourly wage for all of its U.S. Luckily, we know a lot about the ingredients of that system. Image Source/Getty Images.

Retail 35

Retail Operations System Transportation 35

Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

After eight years of service, I left and worked at a couple of commercial nuclear power plants and earned a project management certification and a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt, along with my engineering degree. I’m not a strict operator. Sometimes it’s not operational capacity.

Interviews 156

Interviews Company Marketing Operations 156

Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. On one hand, I like projects that enable me to work with employees to figure out how to improve their business. Marketing and Social Media. Blog systems developed by The Mighty Mo!

Organizational Development 73

Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics Consulting 73

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Along the way, I’ve talked to hundreds of founders, sales and marketing leaders, customer success VPs, and front-line reps about how to build a customer-first SaaS organization. Your #1 focus at this stage is product-market fit. I’ve spent the last seven years building the customer success function at HubSpot. What to do.

Metrics 48

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Operations 48

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

I just took my company through an acquisition and found that even the smallest operational change can have a significant negative impact on both employees and customers. While keeping CX top of mind throughout the whole M&A process is challenging, the benefits are undeniable: It keeps your most coveted customers and your team intact.

Operations 33

Operations Culture Deloitte Accenture 33

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Today, aided by digital design and fabrication tools on the one hand and social networking communities and collaboration/sharing tools on the other, an expanded “innovation landscape” is marked by new forms of participation and ownership, with new participants entering new markets and new arrangements of collective innovation.

Intellectual Property 28

Intellectual Property Tools Development Productivity 28

Harvard Business

JULY 8, 2016

The difference between displacement (outperforming existing market incumbents at their own game) and disruption (changing the game) is strategically important, no matter how similar the pain they cause is. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Displacement generally is easier to combat than disruption.

Company 36

Company Apparel Pharmaceuticals Industry 36

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2017

Purchasers of healthcare services encounter widely disparate charges across different healthcare delivery systems for equivalent surgical procedures, varying by up to 40%. ” and “Does the program actually lead to improved value care delivery?” ” What is the process to be selected as a site?

Healthcare 28

Healthcare System Insurance Insurance 28

Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

And through both of those processes, I served as an Operator, and then also as a Project Manager, and then a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt. I was never really clear on exactly who I could help, and what my real benefit in the market was. I felt like they got a lot out of it.

Interviews 156

Interviews Consulting How To Operations 156

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The invention of modern transistors, the adoption of standardized shipping containers, and the advent of low-cost assembly lines in East Asia lowered costs and created larger markets for televisions and radios, setting the stage for an Asian manufacturing powerhouse. By the time that substantial U.S. Mind the Mittelstand.

Engineering 37

Engineering Government Automotive Research 37