Tom Spencer

MAY 27, 2017

Thanks to technological advancements, this is now very cost effective with companies like Process Street or SweetProcess specialising in standardising operating procedures. His aim is to help small businesses professionalise by filling in the missing gaps that are holding them back, whether marketing or administration, sales or bookkeeping.

Small Business 60

Small Business Survey Management Sales 60

Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2016

Namely, makers need large blocks of uninterrupted time in order to solve complex problems and imagine new solutions. Managers operate at the center of a complex web of customers, external partners, and internal stakeholders. For them, having a meeting at 9 AM and another at 1 PM could destroy the productivity of the entire day.

Meeting 35

Meeting Management Fashion Operations 35

Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

At the same time, managers need to continue to motivate employees who fear their jobs being replaced by robots. market share in online sales. This creates a dilemma for leaders. Clearly, any enterprise that doesn’t embrace automation won’t be able to survive any better than a farmer with a horse-drawn plow.

Efficiency 28

Efficiency How To Energy Accenture 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 18, 2018

For the last six years, we have worked with a group of top marketing executives and business leaders in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area from companies large and small. Melissa Waters, CMO of Lyft, says “Any customer these days is asking for transparency on what a company stands for and why they operate.

Marketing 41

Marketing Metrics Healthcare Company 41

Women in Consulting

MARCH 5, 2018

But they operate very differently in that marketplace. It might be a course in time management or project management or a one-day team building retreat. Maybe it is a “package” of marketing materials for a new product launch. Consultants and vendors both bring expertise to the marketplace.

Consulting 54

Consulting Comparison Course Productivity 54

Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. Another hidden back-end cost of unstable schedules was the inordinate amount of time managers spent on the schedule: one manager of a large store decreased time spent from three days to four hours.

Retail 28

Retail Sales Productivity Research 28

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2017

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

Management 53

Management Company Balance Sheet Talent 53

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

While there will still be high-stakes, time-sensitive issues like beating a competitor to market with a new product, acknowledge that endurance is the goal, and speed is not the best or only metric of long-term success. Consistency between what you say and do is essential.

Boston Consulting Group 42

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 42