68 PRINCE2® and PMBOK®
Gina Abudi
JULY 17, 2013
Project Management managing projects PMBOK® PMI PRINCE2™ project framework project methodology projects
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Perspectives on the future of space exploration
McKinsey
JULY 10, 2017
Five leaders from industry, academia, and business outline the realities of sending new technologies, research methodologies, and business models into orbit.
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Why zero-based budgeting makes sense again
McKinsey
JANUARY 5, 2018
Advanced digitization, enhanced behavioral understanding, and smarter organizational and governance models spark a renaissance for a decades-old methodology. Our Insights
Ops 4.0: Fueling the next 20 percent productivity rise with digital analytics
McKinsey
APRIL 20, 2017
Thanks to innovations in digitization and analytics, four new methodologies can yield the productivity breakthroughs organizations need. Business needs to raise productivity more than ever. Our Insights
How retailers can improve price perception—profitably
McKinsey
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
New methodologies, powered by big data and advanced analytics, can help retailers attract value-conscious consumers without sacrificing margins. Our Insights
The origin of assets
The Source
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Puny products and mutant methodologies will be discarded, beaten in the race of commercial life by a new generation of clinically-crafted tools. It’s tempting, oh so tempting, to ascribe some type of Darwinian process to the way in which consulting firms productise their services.
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There's More to Earnings than Earnings per Share
Strategy+Business
MARCH 5, 2018
But most companies don't have a methodology or process for measuring this kind of ROI. The key is to develop a robust valuation methodology, apply it using sophisticated optimization tools, and create a comprehensive governance process to support the efforts Earnings per share is only half the equation for profits. It matters how effectively you allocate capital -- how you invest in equipment or R&D -- and the returns you get on those investments.
The Core of Your Consulting Selling Conversation
David A Fields
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
Talking about processes and methodologies are important, but take a back seat.
When Top-Down Change Isn’t Working, Hand the Keys to Frontline Staff
BCG
JUNE 8, 2017
Article Thursday, June 08, 2017 The World Bank turned to agile methodologies, implemented from the bottom up, to improve operational efficiency and employee satisfaction. Operations head Kyle Peters describes the challenges and successes. Article
Please Hold and Listen to Horrid Music While We Pretend to Find Ms. Jones
Alan Weiss
AUGUST 4, 2019
How simple or difficult are your methodology and systems? The more complex we make things in the name of high technology, the more difficult they are to use: hotel phone systems, big screen TVs, car dashboards, cable boxes, airplane entertainment systems.
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Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Want to Crack Down on Sanctuary Cities: Or Does It?
MishTalk
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Here is the infographic but I cannot find the poll questions or the poll methodology. Citing a Harris-Harvard poll, The Hill reports Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Sanctuary Cities. more…). Economics
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Real Male Earnings Below 1973 Level: Median Household Income Improvement Entirely Due to Rising Female Earnings
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
The Census Bureau report Income and Poverty in the US 2016 shows real household income in the US hit a new record high of $59,039 in 2016 thanks to a methodology change and rising incomes of women. Real, inflation adjusted, earnings of men are below where they were in 1973. more…). Economics
How Much Should I Charge for my Consulting Services?
Consulting Matters
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Get clear on your pricing philosophy : Contrary to what you have heard, your price isn't determined by the market rate for your methodology or your expertise.
How Much Should I Charge for my Consulting Services?
Consulting Matters
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Get clear on your pricing philosophy : Contrary to what you have heard, your price isn't determined by the market rate for your methodology or your expertise.
10 Tips to Increase Your Close Rates
Consulting Matters
JANUARY 13, 2019
To deliver your full value as a consultant, you have to know how to take charge of the initial client conversations and transition the discussion from one about delivery of a specific methodology to resolving a business performance gap.
Why Do Management Consulting Firms Hire MBAs?
Steve Shu Consulting
OCTOBER 8, 2017
An MBA training provide consultants with some minimum common business language, culture, methodologies, and skills that they can use in the field. Prior to my current role, I spent many years in the traditional management consulting space.
Consulting and Coaching: Be Wary of Mixing the Two
Successful Independent Consulting
APRIL 28, 2017
After that, though, the methodologies diverge. If you describe yourself as both a consultant and coach, this article is for you. There’s a lot of grey area and overlap between the two. Many self-employed professionals go to market as both.
A Professional Services Marketing Self-Assessment
Prudent Pedal
OCTOBER 8, 2019
It is a powerful, intuitive tool built from my decades-long learnings and Prudent Pedal’s more comprehensive growth and marketing assessment methodology used to help leadership teams accelerate growth. I’m releasing a new Professional Services Marketing Assessment.
How do you implement your marketing consistently and successfully?
The More Clients Blog
JUNE 10, 2019
Yes, there are marketing systems and methodologies. Doing things consistently at the same time and with the same methodology really helps. It would be nice to think that there’s a secret strategy for implementing your marketing both successfully and consistently.
Major Challenges Facing the Consulting Industry
QEmploy
MAY 9, 2019
This is where agile methodologies come in. Unfortunately, these methodologies tend to be underestimated, as they are considered a “hard-to-sell item,” by our client, Kristian Skjellerup. Nonetheless, countless companies have already implemented the process of agile methodologies.
10 Tips to Increase Your Close Rates
Consulting Matters
JANUARY 13, 2019
To deliver your full value as a consultant, you have to know how to take charge of the initial client conversations and transition the discussion from one about delivery of a specific methodology to resolving a business performance gap.
Advance Notice: Subtract 0.2 Percentage Points From GDP Report
MishTalk
APRIL 28, 2017
Of course, GDP is already one of the most revised stats, but this quarter estimate may be particularly bad due to methodology changes not implemented in time. Whatever the GDP report shows Friday morning, it’s likely to be on the high side by 0.2 percentage points. more…). Economics
A Great offsite facilitator
Consultants' Consultant
JANUARY 1, 2018
The methodologies used by a great offsite facilitator gets a clear outcome and brief from the client then runs the off-site interactively and iteratively does a needs […]. Consultants Consultant: The qualities of a great offsite facilitator are many and varied. When you are looking for a great facilitator, here’s some things you may want to take into account.
How to Present to Executives
Prudent Pedal
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Drop the “intros,” “our methodology,” “our team,” and “questions.” Fold your methodology and team information into the rationale and cost of your recommendations. Over my career, I have received, given or simply observed thousands of briefings, pitches, and proposals.
Scott Oldford on Email Marketing for Consultants [VIDEO]
Tsavo Neal
APRIL 6, 2018
People get on consultations not because you’re amazing or you’re great — what they really want more than anything else is to see if you have a methodology or process that provides the “path to redemption.”
3 More Reasons to Hire a Consultant
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 15, 2014
Consultants can provide genuine expertise, tested methodologies, and quality resources on a variable cost basis. Proprietary ‘Toolkit’: Many consultants use methodologies to help them simplify and standardise their approach to different kinds of issues.
Supplementing Your Pipeline with Consulting Agencies
Successful Independent Consulting
OCTOBER 5, 2017
An agency is different than a consulting firm because agencies usually place one person at a time, and they assume consultants are bringing their own methodology and tools. Photo: ID 76303802 © Leowolfert | Dreamstime.
Are You Overly Enamored?
Martinka Consulting
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
What about service providers who get hung up on their methodology? In other words, don’t fall in love with your methodology, figure out what your client’s problem is and fix it. Some friends have a daughter in her early 30’s who has a decent but not high paying job, is attractive and outgoing, and still lives at home. When I stated the daughter needs a boyfriend the mom said, “Oh, I know, but she’s so fussy.” Maybe, and maybe mom’s rose-colored glasses are on.
7 Steps to Establishing Credibility with Your Next High Paying Client
Consulting Matters
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
At the end of the day, the main thing that you sell to your client is not your methodologies or even your expertise. It's how do you transition the conversation from talking about methodology to business performance gaps. Hooray your marketing efforts have paid off!
Measuring Professional Services Marketing Effectiveness
Prudent Pedal
OCTOBER 15, 2019
If I were to ask chief marketing officers (CMO) at professional services firms around the world to measure their teams’ current marketing effectiveness on a scale of 1-5, I suspect that I might get a lot of 4s.
It’s No Longer All About Me
Women in Consulting
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Value proposition: Talent, Expertise and Methodologies to drive scale beyond the sale. Working with the same people repeatedly so that we develop consistent methodologies and strong teams. :: Scale is not safe and contained. It’s worth it, but it’s also scary. My vision is the product.
The Thought Leader Interview: Eric Ries
Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
But Eric Ries, known for extolling the virtues of rapid-fire innovation through ideas like "minimum viable product"--a methodology for getting new products (sometimes barely functioning prototypes) into the hands of customers as early as possible--views things in a different light Most of us think of entrepreneurship as the antithesis of traditional management.
Need Clients Now? 5 Strategies to Quickly Get More Consulting Clients
Consulting Matters
JANUARY 7, 2019
Do you focus your energy on selling yourself, your mission or methodology OR do you position yourself as a strategic partner who is ready to help solve a clients most pressing business performance challenges.
Why Your Client Doesn't Care How Smart You Are (And What They Really Want to Know)
Consulting Matters
JANUARY 8, 2018
In marketing it shows up in explaining your value proposition with methodologies and tactics you can offer. The number one way that really smart consultants get in the way of their own success is struggling with the fear that that they don't have what it takes.
It’s No Longer All About Me
Women in Consulting
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Value proposition: Talent, Expertise and Methodologies to drive scale beyond the sale. Working with the same people repeatedly so that we develop consistent methodologies and strong teams. :: Scale is not safe and contained. It’s worth it, but it’s also scary. My vision is the product.
Join Our 2019 Strengths Communicator Training! (Podcast)
Leadership Vision Consulting
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
On the show, I talk with our President, Brian Schubring to unpack not only our methodology for teaching others about what we do but also some common elements and universal takeaways. On this episode of the podcast, we’re talking all about our Strengths Communicator Training.
Agile Development’s Biggest Failure Point—and How to Fix It
BCG
AUGUST 17, 2016
Agile development has gone mainstream, but the software development methodology that helped hundreds of Silicon Valley startups explode onto the scene has delivered decidedly mixed results for more traditional organizations. Article Wednesday, August 17, 2016.
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