Makarios Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

A remote workforce, virtual meetings, video conferencing, and the like are the new normal. How do I know if they are working productively … or working at all? Yes, meetings are tougher to conduct via phone or video conferencing, but don’t let up! COVID-19 has upended the way we do business. Priorities.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

By seeing exactly where and how people spend their time — rather than relying on recollections, anecdotes, or assumptions — executives have a solid basis for taking actions that will raise productivity. Related Video. The company had experienced lackluster sales growth, especially outside of its core product category.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

From the start, Southwest cofounder Herb Kelleher saw his competition not as other airlines but as alternative forms of transportation, whether cars, buses, or trains. ” Beyond the usual financial metrics, JetBlue also measures the strength of its culture and the quality of its experience. ” Related Video.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. When Bernstein hid a set of production lines from managers’ view, the performance of employees on those lines increased by 10% to 15%.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

To motivate, manage, and reward B2B salespeople, many companies use sales incentive plans that link large commissions or bonuses to individual results metrics, such as territory quota achievement. For simple product purchases such as office supplies, many buyers are self-sufficient. Shifting the pay mix more toward salary.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

This is different than social media marketing , where a brand engages many, aiming to increase overall brand awareness or promote a specific product or service by producing content that users will share with their network. Marketing can train salespeople in social media systems, processes, and best practices.

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B2B Sales Media Guidelines 67

Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It provides mission and purpose, brand, vision, goals, desired customer experience, products, and service offerings. It includes: HR practices such as training, staffing and communication, performance metrics and rewards, and performance management and coaching. The people strategy is about the WHO.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

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. If your company offers internal finance training, take advantage of it. Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

They gather associate metrics, coach on best practices, and use historical data to create targets. They report what they learn to leadership and associates, informing future trainings and strategies. RealPlay , TTEC’s award-wining AI-enabled contact center training service, improves associate performance through video role playing.

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Sales Marketing Balance Sheet Data 26

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

They look at their business as platforms, not just as products and services. Geographic business units are responsible for hiring the right people, selling their products, and provisioning new customers. The senior leadership team meets often to look at metrics and trends. Here’s an example to put this into context.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency. Related Video. Go and See.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

” Metric obsession. A famous example is YouTube, which began as a video dating site back in 2005. The site failed to gain traction so the founders, leveraging what they learned while building the original platform, launched another version of the website focusing on sharing videos online, with significantly more success.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. This includes the product, the buying process, the ability to provide support, and customer relationships over time. The metrics also changed. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous. The results?

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Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 50

Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2017

Founders bet years of their lives on finding product market fit, investors bet billions on the future value of ambitious startups, and executives bet that their strategies will increase a company’s prospects. Taking a cue from machine learning, Twitch employees train their forecasting powers against real world historical data.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Watch the 2 minute video above to learn how to use this list of consulting lead generation methods effectively!). Creating a video course. Video presentations. Selling productized consulting. Creating a Video Course. It does not need to be a full-length, 20+ hour video course (you’d charge for that!),

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Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The goal should be to keep children on a trajectory to becoming productive, successful, healthy adults rather than just treating them when they are sick. Still, these metrics have yet to include broader measures of wellness such as academic achievement, involvement in crime, or job outcomes (i.e., health care outcomes.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 20, 2017

Twenty-four medical teams from four neonatal intensive care units in Israel were invited to a training workshop designed to improve quality of care. Teams were told that an expert from the United States would be watching them remotely (with video) and would occasionally comment and advise them. Leaders set the tone.

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Training Training Study Film 28

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Robust training programs and fun company social life take the edge off hard work and long hours, but it’s “up or out” for consultants (“up or out” refers to the mentality that a consultant needs to reach a certain level in the company by a certain time or they could be let go). Deloitte was recently named one of the best workplaces for women.

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