Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. However, without a data strategy , the likelihood of achieving successful outcomes is greatly diminished.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 1, 2023

90% Job Relevance 95% Satisfaction 75% Knowledge Gain 90% Net Promoter Score This fast-paced High Tech client needed their sales reps to act and be treated like trusted advisors in order to truly uncover how they could best help their target clients to be successful while moving from on-premises enterprise software to software as a service (SaaS).

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Tom Spencer

MAY 23, 2021

As someone currently in management consulting who has previously done tech sales for a major software company, I was amused by Martin Keller’s article championing tech sales (sometimes known as consultative or customer success driven sales) over management consulting. Professional Development. Transition Opportunities.

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LSA Global

MAY 19, 2022

Almost every business sales training program teaches how to ask effective sales questions. You need to know how sales questions build rapport with customers. A Realistic Sales Scenario Edward, a consulting firm executive, is in his first meeting with Chelsea, who sells enterprise software. But be careful.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. In fact, a recent survey found that connecting with a prospect now takes 18 or more phone calls, callback rates are below 1%, and only 24% of outbound sales emails are ever opened. Why are more and more buyers avoiding salespeople during the buying process?

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Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 31, 2017

I don’t know how to build a pipeline of leads ” or “ I’m not good at sales ” are common refrains. Most of us never had sales training so this concern is understandable, but reframing how we think about business development can turn concern into action. Read any definition of business development and you won’t find the word sales.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2021

After completing several internships in strategy consulting and receiving multiple attractive offers, I became increasingly skeptical whether the job would match my values, my priorities, and my idea of life in my 20s. The sales cycle can last months or even years and includes the establishment of long-lasting business relationships.

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Steve Shu Consulting

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

So as an example of a project on the left side, a software company may have early customer engagements with a straightforward, add-on product that it directly developed (say a GPS mapping tool). Consider using frontier charts and thinking about platform strategies (the latter which may be topic for another post).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Consider the following scenario: A manager wants to purchase some computer software for her business. The analyst recommends a particular software company’s solution. The software company emails relevant materials which the manager reviews before reaching out to an inside salesperson with questions.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 14, 2012

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Steve Shu Consulting

MARCH 23, 2011

companies like Cisco, Avaya, Nortel, Ericsson, IBM) that may sell things like hardware or software. Improper tone for sales meetings – Product companies are often used to marketing-push type sales strategies (e.g., On the other hand, consulting services sales are often more diagnosis, empathy, and solution-driven.

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Women in Consulting

JUNE 12, 2012

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Progressus

AUGUST 29, 2023

Let’s delve into how a robust project accounting strategy can revamp project management, enhance forecast precision, and uplift profitability. For companies where projects are the heartbeat, sales, marketing, and client servicing are the vital vessels supporting this heartbeat.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 20, 2023

Consulting offers a unique breadth of exposure MBB are predominantly strategy consulting firms that mainly work on strategy projects, which are by nature much shorter than the implementation projects undertaken by other consulting firms such as the Big 4 (PwC, EY, KPMG, Deloitte).

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 30, 2010

From a strategy perspective, the approaches are well-structured and remind me of timeless, Michael Porter-esque classics. If you started with the “who” dimension, you might start with a marketing segmentation strategy that is focused on middle-class families in a metro area. Ott, CEO and founder of Exponential Edge Inc.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 20, 2023

Business Plan : Develop a comprehensive business plan that outlines your business goals, strategies, financial projections, and marketing plans. Marketing and Promotion : Develop a marketing strategy that includes digital marketing, content creation, social media, email campaigns, and paid advertising to reach your target audience.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 3, 2023

This might include market research, business planning, financial strategy, or marketing. This plan should outline your business model, target market analysis, financial projections, and strategies for growth. Financial Strategy : Develop a sound financial strategy that covers startup costs, cash flow management, and funding sources.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2012

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Harvard Business

JULY 8, 2016

Customer relationship management software revolutionized how companies manage their sales pipelines. It also allowed organizations to communicate and coordinate more effectively across large sales account teams. Now a new breed of software applications is reshaping sales force management. No strategy is static.

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Women in Consulting

MAY 3, 2012

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The overall organizational system includes three primary systems: The business strategy is all about WHAT the organization wants to accomplish. The organization strategy is about HOW the organization will achieve its business strategy. The people strategy is about the WHO.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In-Depth Exploration of Key US Startup Domains Technology and Software Startups : Facts : Technology startups hold a substantial presence, constituting over 31% of all startups in the US, as per data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In 2021, US e-commerce sales surged to $933.3 in the PropTech market, reaching $18.7

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Women in Consulting

JULY 5, 2012

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. We’ll focus here on what the sales organization should be doing now to prepare for the next recession, with an eye toward using new digital tools.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2012

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Progressus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Factors impacting profit margins include the tendency to allocate 80% of project work with the last 20% of the budget, inaccurate time-sheet reporting, underbidding during the sales process, and client disputes. It provides a high-level overview of business performance, highlighting the sustainability of the current strategy.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

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Kai Davis

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2020

Companies sell products to a broad variety of industries and customer segments, and it’s often hard to know where to focus the sales, marketing and product development efforts. In order to fully benefit from these fans, the sales team needs to understand who they are and be comfortable selling to them. Sales cycle duration.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2013

List of Global Strategy Firms in 2013. BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Global Strategy Firms. Maybe not, but seeing as Sydney is at the other end of the earth you would expect a truly global strategy firm to have an office there (if you want to see a list of purely Aussie strategy firms for 2013, click here ).

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

Jason Oh is a Senior Associate at Strategy& Previously, he was part of the Global Wealth & Asset Management Strategy team of a large financial institution and served EY and Novantas in their strategy consulting business with industry focus in the financial services sector.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Legacy systems are outdated computer systems, software applications, and technologies designed to perform specific tasks in a specific way. The target IT architecture must be capable of supporting the organization’s long-term strategy. What are Legacy Systems? To learn more about Progressus, visit the Progressus site here.

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 22, 2012

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Steve Shu Consulting

MARCH 18, 2011

getting burned and stuck with Small Company’s software source code. Business Development General Management Intrapreneurship Management Consulting Sales And Marketing Alliances Business Strategy Partnerships Strategy' Small Company likes Big Company’s: scale of resources. scope and number of customers.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Due diligence is a process that benefits both sides in a business sale transaction. An experienced mergers & acquisitions professional will outline a strategy & process for facilitating due diligence between the parties. Superficially, this was a reasonable narrative regarding the motivation for sale.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2014

The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Below is our 2014 list of strategy consulting firms in Sydney. This list will be of interest to you if you live in Sydney (or you would like to live in Sydney), and: you want to become a strategy consultant, or. Pacific Strategy Partners. Source: Flickr ).

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 20, 2012

For example, suppose a manager wants to adapt a software product for an adjacent customer market. The other aspect of the audition may be to have the candidate assist with proposal development and lead an aspect of a customer sales pitch meeting. The Associations Versus Strategic Approach – Strategy ideally comes before tactics.

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