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Avoiding Costly Business Mistakes With Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

Case Studies: The Tangible Impact of Business Consulting Financial Turnaround: A struggling manufacturing company sought the expertise of a business consultant to address financial challenges. The tangible impact of consulting services is reflected in case studies and quantifiable metrics.

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

Why are Case Studies used? Note that they are not looking for a “right answer”; they are looking for a “right method” Types of case studies. Here are some examples of different approaches across industries; Management Consulting : tend to use “operational” type case studies (more details below).

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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

Consider the example of Nicolas, a regional sales vice president at a medical devices company. When promoted to his new role, he inherited a group of district sales managers responsible for selling to hospital systems in their respective geographies. The result: wasted time and unnecessary frustration. SOURCE Michael Watkins. ©

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Negotiating with Clients You Can’t Afford to Lose

Harvard Business

Whatever they ask for, you deliver with your best team and best turnaround — even if it’s unreasonable or unprofitable. No wonder a recent study showed that salespeople worry more about the price conversation than any other part of the sales cycle. ” You can’t afford to lose them.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

As organic wine pioneer Jonathan Frey remarked in an interview, “These large companies would finance scientific studies to prove that organic was a joke and didn’t have any health benefits.” The Turnaround. ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either. What changed?

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

These include manufacturing, budgeting, planning, sales and marketing, and customer service. For an example of digitally-enabled business model transformation, consider Domino’s Pizza, which has experienced a massive turnaround since 2010.

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Internal Hires Need Just as Much Support as External Ones

Harvard Business

He had spent his entire 14-year career at the company, had worked hard, and had rapidly climbed the ranks in sales and marketing. In a related study, I found that leaders making internal moves between units in their companies rated the difficulty of their transitions an average of 70% as hard as joining a new company.