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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. But one person had given him the lowest ratings possible, and from the written remarks, Lance could tell that it was Ahmed Lund, Barker’s head of sales. “You’re surprised?”

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business

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6 Pricing Strategies You Should Consider

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

I was putting together a lecture for Ken Troupe’s Sports Revenue Class and as part of the lecture, I jotted down a few pricing strategies. You also likely leave money on the table or miss sales because you don’t know your market well enough. You receive. Let me share them with you this morning. The downsides are many.

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The Wheaties Box and the Why of Celebrity Endorsements

Harvard Business

” For example, camera maker Canon chose Maria Sharapova, one of Elberse’s case study subjects, because the Russian tennis star represents “power, precision[, and] a sense of style.”

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Better Data Analysis; Improved Business Performance - Think.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

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OC&C Strategy Consultants Interview and Culture

Management Consulted

Depending on the size of the footprint in their region, the amount of managing partners directly correlate to the sales. In your third round, you will encounter two 45-minute case study interviews, this time with partners. These longer interviews are meant to enable you to delve deeper into strategy side of the cases.