Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I’ll share the lessons I’ve learned about balancing entrepreneurship and parenthood, from setting clear intentions for your business to making sure your systems and strategies work for you, not against you. Efficiency is the name of the game here. This will save you time and help you scale more efficiently.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Small businesses are increasingly tapping into the power of AI to drive growth, enhance efficiency, and improve customer service. Increased Efficiency One of the most significant benefits AI offers small businesses is improved efficiency through automation. Additionally, AI-powered tools can be used to enhance market strategies.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

These relationships can create efficient new sales channels and powerful feedback mechanisms or unlock entirely new business models. We frequently find that executive teams understand the potential of a reinvented distribution strategy; however, they are unclear on how to proceed. Three Images/Getty Images.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. Following the assessment, Brimstone began by working with the leadership team to develop a comprehensive strategy. The SBF ensures the entire team owns the strategy. CASE STUDY. A critical part of the process and outcome was an aligned team.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 24, 2024

Diversify Revenue Streams One fundamental strategy for business resilience is to diversify revenue streams. Embrace Innovation Innovation can be a game-changer for businesses by simultaneously enabling them to operate more efficiently and open up new revenue streams. He studied Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 24, 2024

AI’s ability to analyze vast amounts of data, automate complex processes, and provide insights has revolutionized how businesses approach efficiency and innovation. AI in Streamlining Operations AI technology has made significant strides in optimizing operational efficiency.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2024

The root problem is the disconnect between strategy and innovation. Priorities might include developing new products, expanding into new markets, enhancing the customer experience, increasing operational efficiency, or embracing sustainability. Business unit and functional-level strategies (e.g.,

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

Here are some of the strategies that we’ve used, which are hopefully helpful for your business whether it’s an early-stage startup with limited funding or a more mature organization that has a restricted budget. At our company, Hatch Apps , we’ve learned to get creative.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Front-line sales professionals and managers rarely find the majority of these capabilities useful in winning more business for the company. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. And the sales team — well, they mostly hated it.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 12, 2025

Creating, refining, and collaborating on content efficiently is crucial for business success. Saving Time & Enhancing Productivity For professionals who create content regularly, efficiency is key. Start leveraging ChatGPT Canvas today, and experience the transformation in your content strategy, productivity, and results!

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Nearly 56% of survey respondents believe they cannot demonstrate improvements in on-time project delivery, organizational efficiency, or profitability. The lesson we can learn from MHI is to create an environment conducive to innovative practices, which means communicating the company’s goals and strategies to pursue them.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For many executives battling through economic headwinds in emerging markets, the answer tends to be wherever they think someone will provide the strongest boost to top-line growth, which usually means hiring an additional sales or marketing manager to support the commercial front lines. Somewhere else?

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

As a result, businesses are able to provide recommendations that simultaneously enhance customer satisfaction and increase sales revenue. More Efficient Operations AI enables businesses to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks, freeing up human resources to focus on more complex and strategic activities.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 11, 2023

And the ick we all get from those non-stop “connection” requests are cold-call sales in disguise. Lisa Kanda is a LinkedIn marketing expert who is passionate about efficiency and authenticity. It’s, for this reason, I’m excited to have Lisa “Less is More” Kanda on the show.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 19, 2025

Automation & Efficiency Pre-Written Email Templates : Access an unlimited library of templates for every marketing scenario—newsletters that people actually read, promotions that convert, and surveys that gather meaningful data. Of course, I do worry occasionally that I’m making myself obsolete by sharing these AI secrets.

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LSA Global

JUNE 3, 2024

Top 10 Steps to Better Design Strategy Success Metrics Workplace metrics impact workplace behaviors and performance. Strategic buy-in and strategy execution hinges on the ability to measure success accurately and transparently. Designed properly, strategy success metrics provide clear direction, motivation, and accountability.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2018

That’s why, no matter what your social media strategy is, it’s always a good idea to go back and make sure you have the basics covered. Although 97% of Fortune 500 corporations are on LinkedIn, 84% are on Facebook, and 86% are on Twitter, many brands entered the social media front lines without a clear strategy.

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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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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 17, 2023

Sari's experience is invaluable as she helps parents break down tasks into manageable pieces to aid in their parenting, an approach that also proves beneficial in my Purpose to Profits Academy, assisting entrepreneurs to become more efficient in their marketing and sales efforts.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 17, 2023

Sari's experience is invaluable as she helps parents break down tasks into manageable pieces to aid in their parenting, an approach that also proves beneficial in my Purpose to Profits Academy, assisting entrepreneurs to become more efficient in their marketing and sales efforts.

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Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Image generated by AI using a free version of Canva Of course you’ve heard of ChatGPT but are you using it to work smarter and more efficiently yet? Use prompts like "Generate ideas for improving client engagement" or "Brainstorm innovative strategies for project XYZ." If not, you should be! not creative) to 1.5 really creative).

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

Aggregated total sales is a poor proxy because firms need to distribute inventory geographically, necessitating hyperlocal forecasts. The traditional way of solving this problem is using time-series econometrics with historical sales data. Improved pricing. Predictive maintenance.

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2025

Top 10 Sales Rep Performance Checklist: Essential Habits for Success We know from sales leadership simulation assessment data that top sales reps do not just wing it they follow a disciplined, strategic, and customer-first sales process. Using storytelling to make the sales pitch compelling, engaging, and relatable.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. The second type, known as adaptive performance , is how effectively your organization diverges from its strategy. military says, volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity , where technology and strategy changes rapidly. Related Video.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Along the way, I’ve talked to hundreds of founders, sales and marketing leaders, customer success VPs, and front-line reps about how to build a customer-first SaaS organization. Don’t optimize for efficiency. Your business model is still in flux, and flexibility is more valuable than efficiency and cost savings.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

Data is not always shared efficiently. Many of the world’s biggest companies operate in silos — for example, their customer service and sales departments do not share a customer relationship management (CRM) database , and employees don’t collaborate around the customer to ensure a powerful customer experience.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 20, 2017

The Strategy Skills Podcast by Michael Boricki The Strategy Skills Podcast is the channel where strategy partners teach you the tools and techniques to solve mankind’s greatest problems. Sales for Nerds by Reuben Shwartz. High Ticket Sales Secrets by Dan Lok 10 minutes a day. 7 days a week. 365 days a year.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2020

It’s a great challenge to accurately measure the effects of advertising, packaging, distribution channels, media expenditures, social media Likes and Tweets, and sales organizational structure on brand share or sales revenue. Optimizing these micro elements of marketing typically yields improvements in sales revenue and market share.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

That’s why a growing number of biopharma firms have been selling or spinning off parts of their businesses, such as Novartis’s sale of its influenza vaccine business to CSL, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s sale of its diabetes division to AstraZeneca, and Biogen’s spin-off of its hemophilia business.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

This is how I help my clients in my signature Business and Brand Strategy and Messaging program. Like any business, the first step is strategy – what do you do, for whom, and why. And it's not enough for this strategy to exist on paper. You must enjoy what you do more than your fear of marketing or sales.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 7, 2023

This article will explore some of the most notable examples of AI in consulting, including its use in market research, strategy development, and operational optimisation. This can help consultants to identify key market trends, develop more accurate market research reports, and craft more effective marketing strategies.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2023

In manufacturing, AI can be used to optimise supply chains, increase the efficiency of production processes, and predict equipment failures. Automation One of the key benefits of AI is that it can help consultants to work more efficiently, by providing faster and more accurate analysis.

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Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2017

Sales organizations want flexibility to meet changing customer demands while engineering and operations need stability to drive scale and efficiency. Offices in different countries or regions want solutions specific to their unique markets, while corporate headquarters requires all units to align to a single, clear strategy.

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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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LSA Global

MAY 6, 2024

92% Satisfaction 91% Knowledge Gain 93% Net Promoter Score This fast-paced technology client wanted Effective Sales Presentation Training to help their business development team to consistently present compelling pitches and holistic solutions to executive-level buyers in order to win new business. Learn more about getting aligned.

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