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Could Your Business Use an Advisory Board?

IMC USA

Do you need a fresh perspective to help expand your operations? Advisory boards focus on "big picture” issues--such as compensation, market strategy, and succession planning--rather than day-to-day operational difficulties. If retired, outsiders may lack the energy to productively serve your board. Use the Pluses.

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business

All three factors have become more common over time, which we argue stems from firms’ increasing reliance on intangible and knowledge inputs in their business models. Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms.

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Using the Right Performance Metrics: Watch out for P&Ls

Kates Kesler

Historically, P&L’s attached to each line of business (LOB) led to siloed offerings that focused management energy on individual profit targets. For example, one LOB is best suited to acquire a broad customer base, even if this means operating at a loss.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

However, extensive energy can be spent learning the political dynamics, internal processes, and even standard operating procedures for software tools. I joined consulting to learn new things constantly, but over time I also realized I wanted to gain depth rather than persistently add breadth to my knowledge base.

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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

The physical strength of men was no longer needed to accomplish knowledge based work and so the bonafide job qualifications were leveled. Yet we are not there because we are still operating in corporate cultures that are aligned towards how man think and operate vs. how women are wired.