Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Take Dell Technologies, for example.

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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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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Although senior executives recognize that strategy delivery is important, many leaders today say their organizations struggle with designing and guiding implementations that truly deliver on their business strategy goals. “That’s where the rubber hits the road.” “That’s where the rubber hits the road.”

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Epicflow

APRIL 30, 2025

These tools are essential for translating the strategy into action, while their features should guarantee optimal resource allocation and utilization, risk management , and prioritization of projects and tasks. Read further to learn what tools will help you execute your organizations strategy and drive business performance in 2025.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2018

Healthcare data is also highly prized on the black market because there are so many lucrative ways to use it fraudulently, so it’s often a more attractive target than financial or other personal data. Craft a Behavior-Change Strategy. Work those into your behavior change strategy.

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Management Consulted

MAY 7, 2017

McKinsey’s Bay Area offices serve major technology and financial firms, as well as leading healthcare and retail companies needing strategy and innovation help. Here’s why: the firm’s leadership is always looking for new strategy and new, creative ways to bring value to clients. General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2018

However, the end goal is to connect with the organization, and be passionate about taking initiative to develop valuable recommendations. Jason Oh is a management consulting enthusiast with past experience in helping F500 financial services clients with product management, go-to-market and distribution channel strategy.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 20, 2018

I worked with a financial planning company last year that targeted middle-class families in the Buffalo New York area. Pillar Five: Focused Marketing Strategy. A Random marketing strategy is much like the collection of marketing activities I outlined at the top of the article. That’s the power of a focused marketing strategy.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2023

For example, in the financial industry, AI can be used to detect fraud, predict stock prices, and manage risk. This allows consultants to focus on higher-value activities such as problem-solving, strategy development, and client communication. AI systems are only as good as the data they are trained on.

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Kates Kesler

AUGUST 29, 2012

People & Strategy, 2010. We long have been fascinated by the overlap between leadership and organization development. They grapple with the question of how to align the components of the organization to execute strategy and remove barriers so that members of the organization can make the right decisions and do their best work.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2024

Entering a foreign market comes with inherent challenges. Many global companies tend to overcome those challenges by minimizing their foreignness and assimilating into the local environments. However, maintaining and embracing foreignness can yield unforeseen advantages.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2016

A similarly difficult, but necessary, “letting go” challenge: GE’s decision to divest its once successful financial service businesses. After the Great Recession, the company’s strategy shifted to protect it against cyclicality. ” Create win-win incentives.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

VP, Marketing, Communication, and Strategy 2011 – present. As the 8 th person to join this now 178-person manufacturer of recycled plastic building materials, created—from scratch—brand strategy and fully-functioning commercial infrastructure. Overall Strategy and Success. in revenue and 70 customers.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2017

To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine. It may be investing in a product it doesn’t understand, which happened at Lehman Brothers during the global financial crisis. The second is the divergent aspect. .”

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines. I essentially work with the clients internally to set up marketing and brand strategies for success. Those roles that I had were fantastic.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

” When leaders “execute a strategy,” they usually mean the former — putting an idea into action. Execution is often where strategies go to die. So what determines whether execution brings life or death to your strategy? .” On the other, it means, “the carrying out of a death sentence.”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When it comes to setting strategy, which is more effective: one great thinker or a wise crowd? To find out, I turned to my ongoing Top Pricer Tournament , in which 884 people — managers, consultants, professors, students — make pricing strategy decisions for a generic business competing against other generic businesses.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

But how did it hit on this winning strategy? IKEA’s success did not result from the kind of planful strategy development that is still taught in some business schools. The company also has a unique manufacturing strategy and business model. Quite the contrary.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

and status of financial commitments – commitments like sales orders, purchase orders, payroll, inventory, shipping, and taxes. In 1999-2000, PwC decided to have MCS disengage with current audit clients and did not selling financial systems design and implementation services. Something had to be done, and quickly.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

For the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama hired one of Facebook’s early employees, Chris Hughes, to drive the campaign’s technology strategy. They create a digital strategy, develop assets such as websites, emails, ads, and mobile apps, and then continuously monitor performance to optimize user engagement.

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