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Q&A On Management Consulting and Leadership Topics (On Quora)

Steve Shu Consulting

What metrics should be used to track the performance of a professional services organization? What is the first important question should a management consultant ask in a first client meeting? Are MBAs required for a startup to thrive and cross the chasm between ideation and execution? Let me know what you think.

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Bank Valuation: Understanding Key Ratios and Metrics

Tom Spencer

In the previous article , we looked at how banks make money and how they must meet capital requirements. In this article, we will explore the importance of profitability ratios and valuation metrics that are crucial when analyzing banks. It is not a useful metric for comparing different business lines.

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What if the Prospect is Long-Winded (or Unfocused)?

David A Fields

A question I was asked: What if you have a forty-five-minute minute meeting with a prospect and she spends the whole time talking about her situation and she never get to other parts of the Context Discussion like outcomes, metrics, and parameters? What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What has worked for you?

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How to Be an Effective Consultant on Virtual Projects

Successful Independent Consulting

You may need to have more meetings because you won't be able to bump into them, or just walk over to their desk, but don't be shy about it. Let's meet on Thursday to cover these topics, and then we'll connect again on Monday and we'll address these other topics." Let's maybe meet for coffee. What time might work?"

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

In a recent survey with Demand Gen Report, we found 59% of experienced practitioners (those with ABM programs more than a year old) indicated their ABM programs are meeting or greatly exceeding their expectations, while only 45% of novices (those with ABM programs less than one year old) could say the same.

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When Leaders Torture Their Employees

Markovitz Consulting

In a misguided attempt to improve quality, the management posts monthly scores on a variety of metrics. without understanding anything about effective use of metrics. Imagine the monthly meetings with team members, where management demands to know why the “Connection” score dropped from 32 to 29 between November and December.

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Top 10 Steps to Better Design Strategy Success Metrics

LSA Global

Top 10 Steps to Better Design Strategy Success Metrics Workplace metrics impact workplace behaviors and performance. Designing the right strategy success metrics can mean the difference between a leadership team collectively steering toward its strategic targets and veering off course. Makes sense right? Wells Fargo opened 3.5

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