Strategic Planning and Management Insights

APRIL 5, 2021

Whether you're running the show yourself or leading a team of 25, small business ownership is difficult. Not only do you have to oversee the product/service and operations, you also have to plan the strategic direction of the business.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Practically every organization today has a set of core values that ideally function as the “operating instructions” of the company. Several words always come up in practically every discussion, no matter if the company is a large enterprise or a small business, B2B or a B2C, product or service, new or established.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Small businesses and young businesses are especially vulnerable. Census Bureau shows that these businesses were more likely than the average business to close permanently after Hurricane Katrina, for example. Second, young businesses tend to grow faster than older ones, but also fail at greater rates.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 11, 2015

Michelli (2006), the founder of Lessons for Success, a training, consulting, and keynote presentation company. Many businesses just give a customer what they would expect, but Starbucks has an abiding principle of surprise and delight. This week’s post is on The Starbucks Experience - written by Joseph A.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at Beyond the E-Myth, the latest in a long line of great books by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). Each restaurant operates independently, yet exactly the same as all the others.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

And through both of those processes, I served as an Operator, and then also as a Project Manager, and then a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt. Now, all of a sudden their operations are getting very sophisticated. I felt like they got a lot out of it. We don’t have to do that.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2024

However, what my undergraduate business program failed to emphasize was the often-overlooked world of startups —particularly small businesses that operate outside the spotlight of household brand names or well-funded tech giants such as Uber or Airbnb.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

One large media organization faces large incumbent players and operates in a market that is growing quickly. Rather than using traditional top-down management practices, the company organized itself into small business units, each of which operates in a local geography. It’s not a good position to be in.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 27, 2017

As a small business consultant, I see the impact that stress has on people’s lives up close. Many times it is a good thing as it forces the business owner to adapt and excel so that his business thrives. It will only be a matter of time before the overall business declines because its foundation, the owner, is unstable.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. Hence I entered consulting. ” Pure humor.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

These numbers were used to describe the health of a business or industry, to identify trends, or point out top performers. To help me understand these new numbers I use analogies based on my initial training to help me understand a new industry. They have an operating budget based on the amount of their grant.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2016

The two launched a small business based on mutual observations of what people in these camps spend their time doing. The business fared much better than the wristband idea, but they eventually shut it down. Nobody can truly understand the ecosystem they operate in without getting out and wading in it.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 8, 2020

A company Jessica and I have been helping has a dependency problem, which is not uncommon in small businesses. It’s an employee, specifically the (former) operations manager. The technical aspects of the business are not the owner’s expertise (and don’t often need to be) but the company isn’t large enough to have depth.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 6, 2013

Often these internal consultants are in large organizations and from training and development or human resource departments. The typical small business usually does not have the extensive range of resources that warrants having an internal consultant. For training on consulting skills, see the Consultants Development Institute.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

How do you find, lead and manage employees in a tiny business (two to nine people)? This is an organization that's bigger than a solo operation, but it almost certainly involves everyone reporting to the boss. The good news is that it's possible to train people to see and to care. This group is led more than managed.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2016

According to him, his business nearly collapsed early in the year when he could not access the foreign exchange market to import the raw materials required for his paint production. At that time, the Nigerian central bank was running a currency control regime which stifled the importation of goods for small businesses.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

Even if you don’t need to know a lot about finance to do your day-to-day job, the more conversant you are on the subject, the better off you’ll be, according to Richard Ruback, a professor at Harvard Business School and the coauthor of the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business. ” Find a financial mentor.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 3, 2022

Manage Operational HR Functions Some of the major functions are HRIS management, payroll system management, and budget management. According to OnPay , 41% of small business owners choose to handle HR themselves. According to OASIS , 45% of small business owners spend 40 hours a month on HR related activities.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2018

In time, AI-powered crime-fighting tools could become a requirement for large businesses, in part because there will be no other way to rapidly detect and interpret patterns across billions of pieces of data. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 12, 2017

For example, in the United States, there are many sources of assistance, such as the Small Business Administration, SCORE and numerous small business centers. Yet many leaders in small organizations might use these resources only once or not at all.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Amazon wheeled out a program called Amazon Chai Cart: mobile tea carts that navigated city streets, serving refreshments to small-business owners while teaching them the virtues of e-commerce. The Chai Cart team reportedly traveled more than 9,400 miles across 31 cities and engaged with more than 10,000 sellers. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. But companies and government agencies are starting to find plenty of places where knowledge-based tools can make a huge difference.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

AUGUST 28, 2024

Jean shares his compelling story of building a $100 million business, losing it all, and then rediscovering his path through deep introspection and strategic planning. The conversation is packed with valuable insights for entrepreneurs aiming to achieve business success while maintaining a balanced and fulfilling life.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A strategy consultant will take an overall view of the client's business and market while looking at its allocation of resources, and try to improve the client’s business. Operations To put it simple, operational consulting improves the optimization of a company's internal operations and performance in the value chain.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 13, 2017

Single-screen “snapshots” of operational processes, marketing metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) can be visually elegant and intuitive. In many of these cases, companies end up with official-looking views into data that doesn’t align with business priorities.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 20, 2016

They are just one phone call away from a highly trained and experienced team of advisors. Whether you need help greeting guests, operating IT systems, or organising files, all you have to do is ask. With a back office of this calibre, entrepreneurs and startups never have to worry about going it alone.

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Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

Best Buy responded by reengineering the design of its stores and training some of its staff to be generalists who could help women traverse their stores. The company applied the same concerted effort toward serving other valuable customer segments it had discovered, including small business owners and music aficionados.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 2, 2023

But too few businesses and leaders stop to consider the possibility of becoming irrelevant. If you believe that training is expensive, it is because you do not know what ignorance costs." Here is how: Team Performance: Several research studies have investigated the connection between the leader and business performance.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

The financial services industry comprises firms that operate across a range of sectors: Asset & Wealth Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance. Distribution Channels The wealth management landscape consists of a range of distribution channels, ranging from high touch (i.e.,

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Banking Management Real Estate Insurance 78

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

According to the Business Roundtable, made up of the CEOs of 181 largest corporations, the principal purpose of a corporation is no longer only to maximize shareholder return (Business Roundtable, 2021). Leaders must be able to operate both within and upon the organization's culture.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 14, 2017

Yet last year restaurants couldn’t fully staff their operations because people didn’t want to work as they’d have to give up their State benefits.). In the day-to-day world of small business here’s what I’m hearing: Owners are incredibly interested in how to attract, retain, and motivate good employees.

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