Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Today, they’re 21 and 23, and I can proudly say I didn’t miss a single school play, sports event, or bedtime story. Streamline your systems: If you’re feeling overwhelmed, it might be time to invest in systems and tools that can simplify your marketing, client delivery, and operations.

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Martinka Consulting

MAY 29, 2019

This is not about sports, but it’s based on the April 5, 2019 Wall Street Journal’s sports page, which had an article about former UCLA and NBA player Earl Watson and his goal to coach college basketball, preferably at his alma mater. The post When Sports, Kids, and Relationships Collide appeared first on Martinka Consulting.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

About the guest: Vern Schellenger is a master networker, career coach, sports junkie, and music lover. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Book a call with me at www.betsyjordyn.com/schedule, and let's chat about your project. Vern Schellenger [link].

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2022

About the guest: Vern Schellenger is a master networker, career coach, sports junkie, and music lover. Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell. Check out my branding and messaging services at www.betsyjordyn.com/services. Vern Schellenger [link].

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Markovitz Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2020

Here are a few areas that are probably creating lethal operational drag on the corporate ship. At this level, managers are consumed with the chaos of daily operations, and seldom have any understanding—or bandwidth—to execute on the lofty strategic goals pronounced in the C-Suite. Problem: lack of clarity around strategy.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the last 18 months working with some of the world’s biggest sports brands, I’ve done research that has taught me the importance of market research to build strong brands and grow sales. Sports teams have some of the best brand codes around. My favorite mug…do you know the team? I bet you might?! You codify everything.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 29, 2020

For a simple comparison, consider this sports team analogy. In team sports, measuring vital, non-point metrics and de-emphasizing individual metrics is not a new concept. For example, one LOB is best suited to acquire a broad customer base, even if this means operating at a loss. Assume you are the coach of a basketball team.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Some recent projects include issues such as global energy solutions and large international sporting events. The firm’s main capabilities include: actuarial, business & organization transformation, digital, marketing and sales, operations & technology, risk management, and strategy & value sourcing. Roland Berger.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In this time period, they generally focused on local and sports news but did not pay attention to whether the posts were meant to make readers angry or happy or surprise them. Most of the managers we spoke with spent a bulk of their budget on boosting local and sports news, which they believed would match their audience’s preferences.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

Of course, Netflix is no mom-and-pop operation. When asked why Netflix has no plans to add live sports, he explained: We’re not trying to meet all needs. Netflix’s Reed Hastings doesn’t think so. It’s worth $65 billion and has 100 million subscribers.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 15, 2019

So, I’ve worked in sports my entire career. Betsy Jordyn : So, you keep talking about sports. So, I would make the assumption if I was listening in that you’re a consultant to sports related organizations. So, this can be sports, hospitals, you know, it can be any different industry. Jahaan Blake : Sure.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects. We made a number of operational changes to the call center.

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Rick Conlow

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

To be the best you can be in customer service, sales, leadership, sports, or any other endeavor, you need to change, too. Sometimes that change means operating on yourself! Begin operating on your own situation by simply counting the how many times the letter f appears. In the process, he changed accepted medical practice.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 25, 2024

The relationship between workers and their leaders can make or break the way organizations operate. Ted Lasso: An Empathetic Leadership Paradigm The Apple TV series Ted Lasso exemplifies empathetic leadership, contrasting with traditional coercive methods in sports. People felt threatened.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2017

One such decision should concern circumstances under which customers are forcibly expelled from the premises, whether an airplane cabin, a hotel lobby, or a sports venue. Identify and commit to a few crucial “nondelegable” decisions that must be kicked up to a senior manager.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

Amazon will likely continue adding Prime benefits to the mix, potentially including the holy grail of entertainment: live sports. Now, in some cases, it can often lower prices than Amazon because Jet.com’s operating model doesn’t rely on holding inventory. Walmart has held a low-price leadership position from its start.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2014

disclosed three new recalls on Friday covering more than 473,600 vehicles, including some of its latest Corvette sports cars, amid stepped up safety reviews. If the motor gear teeth become stripped, the wipers may not operate. General Motors Co. GM said it isn''t aware of any crashes or injuries related to this issue.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. Last fall, we joined Bunge and his employees for “sports hour,” a mandatory fitness class for all employees every Friday between 11 and noon. Everybody had to do the sports hour.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

The company has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible with EVs, starting with the Tesla Roadster in 2008, the first long-range electric sports car. This was followed by the Model X, a sport utility vehicle with falcon-wing doors, and the Model 3, a more affordable option for mass market appeal.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. But exactly how do today’s companies create or update an operating model to match adaptations or wholesale changes in strategy?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

’” Today, Chris is leveraging his military and leadership experience running a startup operation within a larger company that specializes in security consulting for major sports arenas and convention centers. Do you have a strong work ethic?’”

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Real Estate Case Interview Deloitte Leadership 133

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 28, 2024

It highlighted how sport climbing athletes are using motion-sensor suits to gather crucial data, allowing them to tailor their training with precision. In business, as in sports, data is not just numbers; it’s a roadmap to success. ” This applies to business as much as it does to sports. Take Amazon, for example.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Emma has worked with both large corporations and smaller operations, and she’s joined me today to talk about the keys to success that have taken her consulting business to the next level. Finding ways to balance your work with the other facets of your life is far more effective than constantly operating in deadline mode.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 10, 2014

Avoid overused metaphors (sports and war, for example) that have become clichés in business, however. Companies operate as “people,” too, with their own personality attributes. Simplify by using useful, accurate and helpful images that are meaningful to your business and for customers. That’s how buzzwords “happen.” Outward Focus.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2018

These are important findings that give some insight into how race and gender operate together to yield specific outcomes for black women. But they only reveal part of the picture for black workers. Black men, of course, are also present in professional work. I think [that’s one of] the advantages men have, just working out.”

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Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2018

But he knew that he wanted to be involved in the sport. Instead, he took on a job at the Parthenon Group as a principal consultant where he worked on a variety of strategic and operational improvement projects. Morey knew there was no point faking it. Many Fortune 500 business leaders also have a background in consultancy.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Delegation – understanding whether the situation requires strict adherence to rules or demands creativity (ex: the difference between a chess player and a sports coach). We need people and policies in place that defy the day-to-day operations. Prioritization / Triage – ranking and managing various problems by severity and urgency.

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freshminds

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Here are a few tips on how to get you started: 1) Sport. Sport can be a great way to demonstrate everything from teamwork to dedication. Although if you don’t show how it’s relevant, adding your favourite sport to your CV could actually be hindering your application and seem out of place.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

cities enjoy a number of large public events, ranging from Fourth of July celebrations to professional sports games. It is reasonable to assume that these patients faced even larger transport delays; so residents should know to call medical personnel at the first sign of symptoms rather than attempt to drive to the hospital themselves.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. The team wasn’t perfect, but it was still operating at a pretty high level. The feedback in the 360-degree reviews was supposed to be anonymous. Of course I have.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

At Decathlon, a sports equipment retailer with 80,000 employees , their form of corporate liberation is strongly supported by the CEO. Operators set their work schedules and their vacations, design and monitor their own performance indicators, do their own maintenance, and are consulted on the choice of new machinery.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

I saw that my guides’ firm operated extensively from pre-established business model templates, which built the baseline of work product. I saw the merits of that business model, but also learned that for me it wasn’t fun to operate that way. Conclusion.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 10, 2014

And operating systems too--it takes a lot of hassle to walk away from iOS. And so the information density and power of your phone''s operating system goes down, not up. The same thing could be said for the design of chainsaws, edgy retail stores and most sports cars too). Internet companies often strive for lock in.

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Harvard Business

MAY 13, 2016

It doesn’t have one center of organization and imagination looking out at the far horizon to inspire and guide all of the component parts to get to a place together that none operating independently could ever get to on its own. It has no coordinated analytical capability to help it understand its progress.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

This firm was birthed out of the frustration they both felt with their employer, who they believed devoted too much time to operational issues while neglecting strategic analysis. Operational Strategy. However, operations projects are focused on the client’s site. Business Unit Strategy. Strategy Realization. Industries .

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Tom Spencer

MAY 7, 2022

As a result, there has to be integrity when it comes to managing operational, human, and financial assets. Confidence in public-private partnerships is growing in many sectors, with success stories found in education , technology, sports , and entertainment.

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