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Soft Skills Training in the Digital Age: Strategies and Best Practices

Clarity Consultants

Time Management and Accountability When employees know how to prioritize, manage deadlines, and stay focused, productivity increases. On-the-Job Performance Metrics : Look for changes in measurable outcomes: improved customer satisfaction scores, reduced internal conflict, faster project turnaround times, or higher engagement survey results.

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Saving RadioShack

Tom Spencer

When the business landscape changes, how can you turnaround a failing company? Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? When faced with a broad turnaround question, it is important to ask a variety of questions to determine the source of the problem.

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How to Downsize Your Sales Force

Harvard Business

sales reps following an industry-wide downsizing trend. The trend is attributed to the growth of digital communication channels and reduced access to physicians, who increasingly prefer to get product information online. At the same time, sales of simpler products were moving to lower-cost channels.

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Our thought leadership predictions for 2021

The Source

The events of 2020 have undoubtedly shaken things up in the world of consulting firm content production. From our unique position looking across the whole thought leadership landscape, we believe there are some key trends that will help to shape 2021. Here are our top three: A more agile mindset.

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What I Learned From 10 Years of Doing PR for Apple

Harvard Business

Steve Jobs had just returned to the company and the product line was a shamble of computers with confusing names, printers, scanners, and a curious, yet ill-conceived PDA called the Newton. ” Little did I know that over the next 10 years I’d be part of the biggest corporate turnaround in global history. Wesson Wang.

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Is It Too Late for Sears to Save Itself?

Harvard Business

Analysts say that Sears may still have time to stage a turnaround. Sears needs to reverse this trend. Alan Mulally led the turnaround at Ford by restoring a “One Ford” mentality throughout his company and championing pride in the Ford name. The company says it is taking action to ensure its future viability.

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Sample Consulting Case Questions

Tom Spencer

How should it price this product? The company missed the trend towards touchscreen smart phones and has fallen into serious financial difficulty. The private label trend has started to impact Kellogg’s market share. Turnarounds. What factors do they need to take into account? Pricing Strategy.