Recalibrate Your Strategy in China with This Framework
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
This 2×2 will help your company navigate Beijing’s priorities and political sensitivities.
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The Role of 5G in Online Sports Betting
Tom Spencer
OCTOBER 15, 2021
5G networks are a promising wireless technology that online bookmakers and sports betting operators should factor into their business strategy. Once implemented, this technology offers the potential to serve more sports betting enthusiasts. Implications of 5G for Online Sports Betting. But, what is 5G? Conclusion.
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How to Build a Networking Strategy, On-Air Coaching with Vern Schellenger
Consulting Matters
OCTOBER 13, 2022
I asked Contacts Count President and Networking Guru Vern Schellenger to do an on-air coaching session with me to help me craft my own personal and business networking strategy. About the guest: Vern Schellenger is a master networker, career coach, sports junkie, and music lover. So, I need to build a new network.
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Stop Comparing Management to Sports
Harvard Business
JUNE 2, 2016
Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. Although there is nothing wrong with commitment and perseverance, I, however, think sport (much less war) is often an unhelpful analogy.
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Why Sports Are a Terrible Metaphor for Business
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
The buzz around the biggest game in America’s biggest sport is, as always, about more than football. Even as high-minded a publication as The Economist gets caught up every so often in the connections between sports and business. Here’s what’s wrong with making analogies between sports and business.
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Is Peter Mandelson really a strategy consultant?
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 25, 2017
But the House is rather an unworldly place and its members and staff may not know what a recognized, professional strategy consultant is expected to do. Formulating strategies. Implementing strategies. A genuine strategy consultant will provide advice to clients on at least the first four steps of this process.
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Walmart Won’t Stay on Top If Its Strategy Is “Copy Amazon”
Harvard Business
MARCH 21, 2017
Walmart does need to shore up its e-commerce capabilities, but its attempts to out-Amazon Amazon aren’t a winning strategy. Amazon will likely continue adding Prime benefits to the mix, potentially including the holy grail of entertainment: live sports. Lore himself described free shipping as table stakes.
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Video Gaming Levels Up into a Sport
Strategy+Business
APRIL 22, 2018
E-sports has emerged as a force on the entertainment and media landscape slowly -- and all at once. As a media business, e-sports has a compelling set of attributes. The demand for live events is spurring construction of dedicated e-sports venues.
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Interviews with 59 Black Female Executives Explore Intersectional Invisibility and Strategies to Overcome It
Harvard Business
MAY 10, 2018
We sought to understand the barriers they faced, their strategies for ascending through the organization, and the tools they used to manage significant organizational change efforts and navigate career risks. We conducted in-depth interviews with 59 black women executives who have occupied senior-level positions in U.S. corporations.
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How Scientific Thinking Won the Women’s World Cup Title
Markovitz Consulting
AUGUST 7, 2019
Coach Jill Ellis noticed that Sweden employed a fundamentally different strategy than she expected. Although the team dominated and won the World Cup in 2015, a year later it lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals of the Olympics. To add to the problem, many of her key players were getting older. She needed to make changes. But what changes?
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Crisis Avoidance Strategy: Neighbour of Choice
Melissa Agnes
JUNE 11, 2014
Coaching local sports teams is always appreciated. The post Crisis Avoidance Strategy: Neighbour of Choice appeared first on Agnes + Day. How about part time jobs for local teens coupled with safety courses? Crisis Prevention Food for Thought'
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OC&C Strategy Consultants Interview and Culture
Management Consulted
AUGUST 9, 2015
OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of OC&C Strategy Consultants. Known for its incredible family-style and entrepreneurial culture, relaxed work style, and long retention of employees, OC&C competes not only on strategy but also on culture.
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Step Into Your Power As A Consultant And Coach with Jahaan Blake
Consulting Matters
APRIL 28, 2022
We worked through her brand positioning as a consultant to the sports industry who transformed front-line teams into brand ambassadors, which made logical sense given her experience working for the Red Sox, Dodgers, and the Cubs. Check out my brand strategy, messaging, and design services at [link]. That's exactly what she does today!
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Putting Customers at the Heart of Your Brand to Create Passionate Fans: What Microsoft Learned About Customer Engagement in the Sports Industry - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM Microsoft
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 18, 2017
At Microsoft, we continuously collaborate with businesses in an industry whose customers already self-identify as fans: sports. For billions of people around the world, sports are a matter of passion, touching lives by offering a depth of human engagement unparalleled in other activities. In sports, every second matters.
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A Riff on the Padres/MLB/RSN and the Business of Sports…
Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog
JUNE 6, 2023
Is it possible for the Padres and MLB to maintain the same business model and revenue now that Diamond Sports Group has walked away from its media rights deal? In too many cases, sports teams think they are top of mind, but they aren’t. all cover sports as a foundational aspect of their community.
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How to Start a Consulting Business (or Coaching Practice) While Raising Young Kids
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. Book a free brand strategy call to discuss how we can create a consulting business (or coaching practice) that aligns with your life, gives you flexibility, and supports your family’s needs.
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How to Make Your Contacts Count with Vern Schellenger
Consulting Matters
OCTOBER 6, 2022
In this unique on-air coaching session, you will see how to create your own networking strategy to help you achieve your goals. About the guest: Vern Schellenger is a master networker, career coach, sports junkie, and music lover. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].
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Your Career Sweet Spot
CaseInterview.com
JANUARY 30, 2023
In sports like tennis, golf, and baseball, there’s the concept of a “sweet spot.” ” These sports involve swinging a racquet, club, or bat at a ball. If you’ve ever played any of these sports, you know what I’m talking about. Now, with any sport or career endeavor, it is absolutely possible to practice and improve.
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How Can Companies Compete with Amazon? Netflix Has the Answer
Harvard Business
JUNE 19, 2017
But is the only strategy in our winner-take-all era to get as big as possible, to aspire to eventually serve everyone, and to meet their every need? But in a recent interview with Recode , Hastings explicitly rejected the Bezos approach of strategy-as-world-domination. So, Amazon’s business strategy is super broad.
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Go Ahead, Skip that Networking Event
Harvard Business
MAY 14, 2018
It turns out that the best strategy might be to just stop trying to meet new people. The return on investment of time in these types of activities is far higher than just attending a social event (and that’s before you factor in the health benefits of sports leagues or the societal benefit of working with a charity).
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Research = Opportunity! 8 Lessons From the Some of the World’s Biggest Sports Brands…
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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52 A Study Shows the Best Times of Day to Post to Social Media
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Putting an Ad Hoc Strategy to the Test. 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. ” The Science Behind a Successful Strategy.
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Using the Right Performance Metrics: Watch out for P&Ls
Kates Kesler
JUNE 29, 2020
We regularly work with CEO’s that are frustrated with leader behaviors that undermine enterprise strategy. Simple financial measures, like P&Ls, are an effective way to visibly drive leader accountability, yet they frequently do not match the complexity of today’s strategies. Assume you are the coach of a basketball team.
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100 Great Corporate Strategies Thrive on the Right Amount of Tension
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. However, compliance with the strategy doesn’t necessarily correlate directly to performance. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Insight center.
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71 When Sports, Kids, and Relationships Collide
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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Pricey! That’s What Watching Sports on TV is Going to Become! Also, UX v. Ticketmaster!
Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog
JUNE 2, 2023
You should do an audit of your business, but begin with your strategy. It is going to be expensive to watch sports : Paying the full price is likely to change people’s habits. That’s What Watching Sports on TV is Going to Become! Don’t get so focused on revenue that you miss profits. What does this mean? The podcast.
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What Should an Apple Car Be?
Harvard Business
JULY 4, 2017
Apple’s car growth strategy should not just pursue a “pie splitting” strategy by knocking off or one-upping Tesla, but rather create a new category of self-driving cars that is very different and is less focused on cars and driving itself and goes beyond to disrupt multiple industries at a time.
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121 What Breaking the 4-Minute Mile Taught Us About the Limits of Conventional Thinking
Harvard Business
MARCH 9, 2018
So the four-minute barrier stood for decades—and when it fell, the circumstances defied the confident predictions of the best minds in the sport. ” Most thinking about strategy, competition, and leadership emphasizes the intricacies of business models: revenues, costs, niches, leverage.
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Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell
Consulting Matters
AUGUST 4, 2022
One of Lee's major and lasting legacies was the creation of Disney Great Leader Strategies which was used to train and develop the 7000 leaders at Walt Disney World. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].
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6 Pricing Strategies You Should Consider
Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
My research on pricing taught me that 69.6% of respondents wanted to know more about pricing strategies. I was putting together a lecture for Ken Troupe’s Sports Revenue Class and as part of the lecture, I jotted down a few pricing strategies. You receive. Let me share them with you this morning.
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60 Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot
Martinka Consulting
AUGUST 29, 2018
Sports are exciting because of upsets. When you find a good business strategy, implement it. The post Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot appeared first on Martinka Consulting. No matter how good someone is, they’re going to take their time, do multiple interviews, and thoroughly vet everybody.
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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?
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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How to Get Lucky
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 1, 2013
People spend large amounts of time attending parties, going to bars, and participating in bizarre social and sporting events. Business Strategy' IF you are like most people you probably appreciate the role that luck plays in finding a romantic partner. Why do they do this?
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Rule of Three ? five final thoughts - Tom Spencer consulting blog
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
Please find below examples of the Rule of Three used in marketing, politics, religion, science and sports. And even in sports: Olympic medals: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Next post: List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. Business Strategy. The Rule of Three is also used in science: Solid, Liquid and Gas.
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83 Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market
Harvard Business
APRIL 7, 2016
These days, I advise Fortune 500 executives to treat talent as they would customers: Understand their behavior, and design recruiting strategies that meet them where they are. At least one company has worked Quora specifically into its recruitment strategy. Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent.
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70 Leading a Company That Wants to Change Lives through Sports
Strategy+Business
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Think high-profile consumer goods, and sports apparel comes quickly to mind. For the last few years, the world's fastest-growing major sports apparel enterprise has been Adidas. The CEO overseeing Adidas's flourishing is Kasper Rørsted, a man who spent the first half of his career in the tech industry.
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33 Who is responsible for your success? - Tom Spencer consulting blog
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
in Business Strategy. Think about your work life, family life, or sporting activities. Who is the person that will ensure quality work, home cooked meals, or sporting victory? Business Strategy. Definitions. Helpful Links. Who is responsible for your success? Who are the linchpins in your world? Graduate Consulting Group.
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“Are You Relevant?” That’s the First Question for the Arts/Sports/Entertainment Businesses?
Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog
MARCH 22, 2023
A few of the things that stuck with me as I went back through the recording and my notes: The correct question right now is about “relevance” : It isn’t whether or not arts/culture/entertainment/sports is dying, but it is about relevance. ” That’s the First Question for the Arts/Sports/Entertainment Businesses?
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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes
Harvard Business
MAY 31, 2017
Combined with profitability data, this allows organizations to optimize “next best action” strategies and personalize the end-to-end customer experience. For example, advanced image recognition can be used to track the position of brand logos that appear in video footage of a sporting event, such as a basketball game.
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Creating Employee Engagement: 4 Methods That Work
Rick Conlow
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Employee engagement has become a strategy not a way of doing business. Leadership today is a high contact sport which leads to employee ownership, buy-in, commitment and motivation. It seems to be all about the numbers and action plans. It is something corporations and leaders are trying to do to people.
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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
They build active communities both online (on different platforms) and offline (at events) around seemingly any topic imaginable — everything from beauty to AI to e-sports. Building an Effective Influencer Strategy. In this approach, headquarters establishes a strategy that is subsequently tailored for local markets.
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When it’s Time to Focus on Your Consulting Career
Tom Spencer
APRIL 18, 2021
When playing sports as a child exploring different sports will help you identify your strengths and find what you naturally enjoy. However, as you get older, focusing on one sport will help you stay competitive. Sticking to your commitment and having an exit strategy.
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