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Consulting

Moving Things Around

The logistics industry provides opportunities for both movers and shapers (Source: Flickr) BACK in the good old days, before the PC and Macintosh, if you wanted something done you would often just do it yourself. Companies sent their own trucks to the factory to pick up supplies, and the local department store could do “home deliveries” if you were happy to […]

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Skills, Tips, and Tactics

Simple Is Better

See why “simple is better” in this short video from the Boston Consulting Group

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Frameworks

Profitability Framework

The profitability framework can help executives, consultants and entrepreneurs to diagnose and respond to falling prices, declining sales volume, or rising costs BUSINESSES sometimes experience reduced profitability. This is not necessarily a problem if the decline was expected because a business is sustained from cashflow, not profit, and long term growth can be pursued through capital appreciation, which shows […]

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Skills, Tips, and Tactics

Consultant and Client Perception

Consultants best serve their clients by being consistently seen as approachable and interested in the client’s business problems (Source: Flickr) This guest post is from Tat Biswas, an IT consultant and blogger based in Sydney. He works with organisations to help them implement software and undertake business process improvement. I would like to share my […]

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Strategy

McKinsey’s Larry Kanarek on Dealing with Activist Investors

Are activist investors having a profound effect on American board rooms? McKinsey Director Larry Kanarek says, “I think the answer is absolutely yes.” How should executives respond? ACTIVIST investors are having a profound impact on American board rooms. Faced with this new situation, Larry Kanarek argues that executives should work with activists, rather than against […]