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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

But building an internal consulting group is an unprecedented endeavor for many companies, and because best practices have yet to spread widely, internal consulting groups vary greatly in how they operate and the business impacts they are able to achieve. This also forces us to deliver great quality on every project. Win on merit.

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The Big Picture of Business: Fine Wine, Aged Cheese and Valuable Antiques. Professionals Who Go the Distance.

Strategy Driven

A professional’s career and their collected Body of Work encompass time, energy, resources, perseverance and lots of commitment in order to produce. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Running the business. Business development. Commitment to Career.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long).

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The Big Picture of Business: Why a Company Would Improve? The Art of Learning From Failure to Get Better.

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Attempting projects without the proper resources to do the job well.

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Why Your Team Needs Rookies

Harvard Business Review

With added pressure to succeed and nowhere to retreat to, they are also more likely to improvise, get resourceful, and focus on meeting basic needs to push their long-shot projects through. For example, at Reputation.com, CEO Michael Fertik never tells new business development staff how to start the sales process or size deals. “In

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