Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE. I’ve led this with larger teams you can break the group into teams of 6 or less and they each work independently then get together and share ( or the facilitator finds commonalities and categorizes them) OR lead a series of focus groups with smaller team separately.

Strategic Planning 158

Strategic Planning SWOT Analysis Planning 158

Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2016

Based on recent focus groups with clients who are involved in buying/procurement departments, we heard loud and clear their frustration with trying to get someone on the phone to quote prices. Do yourself a favor and organize your day, manage your time and make a commitment to immediate follow through. About the Author.

Guidelines 50

Guidelines Hotels Follow-up Commitment 50

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If you’re making a big career change, gaining new qualifications or re-training will help to support your new business. The successful entrepreneur knows how to manage those fears, and understands that failure can just be another step on the road to success. See if you can't put a small focus group together, preferably strangers.

Tips 95

Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term 95

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The problem is, professional training has distanced us from fundamental principles of human communication. We now tend to focus on empirical data from survey results and analytics or customer insights from feedback forms and focus groups constrained by what the company knows to ask.

Company 8

Company Audience Consensus Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

USA Today ran an excellent — if over-flattering — profile of YouTube's splashy but serious effort to provide a high-tech incubator for content and channel creators. Toyota was prepared to educate and train its suppliers to embrace lean production and lean experimentation techniques and insights. What should it mean?

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

His voice was high-pressure, probably the result of sales training classes. Conduct focus groups. Interpret the results to management in terms that are easy to understand and support. Provide management with information that justifies their confidence. Tutoring, counseling and training. All rights reserved.

Franchising 73

Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 73

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

To us, it’s similar to asking whether reviews, training programs, employee assistance services, or other company initiatives are effective for both worker performance and the bottom line. A workplace health promotion program cannot be imposed on workers as yet another management cost-containment initiative. Asking for help.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Prior to surgery patients were provided with an iPad and trained for 30 minutes in using the program by a registered nurse who then followed up with patients daily during their hospital stay to answer any questions they might have and make sure they understood how to use the program. Remaining Challenges.

Mayo 9

Mayo Education Software Participative 9

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2013

The key to social media is interacting with your audience through great content and conversations. We will give you an easy-to-use content calendar to develop and distribute content. You will receive practical methods and customizable project management system templates. Brand Standards. Web Essentials.

Storytelling 54

Storytelling Audience Brand Long-term 54