Value. For too long, performance has been about cutting back and holding back. About making things smaller and doing what we can, not what we should. Here's a book about making things bigger: sales and profits and, especially, ideas. It's time to grow again. Not to forget the lessons of efficiency and discipline, but to add the expansiveness of top-line growth to middle-of-the-sheet discipline and build truly unprecedented value. Mary Baum Has been developing ideas that sell since the 1980s, for companies from the Fortune 500 to single-unit retailers and fledgling consultants. With extensive experience in the financial industry and a ringside seat for ten key years in the life of the American auto industry, she's developed key insights into what went wrong - and what any firm can still do right, anytime it wants - to generate tangible value for itself and all its stakeholders. This book, she says, is the barest beginning; the possibilities are endless, and the costs to implement, for the sophisticated, are headed straight through the floor.

The concept of teamwork is extremely important to the success of any business. Teamwork has the potential to yield some very incredible results. For most of us, teamwork is a part of everyday life. Whether it is at home, in the community, or at work, we are often expected to be a functional part of a performing team. Teamwork as defined by Webster's New World Dictionary is "a joint action by a group of people, in which each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group." Great companies realize that the cultivation of teamwork within their organization is paramount to their survival. The teamwork concept enables individuals to contribute more than they ever thought possible - together. Teamwork: simply stated, it is less me and more we. In this book, you will discover timeless gems (quotes) from some of the world's most influential leaders. Leaders and innovators, who have turned their values into action and, in the process, changed the way the world does business. If you participate in any type of team activities, and/or support anyone in team activities, this book is for you. In order to get the most from this book, we recommend that you read The Winning Team until you master the precious gems within.

Designed to meet the need for current, accurate information on the flourishing Brazilian audiovisual industry, the book covers the rapid growth of film and television business, pertinent legislation and data, and serves as an indispensable guide to the multiple potential partnerships with local industry content providers and market agents. Each of the 21 articles contributed by selected professionals and government officials in their respective fields of expertise reflect the current auspicious moment in the evolution of the Brazilian multiplatform film and television production, distribution and exhibition business. The massive investment program in infrastructure for upcoming international mega-events, including the recent Rio+20 (2012), World Catholic Youth Day (2013), World Soccer Cup (2014) and Olympic Games (2016), has focused worldwide attention on Brazil, and on Rio de Janeiro in particular, which contributes to the positive business and investment climate. In the audiovisual sphere, a series of new federal laws and incentive programs, and the stable economy have converged to generate multiple opportunities in film, broadcast TV, Pay-TV, VOD, Internet and wireless industry sectors for investors, licensors, entrepreneurs, distributors and producers in all platforms. The book includes a Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations.

What if the next consultant you hired came with an instruction manual filled with strategies to maximize your end of the relationship? That's exactly what this pocket guide is - a practical how-to guide to taking full advantage of what the right consultant can provide.

How can you develop a world class dining program that meets the unique social architecture and dining objectives of your campus? How can you negotiate effectively with food service providers if you let them hold all the cards? Your campus is likely settling for a mediocre dining program that is adversely effecting you recruitment and retention of students and alumni while leaving millions of dollars on the table because the food service providers have all the knowledge and bargaining power. David's unique approach, vision, and negotiating style has guided North America's top schools to independently create revolutionary dining programs that maximize student participation, increase student and alumni retention.... all while improving a self operated dining program or facilitating a food service provider operator selection process that guarantees high levels of student participation, accountability and protects/produces millions for their campuses.

Firm Forward is a business fable that takes you on a journey with Bennie Stewart, a newly appointed managing partner of a CPA firm. Bennie's promotion to managing partner comes at time when the firm is in crisis having just lost their two largest clients and two of their best and brightest team members. Bennie must find the answer to these three questions: 1) How to differentiate and grow the firm in a post-recession, new normal business environment. 2) How to attract and retain ideal clients. 3) How to attract, retain, and accelerate the professional development of his team members. All three of these issues point to one answer: Level 5 Service. Level 5 Service is a structured approach to delivering high-value advisory services. The Level 5 Service model has generated over $100million in new, non-traditional revenues for firms across North America. Level 5 Service is the cure for Random Acts of Consulting. The practical logic embedded in the Level 5 Service continuum makes it easy for any practitioner to immediately add-value to their client relationships. This book provides a step-by-step how-to for practitioners who want to live up to the moniker of Trusted Business Advisor.

When Bette Frick launched her freelance writing and editing business in 1990, not having completed formal business training meant she would make more than a few mistakes. But not applying MBA models meant that as her company grew, her business model fit her rather than some business-school template.

As Bette learned her (sometimes) painful lessons, she shared them in her column, Business Matters, in "Intercom, " the magazine of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), from 2003 to 2012. "Business Matters" republishes those articles, substantially revised and arranged thematically, along with several new chapters.""

Consulting is an exciting and challenging career that provides abundant opportunities for success. Consulting firms hire bright people with business knowledge directly out of college or with industry experience to help their clients solve business problems. In addition to business knowledge, new consultants also need to know critical skills such as: Client relationship management Expectation setting Personal branding Effective communication How to sell consulting services Successful career management techniques How to handle difficult clients Effective meeting facilitation And much more Consulting 101 provides you with 101 useful tips to optimize your professional performance and jump-start your consulting career for success.

A consultant works with the management of businesses to improve profitability. As a result, the position is of great value to a company and its success as a business. Learn the tips and advice you need to be a freelance consultant and start making money as a huge asset to a major company. The benefits of consulting are tremendous, and the job may be just what you are looking for.

Embrace the Case Interview walks you through each step on the path to your dream consulting job as described by a former management consultant who conducted over 100 interviews for a top-tier firm. First, we cover how to get the interview including how to be memorable when speaking with firms prior to the interview and how to write a killer resume and cover letter. Second, we cover the behavioral part of the interview. Often overlooked, the behavioral part of the interview covers your personal experiences and is often just as valuable as the case interview. We discuss the traits interviewers are looking for and how to answer their questions in a structured way. Third, we take an in-depth look at the case interview itself. Unlike books that focus on segmenting cases and applying frameworks, you will learn a single, flexible structure that you will apply to any case with deadly effectiveness. In addition to structuring the case, you will learn approaches for the cases' other parts including qualitative questions, quantitative problems, exhibit analysis, and synthesis. Embrace the Case Interview places a strong emphasis on the quality of your learning rather than just doing hundreds of cases. As such, each example case contains an in-depth discussion of the text book answer to help you improve. For more information, please visit embracethecaseinterview.com. Enjoy the book and best of luck in your upcoming interviews

A volume in Research in Management Consulting Series Editor Anthony F. Buono, Bentley University This book is the 20th volume in the Research in Management Consulting series and the sixth major collaboration with Henri Savall, Veronique Zardet, and their team of intervener-researchers from the Socio- Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in Lyon-Ecully, France. In 2013, for the first time, ISEOR co-sponsored a conference on its Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) paradigm and methodology in the United States. The volume captures the ideas, applications, and exchanges of that meeting hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The book attempts to bring the reader into the conference itself. The different chapters include the contributors' presentations ("Chapter Prologue: Conference Remarks"), revised conference papers, and the question and answer dialogue for the session. For those interested in delving further into the SEAM approach, the volume also contains a general bibliography on the development, critique, and application of the framework.

So you're a small business, and you think it's time to do some promotion and marketing for your company. There are a couple of choices you have. You can hammer out a marketing plan and implement and execute it yourself. Or you can hire a professional marketing consultant. But, what's the difference? How much money will you really save by handling your own marketing? And what can a marketing consultant do for you that you can't do for yourself? And just what is a marketing consultant anyway? This special report will answer all of these questions and not only tell you what a marketing consultant does, but also why you should seriously consider hire one for your small business. And more than that, this report will also fill you in on what exactly you should be looking for when hiring a marketing consultant. So you not only get a professional consultant for your small business, but you get the one that's right for you.

The Optimized Leader introduces a pragmatic approach to leadership theory by developing alignment models based on behavioral characteristics, trait theory, and leadership research. Through this approach, leaders find the best fit for their personal characteristics while gaining expanded views of leadership styles. Even more, The Optimized Leader stretches beyond the standard approach to leadership by introducing a leader-follower match; no matter how gifted a leader may be, their efforts are stifled without the right followers.