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28th PM Forum Conference: Organisational culture, mentoring, digital distraction, ESG and client experience (2023)

Red Star Kim

We brainstormed what M&BD professionals need to know and the best way to promote effective and continuous learning. ESG targets and work is under-communicated and clients will be increasingly interested in purpose versus profit”. Preparing professionals for the future I co-presented with Julie McConnell from White and Case.

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The Ultimate Guide to Entrepreneurship

Hubspot Sales

Entrepreneurship is the process of starting (or improving upon) a business with the ultimate goal of making a profit. of all job seekers started their own business in 2016. Women were starting 40% of all new businesses, and persons of color made up 40% of entrepreneurs in 2016. Instead, profits are reinvested.

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The Ultimate Guide to Entrepreneurship

Hubspot Sales

Entrepreneurship is the process of starting (or improving upon) a business with the ultimate goal of making a profit. of all job seekers started their own business in 2016. Women were starting 40% of all new businesses, and persons of color made up 40% of entrepreneurs in 2016. Instead, profits are reinvested.

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Stakeholder Mastery 3.0 – The Six Steps You Must Take

Jermaine Edwards

In 2016 I wrote a post on the five foundation steps for stakeholder management success in key account management, that was well received and guided lots of leaders. Stakeholders influence can be both positive or negative on project sign off, commercial profitability, resource access and long-term relationship success.

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

He shares the story of how Twitter came into existence from a big picture brainstorming day with people from a podcasting company considering tough competition from Apple and having an idea for an SMS service. There’s a warning about over-reliance on any particular approach to strategy.

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Campaigns, thought leadership and project management – Early engagement, scoping and risk management

Red Star Kim

You can also promote discussion of “What good looks like” Entrepreneurship – Obtain ideas for new markets to target or gain insights to develop differentiated positioning or value propositions at structured brainstorms. Achieve early sense-checking and promote bold and innovative thinking.

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Startup growth-hacking strategies are not one-size-fits-all

Zendesk

Ruthlessly prioritizing involved a lot of brainstorming sessions, user research, and talking to existing and potential customers. When he started the business in 2016, he wanted to streamline the entire experience of buying promotional products. so Parker focused on the unsung purchasing hero: office managers.