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Why Change Management is Often Forgotten and Why it Matters

July 14, 2015 / by EMM Group

In a business environment where change happens faster than planning can account for and the “ready, fire, aim” mentality takes over more often than it should, the concept of change management often gets forgotten. But, without it, a company can end up moving very quickly, but getting nowhere.

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Fighting the Commoditization of your Products and Services

May 01, 2015 / by Sat Duggal

For many B2B enterprises, achieving and sustaining profitable growth has never been more difficult. Customers have invested heavily in procurement organizations to extract aggressive price concessions from sellers. Global competitors are emerging with new business models, lower costs, and higher quality to undermine the value proposition of incumbents. Products are perceived to be increasingly commoditized, leading customers to demand lower prices for undifferentiated offers.

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How to Design Your Marketing Excellence Program

March 14, 2014 / by Sat Duggal

Why do so many marketing excellence programs fail to deliver on their goals? Marketing is one of the few levers that companies can use to drive profitability in the short-term and sustained growth in the long-term, yet too many companies approach such programs one-dimensionally - through competency enhancement, marketing accountability, or marketing process development. Joining the flotsam of well-intentioned corporate programs, they get tepid adoption by the business teams who consider most of them a distraction or “extra work.”

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GE Healthcare & EMM Group: Total Value of Ownership

October 15, 2013 / by Sat Duggal

Before you chase a low-cost services option … do you have the complete view?

Today’s equipment service provider should offer not only maintenance but also a path for achieving maximum value from increasingly interconnected hospital systems and devices.

Whether in a developed country such as the United States where consumers are demanding an enhanced experience from their hospital, or an emerging market such as India or China where the population’s access to advanced healthcare options is accelerating, every organization relies on a complex array of equipment to perform tests and serve patients. Yet, average industry utilization for equipment hovers at less than 50 percent—meaning that these expensive machines are being used at less than half of their real capacity.

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Managing Marketing Talent for Growth

March 26, 2013 / by Sat Duggal

One of the biggest obstacles in achieving marketing-led growth is having the right talent with the right skills in the right positions. The only way to ensure that the organization can attract, retain and manage high-quality marketing talent across the globe is by creating a competency model for marketing.

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Harnessing the Business Power of Project-Based Learning

March 01, 2013 / by Sat Duggal

The authors discuss a new approach to consulting which integrates training with the solving of real business problems. It simultaneously moves the business forward in real time and deeply embeds new, sustainable skills and competencies to your organization. Delivered through a genuine collaborative model and a “learn-by-doing” approach, the methodology ensures your organization gets the traditional benefit of solving your immediate business problem.

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On the Road to Marketing Excellence

January 07, 2013 / by Kerry Anderson

In many organizations, marketing faces a moment of truth. Dramatic cuts in marketing spending and personnel are a common response to the recent recession(s), but business leaders need to look beyond these short-term reactions. In order to achieve success, companies need to find new ways to drive organic growth sustainably and profitably.

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