Professional Services

Professional services firms engage Monitor to address issues such as corporate strategy, corporate development, definition of mission, vision and values, service line offer development, go-to-market strategies, corporate venture portfolio development, e-commerce strategies, offshoring, and outsourcing.

Recent work has included the development of a corporate growth strategy for a leading professional services organization, including the strategic design and execution of several new corporate growth ventures.

The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy

by Michael E. Porter Article

Sustained profitability is the bottom-line for every business, and key to achieving it is the ability to respond strategically to competition. In his Harvard Business Review article, Monitor founder Michael E. Porter details five competitive forces that influence profitability.

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Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength

By Diana McLain Smith Book

Based on over 25 years of research, Divide or Conquer provides a navigational system with which to see and traverse—with far greater intelligence—that often unpredictable and sometimes treacherous organizational terrain called “relationships.”

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Growth Scenarios: Tools to Resolve Leaders' Denial and Paralysis

By Jonathan Starr and Doug Randall Article

Businesses increasingly realize that significant growth opportunities are unlikely to come from incremental change.

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Just-in-Time Executive Development

By Bernie Jaworski and Mike Morrison Article

Learning what, when and where it's needed.

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Harnessing Business Networks to Drive Collaborative Advantage

By Jonathan Dav, Sameer Srivastava Article

One common ingredient in high performing companies is that the right people come together to deliver results.

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Human Capital Strategy

By Sameer Srivastava, Ambar Chowdhury, Doug MacKenzie Article

Human Capital Strategy: Pulling Ahead of the Competition and Staying There discusses the keys to transforming HR.

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Japan's Business Renaissance

By Mark Fuller and John C. Beck Book

Japan is poised on the brink of a major economic revival. Are you prepared to meet the challenge? This book examines the most successful companies in Japan today - and reveals the powerful strategies based on ancient Japanese philosophy that have reinvigorated their businesses.

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Powerful Times - Rising to the Challenge of our Uncertain World

By Eamonn Kelly Book

Eamonn Kelly’s Powerful Times asserts that competitive nations operating in a global economy are essentially engaged in learning races, and the society that can most rapidly adapt its skills, knowledge, and capacities to a changing world wins.

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The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing - A Guide to Growing More Profitably

By Thomas T. Nagle, and John E. Hogan Book

Commonly referred to as "The Bible of Pricing," The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing provides a comprehensive overview of pricing strategy in an easy to read, pragmatic style, featuring walk-through examples, illustrating how companies successfully implement pricing strategies.

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The Power of Networks

By Chris Meyer Article

Social networks may be all the rage among teens and venture capitalists today, but they're also a useful construct for innovation.

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