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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Cost Cutting Best Practices in a Tough Economy
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Cost Cutting Best Practices in a Tough Economy. Here are some best practice tips recommended by the Maver Management Group. To our clients and used by many successful businesses. First, it has to start with a sound business plan. Second, the organization needs to communicate the strategic plan. Third, change the way people work. Fourth, outsource non core functions. Fifth, look at the proposed projects in a different way. Look at the other elements first. The replacement co...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Lessons from P&G – Making the Number
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Friday, September 26, 2014. Lessons from P&G – Making the Number. Are you and your company on track to deliver the promised results for the year? Do you require a boost in performance? While this is written to address the companies who are not at desired levels, the basic message holds true for those that are doing well and want to continue the progress. We are entering the last quarter of the calendar year and incremental effort may be required. It wasn’t just the senior management. How does a company c...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Reality Check on your Company's Health - $3,000 value - FREE
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Saturday, January 26, 2008. Reality Check on your Company's Health - $3,000 value - FREE. How well is your company really doing? Is your perception of reality even close to reality? Is it delivering all that you want it to be delivering? Now is the time to find out what really is and what could be. Many executives dismiss the reality check for a variety of reasons. Some are:. Not know how to do it. Once done, not know what to do about it? Some even have a fear of what the analysis will show. 10 steps to ...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: What’s the issue? Business planning or just doing?
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Monday, December 1, 2014. What’s the issue? Business planning or just doing? The recession continues and more and more businesses are failing - failing and being forced out of business, failing enough to have significant losses despite large layoffs and a desperate focus on cost cutting or failing through having little idea of how to turn the business around and keep a meaningful cash flow. What’s the issue? Is it too much planning or too much action? What are you doing in your company? Or is it all acti...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Lessons from Procter & Gamble – Branding, an Example
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Thursday, September 11, 2014. Lessons from Procter and Gamble – Branding, an Example. 8220;You can trust Tide to get clothes clean.”. As an ex-Tide Brand Manager, yes some time ago, I was privy to the extensive world-wide research and branding effort that has been done by Procter and Gamble on laundry detergents and in particular for Tide. Tide as you may know is one of the “family jewels” of Procter and Gamble. It serves as an excellent example of how branding is developed and the results it can provide.
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Strategy -Ten Reasons to Rethink Your Strategic Plan
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Thursday, March 13, 2008. Strategy -Ten Reasons to Rethink Your Strategic Plan. 1 Your customers have changed - physically. With mergers, take-overs and buy outs many are no longer in business or at least not in the same business. 2 Your customers have changed - mentally. The mind set is very different. The “recession” thinking has companies cutting back and reducing their workforce. Your product positioning has to change. 9 Your available talent pool has changed. Many top quality people are availabl...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Oprah has one - Business advisor that is.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008. Oprah has one - Business advisor that is. Oprah has one. The President has several. Bill Gates has some. Almost every successful CEO or top executive has a business advisor, if not more than one. Why do they do that? Call them advisors, coaches, or consultants; they serve the same purpose - making the executive more successful and more fulfilled with what they are doing. When do you know you should have a business advisor? 3 ) You feel you have to do it all yourself. There nev...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: B2B Branding - Why Branding Matters in B2B Marketing
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Thursday, May 15, 2008. B2B Branding - Why Branding Matters in B2B Marketing. Proponents will argue that it builds brand by getting the business's name in the office of potential influencers and purchasers, where it will stay top of mind. But then, their materials, website, sales aids and more are all very differentiated and no clear message is delivered. If the name does stay in the customer’s mind, it is out of focus. Tom Peters will tell you that over and over. B2B purchases are all about the relation...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Lessons from Procter & Gamble on Strategic Planning
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Monday, October 27, 2014. Lessons from Procter and Gamble on Strategic Planning. Are you leading your company in effective strategic planning? There is a difference between strategic planning and business planning. Business planning is developing the plan of action to accomplish specific goals over time. Strategic planning is understanding how the environment will change and how to best capitalize on it. It is based on Core Principles of Purpose and Values. Factual decisions are critical. Not making sure...
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John Maver - Maver Management Group: Lessons from Procter & Gamble – Focusing on the Important and Cutting the Clutter of Emails and More
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Lessons from Procter and Gamble – Focusing on the Important and Cutting the Clutter of Emails and More. Are you inundated with emails, meetings and other less productive intrusions in every day? What can you do about it? Clearly the Executives at P&G do not completely eliminate emails or meetings and neither should you. But how can you handle these in the most effective manner? As in all areas, start with the right focus. Insist that all emails be action oriented. You have im...