Management consultants are brutally efficient. They not only are taught to do their work fast, but also are very good in selecting the right issues. I know it from first-hand experience as I spent my first 5 years in this hostile environment of top consulting companies. Yes, we worked sometimes 10-15 hours a day; 6-7 days a week but we managed with a small team to do in 3 months what the whole company was not able to do in years. Management consultants’ efficiency stems from 3 things: good organization, efficiency in daily activities and extremely good skills in picking the right topics. I think that those skills are crucial and I will teach how to acquire them.
In this presentation I will show you how to do the right things fast and efficiently so you can enjoy fully your work and life (depending what are your priorities ;) . The presentation is based on my 11 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 business analysts and consultants who now are Investment Directors, Senior Analyst, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc.
I do not like to overcomplicate things so in every lecture I will be quite straightforward. In every lecture I described a different hack and I give examples how to use it, especially in services such as consulting. To every lecture you will find attached (in additional resources) many useful files: examples shown in the lecture, furthers suggestion, exercises etc.. If you don’t find something that you need let me know - I will try to prepare something and I will add to the presentation
In the presentation I use 6 main frameworks: 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle), lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, getting things done, critical chain method, lean startup
Financial modeling in Excel for Business Analysts and ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
As a business analysts or a consultant you will have to from time to time create financial models. There are a bit different than business models. In business models you go into details of operations and you focus on getting the links on the KPIs. Those models are usually done for internal purposes, to manage in the right direction the business. Financial models on the other hand are more for external users. You concentrate in them on creating the picture of the business in a standardized, understood by everybody way. You also want to create the financial statements: profit & loss statement, balance sheet statement, cash flow statement.
On top of that you use the financial statements for valuation purposes.
The most typical situation when, as a business analyst or a consultant, you will have to prepare such a model are connected with selling or purchasing a company. You may be doing it on the sell side or on the buy side. Financial modeling is done as a part of strategy projects, turn around projects, due diligence.
I will NOT teach you everything on financial modelling because it is simply not efficient (and frankly you don’t need it). This course is organized around 80/20 rule and I want to teach you the most useful (from business analyst / consultant perspective) ways to go as fast as possible from rough description to working model in Excel that you can make more and more complicated.
The aim of this course is that you are able to do a financial model of the business as fast as possible.
Getting into consulting is one of the most difficult tasks. It’s not only very selective but also quite tough and long recruitment process. You will have at least 5 job interviews, spend on average 2-3 months in recruiting process and your chances of succeeding will be around 5-10%. I will help you significantly boost the odds in your favor.
This course will help you prepare for the cases that you will be asked to solve during the job interviews with consultants. I will improve your knowledge and skills in analysis through a series of practical cases. It is based on my 11 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. I have participated in over 200 recruitments and the materials in this course will encompass all the tricks that you should use during the interview. On the basis of what you will find in this course and I have trained over 100 business analysts who now are Investment Directors, Senior Analyst, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc.
There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from my own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. My intention is that thanks to the course you will know:
1. How to approach any type of cases that you may come across in the job interview?
2. How to apply the most useful concepts and methods used later by consultants in their work?
3. How to be efficient during the interview?
4. How the consultant minds works?
Essential Excel for Business Analysts and ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
Excel is the most often used first-choice tool of every business analyst and consultant. Maybe it is not the most fancy or sophisticated one, yet it is universally understood by everybody especially your boss and your customers.
Excel is still pretty advanced tool with countless number of features and functions. I have mastered quite a lot of them during my studies and while working. After some time in consulting I discovered that most of them are not that useful; some of them bring more problems than solutions. On top of that there are features that we are taught at university that are not flexible and pretty time consuming. While working as a business analyst I developed my own set of tricks to deal with Excel I learned how to make my analyses idiot-proven and extremely universal.
I will NOT teach you the entire Excel as it is simply not efficient (and frankly you don’t need it). This course is organized around 80/20 rule and I want to teach you the most useful (from business analyst / consultant perspective) formulas as fast as possible. I want you also to acquire thanks to the course good habits in Excel that will save you loads of time.
If done properly, this course will transform you in 1 day into pretty good business analyst that knows how to use Excel in the smart way. It is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 business analysts who now are Investment Directors, Senior Analyst, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc.
I teach step by step on the basis of Excel files that will be attached to the course. To make the best out of the course you should follow my steps and repeat what I do with the data after every lecture. Don’t move to the next lecture if you have not done what I show in the lecture that you have gone through.
I assume that you know basic Excel so the basic features (i.e. how to write formula in Excel) are not explained in this course. I concentrate on intermediate and advanced solutions and purposefully get rid of some things that are advanced yet later become very inflexible and useless (i.e. naming the variables). At the end, I will show 4 full blown analyses in Excel that use the tricks that I show in the lectures.
To every lecture you will find attached (in additional resources) the Excel shown in the Lecture so as a part of this course you will also get a library of ready-made analyses that can, with certain modification, be applied by you in your work.
Examples of business analyses in Excel - from consulting projectsAsen Gyczew
This presentation will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in improving analyzing business issues, especially during consulting projects. It is designed for people who want to become management consultants, business analysts or have to run and optimize sales and marketing, operations on daily bases. In this presentation you will learn 3 things
1. How to understand main challenges in business analyses in Excel
2. How to use Excel, to find improvements in sales, operations and the business model.
3. Where to look for savings and improvements, how to calculate potential savings in Excel and implement them
The presentation is based on my 14 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B and services sector that I worked for.
This is part of my online course on Supply Chain for Management Consultants. Check the link to get a discount: http://bit.ly/SalesAnalysisManagementConsulting
How to manage successfully a Consulting ProjectAsen Gyczew
Managing Consulting Projects is extremely difficult. You work in a hostile environment, long hours on difficult things. On top of that the bill for your services for the customer is pretty high so he will want to squeeze out of you as much as possible. At the same time his people may dislike you as you are an outsider that in their point of view pretends to know better. Therefore, many Project Managers fail on deadlines or cannot deliver value for the customer. Luckily there is a way to do a consulting project on time, get your customer and his people happy with the result as well as get well paid for your work. This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in managing consulting project. It is designed for project managers, especially those working in consulting. After finishing the course you will know:
1. How to prepare for the project to make your customer and your team happy as well to finish the project much earlier than your competitors
2. How to create value for your customer
3. How to deliver the project within the budget and way ahead of deadlines
4. How to execute the project without having to work 7 days a week 15 hours a day
5. How to overdeliver and get buy-in from your customer
6. How to build strong foundation for future projects
7. What tools to use
8. How to be efficient as a team
The course is based on my 12 years of experience as a Project Manager in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvements and turn-arounds in biggest companies in Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B sectors that I worked for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 consultants, business analysts and managers who now are CEO, Operational Directors, COO, Investment Directors, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members, Customer Insight Managers, Data Science Managers
Sales Forecasting for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
During many consulting projects, you may be asked to forecast the sales of the firm or check sales forecast models done by the customer. Sales forecasting requires a specific approach to data and also a lot of creative, out of box thinking, to address the issue of insufficient data and changing environment. In this presentation, I will teach you how to do fast and efficiently basic sales forecast models in Excel. We will create a relatively simple sales forecast. Nevertheless, they will significantly help your customer define strategy and decide whether he should open a new factory, enter a new field, buy a business. We will NOT get into complicated models, forecasts as in most case you will not have neither time nor data to do them. It would also require a wider knowledge of mathematics, statistics, econometrics and a usage of more advanced tools than Excel. The things you will learn in this presentation will be sufficient in 70% of the cases and can be done with the knowledge of basic Math. Such basic sales forecasts are especially important during Strategy projects, M&A projects and business development projects. In such projects, you want to get fast rough sales forecasts using simple methods. A similar approach as we will show in this presentation can be used as the starting point for budgeting models.
In the presentation you will learn the following things:
1. The essential concepts in sales forecasting and the main tools that you may need.
2. How to forecast sales in Excel using simple methods fast and efficiently
3. What drivers of sales you should take into account for selected industries. We will look at different cases studies to see how you can move from drivers to a working model in Excel
For more check my online course: http://bit.ly/SalesForecastConsulting
Strategy for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
Strategy is one of the most dreaded subject in any businesses. There are so many conflicting frameworks that is difficult to decide what to choose. In this course you will learn a framework that will help you formulate and execute the strategy for your businesses on the level of top consulting firms i.e. McKinsey, BCG, Bain, PwC, EY. You will also see how others are implementing their strategic choices. What you will see here is a part of my online course: http://bit.ly/StrategySlideshare
This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in creating as well as executing a strategy for your business (or your customers’ businesses). It is designed for people who want to become management consultants, business analysts or work on creating and implementing the strategy inside the business. In the course you will learn 3 main things:
1. What strategic choices do you have and how to choose the optimal one?
2. How to calculate the impact of chosen strategy or tactic?
3. How to implement the strategy and how others are doing it?
Business Modeling of offline businesses in ExcelAsen Gyczew
This presentation will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in creating business / simplified financial models in Excel for traditional offline (brick and mortar) business such as: Retail, B2C services (i.e. restaurants) and products, B2B services (i.e. professional services, consulting) and B2B products (commodities). It is designed for those who want to become consultants, business analysts and people who need to be able to analyze any business in Excel. In the presentation you will learn 4 things:
1. What your business model is about, what to concentrate on and what are the most important KPIs for you?
2. How to translate your business model into Excel and evaluate it?
3. How to draw conclusions using your business model in Excel?
4. Estimate what will be the impact of specific changes that you may consider in your business
The presentation is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On many occasions I had to build business models in in Excel in order to estimate what is the value of the business and find ways in which I can improve it. Business models are also useful for internal purposes: planning, looking for opportunities, analyzing performance, business development.
Financial modeling in Excel for Business Analysts and ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
As a business analysts or a consultant you will have to from time to time create financial models. There are a bit different than business models. In business models you go into details of operations and you focus on getting the links on the KPIs. Those models are usually done for internal purposes, to manage in the right direction the business. Financial models on the other hand are more for external users. You concentrate in them on creating the picture of the business in a standardized, understood by everybody way. You also want to create the financial statements: profit & loss statement, balance sheet statement, cash flow statement.
On top of that you use the financial statements for valuation purposes.
The most typical situation when, as a business analyst or a consultant, you will have to prepare such a model are connected with selling or purchasing a company. You may be doing it on the sell side or on the buy side. Financial modeling is done as a part of strategy projects, turn around projects, due diligence.
I will NOT teach you everything on financial modelling because it is simply not efficient (and frankly you don’t need it). This course is organized around 80/20 rule and I want to teach you the most useful (from business analyst / consultant perspective) ways to go as fast as possible from rough description to working model in Excel that you can make more and more complicated.
The aim of this course is that you are able to do a financial model of the business as fast as possible.
Getting into consulting is one of the most difficult tasks. It’s not only very selective but also quite tough and long recruitment process. You will have at least 5 job interviews, spend on average 2-3 months in recruiting process and your chances of succeeding will be around 5-10%. I will help you significantly boost the odds in your favor.
This course will help you prepare for the cases that you will be asked to solve during the job interviews with consultants. I will improve your knowledge and skills in analysis through a series of practical cases. It is based on my 11 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. I have participated in over 200 recruitments and the materials in this course will encompass all the tricks that you should use during the interview. On the basis of what you will find in this course and I have trained over 100 business analysts who now are Investment Directors, Senior Analyst, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc.
There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from my own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. My intention is that thanks to the course you will know:
1. How to approach any type of cases that you may come across in the job interview?
2. How to apply the most useful concepts and methods used later by consultants in their work?
3. How to be efficient during the interview?
4. How the consultant minds works?
Essential Excel for Business Analysts and ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
Excel is the most often used first-choice tool of every business analyst and consultant. Maybe it is not the most fancy or sophisticated one, yet it is universally understood by everybody especially your boss and your customers.
Excel is still pretty advanced tool with countless number of features and functions. I have mastered quite a lot of them during my studies and while working. After some time in consulting I discovered that most of them are not that useful; some of them bring more problems than solutions. On top of that there are features that we are taught at university that are not flexible and pretty time consuming. While working as a business analyst I developed my own set of tricks to deal with Excel I learned how to make my analyses idiot-proven and extremely universal.
I will NOT teach you the entire Excel as it is simply not efficient (and frankly you don’t need it). This course is organized around 80/20 rule and I want to teach you the most useful (from business analyst / consultant perspective) formulas as fast as possible. I want you also to acquire thanks to the course good habits in Excel that will save you loads of time.
If done properly, this course will transform you in 1 day into pretty good business analyst that knows how to use Excel in the smart way. It is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 business analysts who now are Investment Directors, Senior Analyst, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc.
I teach step by step on the basis of Excel files that will be attached to the course. To make the best out of the course you should follow my steps and repeat what I do with the data after every lecture. Don’t move to the next lecture if you have not done what I show in the lecture that you have gone through.
I assume that you know basic Excel so the basic features (i.e. how to write formula in Excel) are not explained in this course. I concentrate on intermediate and advanced solutions and purposefully get rid of some things that are advanced yet later become very inflexible and useless (i.e. naming the variables). At the end, I will show 4 full blown analyses in Excel that use the tricks that I show in the lectures.
To every lecture you will find attached (in additional resources) the Excel shown in the Lecture so as a part of this course you will also get a library of ready-made analyses that can, with certain modification, be applied by you in your work.
Examples of business analyses in Excel - from consulting projectsAsen Gyczew
This presentation will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in improving analyzing business issues, especially during consulting projects. It is designed for people who want to become management consultants, business analysts or have to run and optimize sales and marketing, operations on daily bases. In this presentation you will learn 3 things
1. How to understand main challenges in business analyses in Excel
2. How to use Excel, to find improvements in sales, operations and the business model.
3. Where to look for savings and improvements, how to calculate potential savings in Excel and implement them
The presentation is based on my 14 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B and services sector that I worked for.
This is part of my online course on Supply Chain for Management Consultants. Check the link to get a discount: http://bit.ly/SalesAnalysisManagementConsulting
How to manage successfully a Consulting ProjectAsen Gyczew
Managing Consulting Projects is extremely difficult. You work in a hostile environment, long hours on difficult things. On top of that the bill for your services for the customer is pretty high so he will want to squeeze out of you as much as possible. At the same time his people may dislike you as you are an outsider that in their point of view pretends to know better. Therefore, many Project Managers fail on deadlines or cannot deliver value for the customer. Luckily there is a way to do a consulting project on time, get your customer and his people happy with the result as well as get well paid for your work. This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in managing consulting project. It is designed for project managers, especially those working in consulting. After finishing the course you will know:
1. How to prepare for the project to make your customer and your team happy as well to finish the project much earlier than your competitors
2. How to create value for your customer
3. How to deliver the project within the budget and way ahead of deadlines
4. How to execute the project without having to work 7 days a week 15 hours a day
5. How to overdeliver and get buy-in from your customer
6. How to build strong foundation for future projects
7. What tools to use
8. How to be efficient as a team
The course is based on my 12 years of experience as a Project Manager in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvements and turn-arounds in biggest companies in Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B sectors that I worked for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 consultants, business analysts and managers who now are CEO, Operational Directors, COO, Investment Directors, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members, Customer Insight Managers, Data Science Managers
Sales Forecasting for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
During many consulting projects, you may be asked to forecast the sales of the firm or check sales forecast models done by the customer. Sales forecasting requires a specific approach to data and also a lot of creative, out of box thinking, to address the issue of insufficient data and changing environment. In this presentation, I will teach you how to do fast and efficiently basic sales forecast models in Excel. We will create a relatively simple sales forecast. Nevertheless, they will significantly help your customer define strategy and decide whether he should open a new factory, enter a new field, buy a business. We will NOT get into complicated models, forecasts as in most case you will not have neither time nor data to do them. It would also require a wider knowledge of mathematics, statistics, econometrics and a usage of more advanced tools than Excel. The things you will learn in this presentation will be sufficient in 70% of the cases and can be done with the knowledge of basic Math. Such basic sales forecasts are especially important during Strategy projects, M&A projects and business development projects. In such projects, you want to get fast rough sales forecasts using simple methods. A similar approach as we will show in this presentation can be used as the starting point for budgeting models.
In the presentation you will learn the following things:
1. The essential concepts in sales forecasting and the main tools that you may need.
2. How to forecast sales in Excel using simple methods fast and efficiently
3. What drivers of sales you should take into account for selected industries. We will look at different cases studies to see how you can move from drivers to a working model in Excel
For more check my online course: http://bit.ly/SalesForecastConsulting
Strategy for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
Strategy is one of the most dreaded subject in any businesses. There are so many conflicting frameworks that is difficult to decide what to choose. In this course you will learn a framework that will help you formulate and execute the strategy for your businesses on the level of top consulting firms i.e. McKinsey, BCG, Bain, PwC, EY. You will also see how others are implementing their strategic choices. What you will see here is a part of my online course: http://bit.ly/StrategySlideshare
This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in creating as well as executing a strategy for your business (or your customers’ businesses). It is designed for people who want to become management consultants, business analysts or work on creating and implementing the strategy inside the business. In the course you will learn 3 main things:
1. What strategic choices do you have and how to choose the optimal one?
2. How to calculate the impact of chosen strategy or tactic?
3. How to implement the strategy and how others are doing it?
Business Modeling of offline businesses in ExcelAsen Gyczew
This presentation will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in creating business / simplified financial models in Excel for traditional offline (brick and mortar) business such as: Retail, B2C services (i.e. restaurants) and products, B2B services (i.e. professional services, consulting) and B2B products (commodities). It is designed for those who want to become consultants, business analysts and people who need to be able to analyze any business in Excel. In the presentation you will learn 4 things:
1. What your business model is about, what to concentrate on and what are the most important KPIs for you?
2. How to translate your business model into Excel and evaluate it?
3. How to draw conclusions using your business model in Excel?
4. Estimate what will be the impact of specific changes that you may consider in your business
The presentation is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On many occasions I had to build business models in in Excel in order to estimate what is the value of the business and find ways in which I can improve it. Business models are also useful for internal purposes: planning, looking for opportunities, analyzing performance, business development.
How to become world class business analystAsen Gyczew
Business analyst are one of the most important part of a successful business. They help you make the right decision and to spend money wisely. We show here what a business analyst has to know, what business analysis he should be doing and what knowledge he should have to be successful
MVP – how to test your business idea without building the productAsen Gyczew
It is not that difficult to have a business idea even one that seems like a breakthrough and instant success. The reality bites and 90% of startups fail fast and at the same time cost their founders a small fortune. That’s why the recent development of so called lean startups revolves around learning fast and at small cost to build a product customer need and are willing to pay. Crucial part of this path is a creating a prototype of your product that enables you to test the reaction of your potential customer. This is the MVP – Minimum Viable Product.
MVP has to be Viable which means that it delivers some noticeable value to the customer, solves his pain. Minimum means that it cannot be overcomplicated, it has to have the minimal amount of features for you to be able to draw the right conclusion on what works and what does not work.
In most cases the choie of MVP stops at the landing page as the Holy Grail of lean startup and testing, the ultimate MVP, but the life is much more complicated and landing page in many cases simply is not enough? How do you test community and whether people will share and comment? How do you want to test physical products that have to be tasted and smelled?
On top of that not all MVPs are born equal. Some test one part of your business model whereas others are perfect for testing different question marks that pop-up constantly in your mind.
In this presentation we will show you through examples what should be the MVP for your business model, how to pick the right one for your needs and what are the added benefits of MVP. We will also give estimation of the costs and time needed for creation of MVP.
Innovative revenue streams - how to innovate your business on the sales sideAsen Gyczew
The success of many companies depends on figuring out a clever way to grow, earn or operate that will change drastically change the game, stack the cards in their favor. There are many interesting business hacks that give this result. In this presentation I will show you how innovate by working at the revenue streams. We will talking about 2 things: switching the way you claim the value from customers, introducing totally new revenue streams unheard of in a specific industry
The course is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and owner of small consulting company (the last 7 years). I have been also CEO, Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, and B2B in Poland so I know the implications of what I will be talking about inside-out. I have firsthand experience with low cost airlines and low cost retail
In the presentation you will learn
1. How you can claim your value?
2. When you should apply specific example?
3. In what innovative way were companies generating new revenue streams?
We will discuss companies such as: Ryanair, Sandwich Video, Legimi, Canva, DollarShaveClub so you will see in practice how revenue streams are generated.
Business Idea Generation for Management Consultants & ManagersAsen Gyczew
To build a business you need a good idea that you can explore and develop. Unfortunately, coming up with a good business idea is not easy. Most firms and universities don’t show how to come up with business ideas. They concentrate on teaching you how to run existing businesses. Luckily, there are a lot of proven methods to find interesting business ideas. If you are Management Consultant you can use them during consulting projects to help your customers grow their business. If you are a manager or startup founder they will prove priceless in your quest to discover new business opportunities. In this course I will show you different methods to come up with killer business ideas. In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to come up with business ideas by improving existing products, solving existing problems
2. When specific methods of business idea generation can be applied
3. How specific business method should be applied
4. How to find ways to 10x existing solutions
5. How to innovate your product and your business model
6. How to build add-on business using your current business
For more check the following course: http://bit.ly/BusinessIdeasGeneration
Scaling Business for Management Consultants & ManagersAsen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to scale businesses in practice fast and efficiently
Course summary
What is the aim of this course?
If you have managed to build a successful business that is also profitable, at some point you will start thinking about scaling your business and drastically growing its size and profits. This will require a different approach than the everyday management of the business. You need different frameworks to scale fast & efficiently the business. In this course, I will teach you how to find ways to scale the business fast & efficiently. I will also show you how to prepare the organization for scaling
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How firms like Tesla, Amazon have scaled their business
2. How to scale different areas of you firm
3. How to identify biggest bottlenecks preventing you from scaling
4. How to estimate the speed of scaling
5. How to design your scaling process
6. Scale faster
7. Scale successfully Sales, Operations and Recruitment
For more check the following course
https://bit.ly/ScalingBusinesses
Lean manufacturing for Management Consultants and Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
This presentation will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in optimizing production and operations of any company through a series of practical cases. It is designed for people who want to become consultants, business analysts or have to run and optimize production on a daily bases. In the course you will learn 3 things:
1. How to understand any production or operational activities
2. How to optimize the production and operations in order to get more things done, cheaper at higher quality with less resources
3. Where to look for savings and improvements, how to calculate potential savings in Excel and implement them
The course is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On many occasions I had to optimize the whole production and operational side of the businesses I was responsible for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 consultants, business analysts and managers who now are Production Directors, Operational Directors, COO, Investment Directors, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc.
Effective Meetings for Management Consultants & AnalystsAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this presentation?
During consulting projects you will be doing plenty of interviews and meetings. At the beginning, you may find them very stressful and challenging, especially, when you have to talk with directors, managers that are much older than you, and that have much bigger experience than you. Luckily, there are a lot of interesting techniques that will help you conduct efficiently interviews and meetings during consulting projects.
In this course, I will show you different tips and methods that will help you achieve your goals. Thanks to this course you will learn the following things:
1. How to prepare and conduct initial interviews during consulting projects
2. How to conduct regular meetings
3. How to make sure that your final presentation is a success
4. How to conduct implementation and internal meetings during consulting projects
For more check the following course: https://bit.ly/MeetingsConsultants
It’s not easy to transition first from an efficient specialist to a manager and later on to an outstanding CEO. What made you a great specialist quite often is a problem at a manager level. You have to totally switch the way you work and on what you concentrate. The same goes for your transition from manager to CEO. Being a CEO is not just managing a bigger team or more senior team. If you want to be successful you have to fully redefine your role, unlearn some things and learn new skills.
Most of the people have problems with those sort of transitions. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This old saying is unfortunately very true when you move to managerial positions. You tend to continue doing things that made you successful but what I got you here won’t get you there.
This course will help you redefine your role and transition from a specialist to a manager and later on to a CEO. I will provide you clear guidelines what and how to do in order to be efficient and effective manager as well as CEO. In this course you will learn 5 things
1. How to be an efficient and effective manager
2. How to be an efficient and effective CEO
3. How to understand the business from the position of a CEO
4. How to improve the business as a CEO
5. How to make your business strategically sustainable
Top 10 courses for every management consultantAsen Gyczew
As a management consultant you have to master some vital skills that will help you survive the first 2 years of your work. Some of the have to do with tools (Excel, Presentations). Others with your productivity and skills (financial modeling, business modeling). In this presentation you will find an overview of most important things that you have to master along with suggested courses that I recommend taking.
Niche strategy in practice - case studiesAsen Gyczew
The success of many companies depends on figuring out a clever way to grow, earn or operate that will change drastically change the game, stack the cards in their favor. There are many interesting business hacks that give this result. In this lecture I will show you how one of such business tactics – niche strategy has been successfully implemented in many businesses. This powerful tactic applied has already disrupted many industries like automotive, many marketplaces, cab industry and delivery industry. One of the best known examples are Tesla, Uber, Yelp, Square
In this presentation apart from the case studies of companies that implemented niche strategy I will show you what you should do to be successful in this strategy.
In what way will you benefit from this presentation?
The presentation is a practical, step by step guide loaded with tones of, tricks, hints, examples that will show you where you can go with your business. There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from my own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. My intention is that thanks to the presentation you will know:
1. How niche strategy work?
2. How you should build it in your industry?
3. Where you have to look for improvements to be competitive?
4. How to estimate your competitive advantage using data from your industry?
Decision Making with Excel for ManagersAsen Gyczew
As a manager you will be tempted to trust your guts and use your experience to decide what and how to do it. Quite often this approach may be misleading. It is much better to use data driven approach and before you make the decision look at the potential consequences. In this course I will show you how to make more rational choices as a manger using Excel. We will go through a lot of case studies that will help you master this skill.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to be data driven in solving problems
2. How to make better decisions using Excel
3. How to handle uncertainty when you are making decisions
4. Which method, framework you should use in a specific situation
You will learn how to make decisions using make or buy analysis, voting system, simulations, rankings, how to analyze the costs of different investments (aiming at cost reduction, removing bottlenecks, requested by the customers). We will also how to apply the portfolio decision making, value proposition alignment, strategic alignment frameworks.
For more check my course: https://bit.ly/DecisionMakingExcel
Purchasing & Procurement Analyses for Management ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
During Consulting Projects a lot of attention will be devoted to Purchasing & Procurement. Usually, this area generates big cost reductions and helps improve liquidity. Finding potential savings is not always easy and requires well-organized approach to companies purchases. Luckily, there are a lot of techniques and frameworks that will help you in a structured way to look for savings and potential improvements of liquidity. In this course, I will teach you how to perform fast and efficiently different types of analyses in Purchasing & Procurement.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. General information about Purchasing & Procurement.
2. Useful frameworks for analyzing Purchasing & Procurement.
3. How to find ways to cut costs in Purchasing & Procurement.
4. How to identify potential ways to improve your liquidity, especially quick wins.
5. How to estimate in Excel potential impact of proposed changes.
For more check the following course:
https://bit.ly/PurchasingConsulting
Production Planning for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to do analyses during consulting projects
What is the aim of this presentation?
Consulting firms are hired very often to help with Supply Chain and Production. During such projects, you will quite often have to look at the production planning and optimize it. Optimizing production planning will require a good understanding of what drives production capacity, as well as how production can impact the costs in the whole supply chain. In this presentation, I will teach how to perform fast and efficiently different types of analyses related to production planning.
In the presentation you will learn the following things:
1. What the production capacity depends on and how to estimate it
2. How to find optimal production batches for different products in Excel that will minimize costs in the whole supply chain
3. How to plan production capacity for the future
4. How and when to use different methods for production planning
This presentation is based on my 15 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting firms and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, performance improvement, and turn-arounds in the biggest firms from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B, and services sectors that I worked for. I have carried or supervised over 90 different performance improvement projects in different industries that generated in total 2 billion of additional EBITDA.
For more check the following course: https://bit.ly/ProductionPlanningAsen
Segmentation Methods for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to analyze segments of customers during consulting projects
If you are participating in a consulting project devoted to Sales & Marketing or Strategy most likely you will have to either do segmentation or analyze existing segments of customers. You will try to achieve it on the basis of internal data, market research as well as other external data. In this course, I will teach how to rapidly and efficiently segment customers and analyze existing segments during consulting projects.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How you can segment customers?
2. When to use a specific segmentation technique?
3. Crucial Excel formulas you will need to do segmentation
4. How to do simple segmentations in Excel using internal or external data
5. How the B2B segmentation differs from B2C segmentation
This course is based on my 15 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting firms and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, performance improvement, and turn-arounds in the biggest firms from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B, and services sectors that I worked for. I have carried or supervised over 90 different performance improvement projects in different industries that generated in total 2 billion of additional EBITDA. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained in person over 100 consultants, business analysts and managers who now are Partners in PE and VC funds, Investment Directors and Business Analysts in PE and VC, Operational Directors, COO, CRO, CEO, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members, etc. On top of that my courses on Udemy were already taken by more than 103 000 students including people working in EY, Walmart, Booz Allen Hamilton, Adidas, Naspers, Alvarez & Marsal, PwC, Dell, Walgreens, Orange, and many others.
For more check the following course:
https://bit.ly/SegmentationMC
Overview of business models used in on-lineAsen Gyczew
We work with startups on daily basis within our accelerator StartupAkademia and we have noticed that despite tones of very good books on lean methods (i.e. Lean Analytics, Running Lean etc.) startups as well as small / medium businesses have problems with applying this knowledge in practice. We have noticed that, especially first time startups, do not really understand their business model (which is totally understandable). That's why, it is very difficult for them to know what they should concentrate on. Most entrepreneurs / startups have more or less clear business idea but quite often they do not know the business models they can chose and end up learning it the hard way, through their mistakes. Some of them have read the Lean analytics, Lean Starup or Running Lean but even then they do not know exactly how to translate it into coherent Excel model. A business model in the form of Excel is very important for evaluating your business, seeing how much cash you need and how your hypothesis and KPIs are translating into the business
Therefore we build a course on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/on-line-business-models-in-excel-practical-guide/
The presentation you will find here is just a fraction of what you can find in the course
What will this course give you?
The course is a practical, step by step guide loaded with tones of tips and tools that will help you significantly speed up with your business, especially if you are a startup or a small / medium business. There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from our own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. Our intention is that thanks to the course you will know:
- What your business model is about, what to concentrate on and what are the key KPIs for you?
- How you can translate it into Excel and evaluate your business?
- How to make conclusions on the basis of your business model presented in the form of Excel
Financial Analysis for Management Consultants & AnalystsAsen Gyczew
During many consulting projects, you will have to do a lot of financial analysis and draw conclusions about specific companies or industries. This is especially true during due diligence projects, strategic projects and turn-arounds. Financial analyses will help you decide which option is better, what investments you should take, estimate potential improvements or estimate the impact on the profit and the balance sheet. On top of that, during consulting projects, you have to do everything 3x faster and with little data. Therefore, I will teach you in this course how to do fast and efficiently financial analyses and how to draw conclusions from them
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to do financial analyses in Excel fast and efficiently
2. How to draw conclusions from the analyses
3. How to analyze financial statements in Excel
4. How to use financial indicators
5. How to model a business in Excel
6. How to analyze business units of the firm
7. How to carry out analyses related to M&A
8. How to evaluate potential investment in Excel
9. How to estimate the value of the firm using simple methods
For more check the following course: http://bit.ly/FinancialAnalysisExcel
What exactly does a consultant at McKinsey do?Asen Gyczew
If you want to join consulting, find a work in McKinsey, BCG, Bain or other top consulting firms then you most likely wonder what consultants do in practice. In this presentation I will briefly try to summarize it.
The work you do depends on your position at a consulting firm:
1. Business Analyst – is the entry position in most consulting firm. Here you do a lot of research for specific projects or business development. You are also responsible for delivering most of the analysis that end up in the deliverables (presentation) along with accompanying slides. The workload is huge. You are not efficient as the rest of the team so you end-up working 12-15 hours 6-7 days a week. On average you stay on this position 2-3 years.
2. Associate / Senior Consultant. This guys are extremely experience so most of the things they can do independently. The not only perform part of analyses during the project but they also do a lot of project management. Typically 1 Associate would supervise 1-3 business analysts. On many occasions you start interacting with the Customer – Directors, VPs, C-level. You gradually are being prepared to manage project and sell them. You spend on this position 2-3 years
3. Engagement Manager / Project Manager. On this position you have to deliver the project. You do hardly any analytical work yet you have to check the work of BAs and Associates. On top of that you will manage at least to some extent the relationship with the customers.
4. Associate Principle / Partner / Director. On this position you are the sales man. You have to generate demand for the services, convince potential customers to pay your high fees and also to supervise the delivery of some projects. On this position you are constantly on meetings, phone calls, traveling from one city to another, from project to another. Most of the days you network and talk to CEOs, COOs, Board Members, PE Partners and others. You still have to bring a lot in revenues to stay in the firm. In some cases you supervise also part of the projects (at least on paper) and be the face for specific area or industry.
Essential Real Estate Modeling in ExcelAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this course?
Modeling real estate in Excel is not easy. In real estate, you will have to forecast the cash flow for long investment periods. In most models, you will have to forecast loan payments, maintenance costs, operational costs, and potential revenues from operating the real estate. On top of that, in real estate, we have different business models that will have different business drivers. To make your work easier, I will teach you in this course how to model in Excel fast and efficiently real estate investments.
In this course you will learn the following things:
1. Essential concepts related to real estate and modeling them in Excel
2. What are the main drivers of the profits in real estate for different business models
3. How to model buy & rent of real estate in Excel
4. How to model in Excel hotels and other short-term renting businesses (Airbnb, booking.com)
5. How to model in Excel flips/flipping
6. How to make decisions on the investment in real estate, based on the Excel model
For more information check my online course: https://bit.ly/RealEstateModels
Top 25 must read books for management consultantsAsen Gyczew
As a management consultant or a business analyst you have to read a lot to master the intricacy of business world. You should not only master typical management consulting techniques but also reach for books on lean manufacturing, financial modeling and valuation, managing people, building strategy, effective work and many many more.
In this presentation you will find my impartial selection of books that I have read and helped me a lot on my way to the top of consulting and management world.
Data Visualization for Management Consultants & AnalystAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this course?
In consulting you will spend a lot of time on creating presentations to show the results of your analyses to the customer. That is why, data visualization is so important. With proper display of data you have more chances of convincing the customers that your approach makes sense. In this course I will teach how to use different data visualization techniques to show the results of your analyses during consulting projects.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. What types of slides you should use to present your thoughts
2. What types of charts you should use for data visualization
3. How to read the charts
4. How to create charts in Excel
5. How to create charts in PowerPoint
6. How to create dynamic charts in Excel
For more check the following course
https://bit.ly/DataVisualizationMC
The top reasons and solutions for not getting value out of your AB tests - some practical tips for designing insightful and correctly instrumented test
How to become world class business analystAsen Gyczew
Business analyst are one of the most important part of a successful business. They help you make the right decision and to spend money wisely. We show here what a business analyst has to know, what business analysis he should be doing and what knowledge he should have to be successful
MVP – how to test your business idea without building the productAsen Gyczew
It is not that difficult to have a business idea even one that seems like a breakthrough and instant success. The reality bites and 90% of startups fail fast and at the same time cost their founders a small fortune. That’s why the recent development of so called lean startups revolves around learning fast and at small cost to build a product customer need and are willing to pay. Crucial part of this path is a creating a prototype of your product that enables you to test the reaction of your potential customer. This is the MVP – Minimum Viable Product.
MVP has to be Viable which means that it delivers some noticeable value to the customer, solves his pain. Minimum means that it cannot be overcomplicated, it has to have the minimal amount of features for you to be able to draw the right conclusion on what works and what does not work.
In most cases the choie of MVP stops at the landing page as the Holy Grail of lean startup and testing, the ultimate MVP, but the life is much more complicated and landing page in many cases simply is not enough? How do you test community and whether people will share and comment? How do you want to test physical products that have to be tasted and smelled?
On top of that not all MVPs are born equal. Some test one part of your business model whereas others are perfect for testing different question marks that pop-up constantly in your mind.
In this presentation we will show you through examples what should be the MVP for your business model, how to pick the right one for your needs and what are the added benefits of MVP. We will also give estimation of the costs and time needed for creation of MVP.
Innovative revenue streams - how to innovate your business on the sales sideAsen Gyczew
The success of many companies depends on figuring out a clever way to grow, earn or operate that will change drastically change the game, stack the cards in their favor. There are many interesting business hacks that give this result. In this presentation I will show you how innovate by working at the revenue streams. We will talking about 2 things: switching the way you claim the value from customers, introducing totally new revenue streams unheard of in a specific industry
The course is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and owner of small consulting company (the last 7 years). I have been also CEO, Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, and B2B in Poland so I know the implications of what I will be talking about inside-out. I have firsthand experience with low cost airlines and low cost retail
In the presentation you will learn
1. How you can claim your value?
2. When you should apply specific example?
3. In what innovative way were companies generating new revenue streams?
We will discuss companies such as: Ryanair, Sandwich Video, Legimi, Canva, DollarShaveClub so you will see in practice how revenue streams are generated.
Business Idea Generation for Management Consultants & ManagersAsen Gyczew
To build a business you need a good idea that you can explore and develop. Unfortunately, coming up with a good business idea is not easy. Most firms and universities don’t show how to come up with business ideas. They concentrate on teaching you how to run existing businesses. Luckily, there are a lot of proven methods to find interesting business ideas. If you are Management Consultant you can use them during consulting projects to help your customers grow their business. If you are a manager or startup founder they will prove priceless in your quest to discover new business opportunities. In this course I will show you different methods to come up with killer business ideas. In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to come up with business ideas by improving existing products, solving existing problems
2. When specific methods of business idea generation can be applied
3. How specific business method should be applied
4. How to find ways to 10x existing solutions
5. How to innovate your product and your business model
6. How to build add-on business using your current business
For more check the following course: http://bit.ly/BusinessIdeasGeneration
Scaling Business for Management Consultants & ManagersAsen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to scale businesses in practice fast and efficiently
Course summary
What is the aim of this course?
If you have managed to build a successful business that is also profitable, at some point you will start thinking about scaling your business and drastically growing its size and profits. This will require a different approach than the everyday management of the business. You need different frameworks to scale fast & efficiently the business. In this course, I will teach you how to find ways to scale the business fast & efficiently. I will also show you how to prepare the organization for scaling
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How firms like Tesla, Amazon have scaled their business
2. How to scale different areas of you firm
3. How to identify biggest bottlenecks preventing you from scaling
4. How to estimate the speed of scaling
5. How to design your scaling process
6. Scale faster
7. Scale successfully Sales, Operations and Recruitment
For more check the following course
https://bit.ly/ScalingBusinesses
Lean manufacturing for Management Consultants and Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
This presentation will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in optimizing production and operations of any company through a series of practical cases. It is designed for people who want to become consultants, business analysts or have to run and optimize production on a daily bases. In the course you will learn 3 things:
1. How to understand any production or operational activities
2. How to optimize the production and operations in order to get more things done, cheaper at higher quality with less resources
3. Where to look for savings and improvements, how to calculate potential savings in Excel and implement them
The course is based on my 12 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On many occasions I had to optimize the whole production and operational side of the businesses I was responsible for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 consultants, business analysts and managers who now are Production Directors, Operational Directors, COO, Investment Directors, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc.
Effective Meetings for Management Consultants & AnalystsAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this presentation?
During consulting projects you will be doing plenty of interviews and meetings. At the beginning, you may find them very stressful and challenging, especially, when you have to talk with directors, managers that are much older than you, and that have much bigger experience than you. Luckily, there are a lot of interesting techniques that will help you conduct efficiently interviews and meetings during consulting projects.
In this course, I will show you different tips and methods that will help you achieve your goals. Thanks to this course you will learn the following things:
1. How to prepare and conduct initial interviews during consulting projects
2. How to conduct regular meetings
3. How to make sure that your final presentation is a success
4. How to conduct implementation and internal meetings during consulting projects
For more check the following course: https://bit.ly/MeetingsConsultants
It’s not easy to transition first from an efficient specialist to a manager and later on to an outstanding CEO. What made you a great specialist quite often is a problem at a manager level. You have to totally switch the way you work and on what you concentrate. The same goes for your transition from manager to CEO. Being a CEO is not just managing a bigger team or more senior team. If you want to be successful you have to fully redefine your role, unlearn some things and learn new skills.
Most of the people have problems with those sort of transitions. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This old saying is unfortunately very true when you move to managerial positions. You tend to continue doing things that made you successful but what I got you here won’t get you there.
This course will help you redefine your role and transition from a specialist to a manager and later on to a CEO. I will provide you clear guidelines what and how to do in order to be efficient and effective manager as well as CEO. In this course you will learn 5 things
1. How to be an efficient and effective manager
2. How to be an efficient and effective CEO
3. How to understand the business from the position of a CEO
4. How to improve the business as a CEO
5. How to make your business strategically sustainable
Top 10 courses for every management consultantAsen Gyczew
As a management consultant you have to master some vital skills that will help you survive the first 2 years of your work. Some of the have to do with tools (Excel, Presentations). Others with your productivity and skills (financial modeling, business modeling). In this presentation you will find an overview of most important things that you have to master along with suggested courses that I recommend taking.
Niche strategy in practice - case studiesAsen Gyczew
The success of many companies depends on figuring out a clever way to grow, earn or operate that will change drastically change the game, stack the cards in their favor. There are many interesting business hacks that give this result. In this lecture I will show you how one of such business tactics – niche strategy has been successfully implemented in many businesses. This powerful tactic applied has already disrupted many industries like automotive, many marketplaces, cab industry and delivery industry. One of the best known examples are Tesla, Uber, Yelp, Square
In this presentation apart from the case studies of companies that implemented niche strategy I will show you what you should do to be successful in this strategy.
In what way will you benefit from this presentation?
The presentation is a practical, step by step guide loaded with tones of, tricks, hints, examples that will show you where you can go with your business. There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from my own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. My intention is that thanks to the presentation you will know:
1. How niche strategy work?
2. How you should build it in your industry?
3. Where you have to look for improvements to be competitive?
4. How to estimate your competitive advantage using data from your industry?
Decision Making with Excel for ManagersAsen Gyczew
As a manager you will be tempted to trust your guts and use your experience to decide what and how to do it. Quite often this approach may be misleading. It is much better to use data driven approach and before you make the decision look at the potential consequences. In this course I will show you how to make more rational choices as a manger using Excel. We will go through a lot of case studies that will help you master this skill.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to be data driven in solving problems
2. How to make better decisions using Excel
3. How to handle uncertainty when you are making decisions
4. Which method, framework you should use in a specific situation
You will learn how to make decisions using make or buy analysis, voting system, simulations, rankings, how to analyze the costs of different investments (aiming at cost reduction, removing bottlenecks, requested by the customers). We will also how to apply the portfolio decision making, value proposition alignment, strategic alignment frameworks.
For more check my course: https://bit.ly/DecisionMakingExcel
Purchasing & Procurement Analyses for Management ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
During Consulting Projects a lot of attention will be devoted to Purchasing & Procurement. Usually, this area generates big cost reductions and helps improve liquidity. Finding potential savings is not always easy and requires well-organized approach to companies purchases. Luckily, there are a lot of techniques and frameworks that will help you in a structured way to look for savings and potential improvements of liquidity. In this course, I will teach you how to perform fast and efficiently different types of analyses in Purchasing & Procurement.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. General information about Purchasing & Procurement.
2. Useful frameworks for analyzing Purchasing & Procurement.
3. How to find ways to cut costs in Purchasing & Procurement.
4. How to identify potential ways to improve your liquidity, especially quick wins.
5. How to estimate in Excel potential impact of proposed changes.
For more check the following course:
https://bit.ly/PurchasingConsulting
Production Planning for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to do analyses during consulting projects
What is the aim of this presentation?
Consulting firms are hired very often to help with Supply Chain and Production. During such projects, you will quite often have to look at the production planning and optimize it. Optimizing production planning will require a good understanding of what drives production capacity, as well as how production can impact the costs in the whole supply chain. In this presentation, I will teach how to perform fast and efficiently different types of analyses related to production planning.
In the presentation you will learn the following things:
1. What the production capacity depends on and how to estimate it
2. How to find optimal production batches for different products in Excel that will minimize costs in the whole supply chain
3. How to plan production capacity for the future
4. How and when to use different methods for production planning
This presentation is based on my 15 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting firms and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, performance improvement, and turn-arounds in the biggest firms from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B, and services sectors that I worked for. I have carried or supervised over 90 different performance improvement projects in different industries that generated in total 2 billion of additional EBITDA.
For more check the following course: https://bit.ly/ProductionPlanningAsen
Segmentation Methods for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to analyze segments of customers during consulting projects
If you are participating in a consulting project devoted to Sales & Marketing or Strategy most likely you will have to either do segmentation or analyze existing segments of customers. You will try to achieve it on the basis of internal data, market research as well as other external data. In this course, I will teach how to rapidly and efficiently segment customers and analyze existing segments during consulting projects.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How you can segment customers?
2. When to use a specific segmentation technique?
3. Crucial Excel formulas you will need to do segmentation
4. How to do simple segmentations in Excel using internal or external data
5. How the B2B segmentation differs from B2C segmentation
This course is based on my 15 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting firms and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, performance improvement, and turn-arounds in the biggest firms from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B, and services sectors that I worked for. I have carried or supervised over 90 different performance improvement projects in different industries that generated in total 2 billion of additional EBITDA. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained in person over 100 consultants, business analysts and managers who now are Partners in PE and VC funds, Investment Directors and Business Analysts in PE and VC, Operational Directors, COO, CRO, CEO, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members, etc. On top of that my courses on Udemy were already taken by more than 103 000 students including people working in EY, Walmart, Booz Allen Hamilton, Adidas, Naspers, Alvarez & Marsal, PwC, Dell, Walgreens, Orange, and many others.
For more check the following course:
https://bit.ly/SegmentationMC
Overview of business models used in on-lineAsen Gyczew
We work with startups on daily basis within our accelerator StartupAkademia and we have noticed that despite tones of very good books on lean methods (i.e. Lean Analytics, Running Lean etc.) startups as well as small / medium businesses have problems with applying this knowledge in practice. We have noticed that, especially first time startups, do not really understand their business model (which is totally understandable). That's why, it is very difficult for them to know what they should concentrate on. Most entrepreneurs / startups have more or less clear business idea but quite often they do not know the business models they can chose and end up learning it the hard way, through their mistakes. Some of them have read the Lean analytics, Lean Starup or Running Lean but even then they do not know exactly how to translate it into coherent Excel model. A business model in the form of Excel is very important for evaluating your business, seeing how much cash you need and how your hypothesis and KPIs are translating into the business
Therefore we build a course on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/on-line-business-models-in-excel-practical-guide/
The presentation you will find here is just a fraction of what you can find in the course
What will this course give you?
The course is a practical, step by step guide loaded with tones of tips and tools that will help you significantly speed up with your business, especially if you are a startup or a small / medium business. There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from our own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. Our intention is that thanks to the course you will know:
- What your business model is about, what to concentrate on and what are the key KPIs for you?
- How you can translate it into Excel and evaluate your business?
- How to make conclusions on the basis of your business model presented in the form of Excel
Financial Analysis for Management Consultants & AnalystsAsen Gyczew
During many consulting projects, you will have to do a lot of financial analysis and draw conclusions about specific companies or industries. This is especially true during due diligence projects, strategic projects and turn-arounds. Financial analyses will help you decide which option is better, what investments you should take, estimate potential improvements or estimate the impact on the profit and the balance sheet. On top of that, during consulting projects, you have to do everything 3x faster and with little data. Therefore, I will teach you in this course how to do fast and efficiently financial analyses and how to draw conclusions from them
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to do financial analyses in Excel fast and efficiently
2. How to draw conclusions from the analyses
3. How to analyze financial statements in Excel
4. How to use financial indicators
5. How to model a business in Excel
6. How to analyze business units of the firm
7. How to carry out analyses related to M&A
8. How to evaluate potential investment in Excel
9. How to estimate the value of the firm using simple methods
For more check the following course: http://bit.ly/FinancialAnalysisExcel
What exactly does a consultant at McKinsey do?Asen Gyczew
If you want to join consulting, find a work in McKinsey, BCG, Bain or other top consulting firms then you most likely wonder what consultants do in practice. In this presentation I will briefly try to summarize it.
The work you do depends on your position at a consulting firm:
1. Business Analyst – is the entry position in most consulting firm. Here you do a lot of research for specific projects or business development. You are also responsible for delivering most of the analysis that end up in the deliverables (presentation) along with accompanying slides. The workload is huge. You are not efficient as the rest of the team so you end-up working 12-15 hours 6-7 days a week. On average you stay on this position 2-3 years.
2. Associate / Senior Consultant. This guys are extremely experience so most of the things they can do independently. The not only perform part of analyses during the project but they also do a lot of project management. Typically 1 Associate would supervise 1-3 business analysts. On many occasions you start interacting with the Customer – Directors, VPs, C-level. You gradually are being prepared to manage project and sell them. You spend on this position 2-3 years
3. Engagement Manager / Project Manager. On this position you have to deliver the project. You do hardly any analytical work yet you have to check the work of BAs and Associates. On top of that you will manage at least to some extent the relationship with the customers.
4. Associate Principle / Partner / Director. On this position you are the sales man. You have to generate demand for the services, convince potential customers to pay your high fees and also to supervise the delivery of some projects. On this position you are constantly on meetings, phone calls, traveling from one city to another, from project to another. Most of the days you network and talk to CEOs, COOs, Board Members, PE Partners and others. You still have to bring a lot in revenues to stay in the firm. In some cases you supervise also part of the projects (at least on paper) and be the face for specific area or industry.
Essential Real Estate Modeling in ExcelAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this course?
Modeling real estate in Excel is not easy. In real estate, you will have to forecast the cash flow for long investment periods. In most models, you will have to forecast loan payments, maintenance costs, operational costs, and potential revenues from operating the real estate. On top of that, in real estate, we have different business models that will have different business drivers. To make your work easier, I will teach you in this course how to model in Excel fast and efficiently real estate investments.
In this course you will learn the following things:
1. Essential concepts related to real estate and modeling them in Excel
2. What are the main drivers of the profits in real estate for different business models
3. How to model buy & rent of real estate in Excel
4. How to model in Excel hotels and other short-term renting businesses (Airbnb, booking.com)
5. How to model in Excel flips/flipping
6. How to make decisions on the investment in real estate, based on the Excel model
For more information check my online course: https://bit.ly/RealEstateModels
Top 25 must read books for management consultantsAsen Gyczew
As a management consultant or a business analyst you have to read a lot to master the intricacy of business world. You should not only master typical management consulting techniques but also reach for books on lean manufacturing, financial modeling and valuation, managing people, building strategy, effective work and many many more.
In this presentation you will find my impartial selection of books that I have read and helped me a lot on my way to the top of consulting and management world.
Data Visualization for Management Consultants & AnalystAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this course?
In consulting you will spend a lot of time on creating presentations to show the results of your analyses to the customer. That is why, data visualization is so important. With proper display of data you have more chances of convincing the customers that your approach makes sense. In this course I will teach how to use different data visualization techniques to show the results of your analyses during consulting projects.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. What types of slides you should use to present your thoughts
2. What types of charts you should use for data visualization
3. How to read the charts
4. How to create charts in Excel
5. How to create charts in PowerPoint
6. How to create dynamic charts in Excel
For more check the following course
https://bit.ly/DataVisualizationMC
The top reasons and solutions for not getting value out of your AB tests - some practical tips for designing insightful and correctly instrumented test
The future for performance management, quality and true continuous improvement for local council planning services. Uses much of the data that councils already send to government, supplements it with some new approaches to customer and quality feedback, and brings it all together in one tidy, holistic report.
Fast Close: The Why and How of a faster month end close. Making the business case for a faster month end close, and linking it to finance transformation. Use process optimisation techniques and six sigma to help finance become more influential. Delivered at CPA Australia Management Accounting Conference 2015
What is an issue tree and how to use it?Asen Gyczew
Issue tree is one of the most important tools used in management consulting. Issue tree is a concept that will help you guess in a structured manner the problems, reasons causing those problems and on the basis of this decide what should be analyzed. In this presentation I will show you how to build it as well as you will get an opportunity to have a look at 2 examples of applying this in practice. The first examples will be showing issue tree for chicken producer. The second example will be around Retail,
Intranet and collaboration - developing scenarios to define prioritisation an...GabrieleSani3
A framework to develop user stories, prioritise them, and then link them to the current tools, analise gaps, and determine the ROI of technical development
Five Steps to a Martech Power Stack (2021)Josh Hill
Josh Hill and Kelly Jo Horton update and enhance their popular 2019 Adobe stack management presentation.
What we will cover in this session. Five practical steps to creating a power stack.
Know where you are. What’s in your stack, who owns the technologies
Identifying Gaps & Overlaps. Do you really need everything you have? Streamlining, consolidating, adding to fill gaps
Making a case. How do you justify a new purchase?
Vetting vendors. How to control the vendor vetting process and negotiations
Change management. Change is hard. How to find your champions and foster adoption
From a Business Analyst to A Business Consultant: Unraveling Business ProcessesGeorge Saveliev
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2HDYVtr-vA
Business consulting is a natural extension to the career of a business analyst. These two professions have much in common. We need to analyze a business before giving it any advice, and we are often asked for advice while doing business analysis. Yet, there are important differences between them: they focus on different stakeholders, produce different deliverables, and communicate in different ways.Business consulting is a broad term covering a variety of distinct areas. This presentation focuses on the one business analysts encounter most often: business process consulting.
Business process consulting involves exploring the current processes of an organization and proposing the changes that would help it work better. It sounds simpler than it is, though. In real-world projects, we struggle to
- unravel a hairball of intertwined business processes- collate needs and opinions of diverse stakeholders
- account for process variations across business locations
- produce the documentation that is both concise and comprehensive- convince decision-makers to follow our recommendations
The presentation is intended for experienced business analysts assuming the role of a business process consultant. It explains what the consulting is and how it differs from business analysis. Then, it elaborates on primary and auxiliary deliverables of a business process consulting engagement as well as the ways to produce and present them.
Geek Sync I Agile Data Management vs. Agile Data ModelingIDERA Software
You can watch the replay for this Geek Sync webcast in the IDERA Resource Center: http://ow.ly/Er0q50A5o7q
Join IDERA and Joseph Maggi while he discusses some of the more heated debates in the data modeling world centered around the concept of agile data modeling. Much of this debate has its roots in a misunderstanding or at least conflicting views on what Agile is in the first place. Some view agile data modeling as a haphazard approach to database “design” while others view it as a way to get applications developed more quickly and efficiently. This session will explore the merits of both sides of the argument and will discuss the technical manifestations of Agile (namely Scrum and Kanban) and where data modeling fits within these agile methodologies.
In this 1-hour webinar you’ll learn what Lean is, why Lean is good for business and how some of the basic Lean concepts like 8 Wastes and Visual Management can improve and transform your operation.
Download the slides and more at https://goleansixsigma.com/webinar-introduction-to-lean/
Start your free Yellow Belt Training at http://www.goleansixsigma.com/free-lean-six-sigma-training/
Get The 8 Wastes Poster at https://goleansixsigma.com/product/the-8-wastes-poster/
How to optimize processes in practice during consulting projectsAsen Gyczew
Optimizing processes is not an easy task. It requires a structured approach to it and good understanding of helpful methods such as lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, queuing models, Overall Labor Efficiency and others. In this presentation I will show you how you can approach process optimization. I will show you not only the general approach to this subject but also we will go briefly through methods. I will also show you one example of process optimization in retail. You will have also a lot of links to additional resources that will help you learn the methods required to do process optimization during consulting project or internally in the firm on your own. There will be also a link to the course where you can learn more on that. The presentation is devoted to 3 parts
1. General framework / approach to process optimization
2. Examples of methods and tools used during process optimization
3. Cases study – process optimization in retail
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Funnel Analysis for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to do funnel analyses & use them for decision making
Funnels and funnel analyses are great tools that can help you find problems and opportunities, optimize processes as well as manage projects. They are widely used by technological firms. However, many industries are still not using them, despite their big potential. In this presentation, I will teach you how to use funnel analyses to increase the profits of the firm.
In the presentation you will learn the following things:
What are funnels?
1. How to analyze funnels in Excel
2. How funnels look like for e-commerce, marketplace, SaaS firms and other business models
3. How to use funnels and funnel analysis to increase sales and profits
4. What are cohorts and how to use them to analyze funnels?
5. How to use funnels to manage tests, projects, or tasks
For more check the following course:
https://bit.ly/FunnelsConsulting
Business Model Innovation for Management ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
Business Model Innovation for Management Consultants
A practical guide on how to change & innovate the business
Course summary
What is the aim of this course?
Consulting firms are hired very often to help to change the Business Model. Those projects are difficult as you have to generate innovation and convince the firm to change. There is no one recipe for how to innovate. However, there are some proven techniques, frameworks, approaches that will help you find a way to innovate the Business Model. In this course, I will teach you how to pick the right Business Model Innovation technique during consulting projects.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. What frameworks, tools techniques you can use to Innovate your Business Model
2. How others have implemented the Innovation
3. How to estimate the potential impact of the Business Model Innovation in Excel
For more check the following course:
https://bit.ly/BusinessInnovationsMC
How to delegate work efficiently - a practical guide for Management Consult...Asen Gyczew
A practical guide on how to delegate work fast & efficiently
Course summary
What is the aim of this course?
If you want to advance in your career and get promoted you have to learn how to efficiently delegate work to other people. It is not an easy skill to master, but you also do not have to be born with a special talent. With a proper approach, you can delegate any work efficiently. Luckily, there are a lot of interesting management productivity hacks that will help you delegate work efficiently to other people. In this course, I will teach how to delegate efficiently work to other people and still not jeopardize the quality of the work.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to delegate efficiently
2. When to use different types of delegation
3. How NOT to do things you are not supposed to do
4. How to make sure that the team works efficiently
For more check the following course:
https://bit.ly/DelegateManagementConsultans
Strategy is one of the most dreaded subjects in any business. There are so many conflicting frameworks that are difficult to decide what to choose. In this presentation, you will learn a framework that will help you formulate and execute the strategy for your businesses on the level of top consulting firms i.e. McKinsey, BCG, Bain, PwC, EY. You will also see how others are implementing their strategic choices. What you will see here is a part of my online course: https://bit.ly/StrategyForConsultants
Check also the course on M&A: https://bit.ly/MAMConsulting
M&A is one of the way to expand the business, disrupt others and protect yourself against disruption. We will see how this has been achieved by Disney and Amazon
M&A for Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this presentation?
Consulting firms are hired very often to help with Mergers & Acquisitions. Those projects are difficult as you have to deliver results fast and you have to deal with many stakeholders. You not only have to help select potential targets, model businesses in Excel, but also you will have to estimate the potential benefits of M&A, the value of the firm and forecast the development of the acquired firms. In this course I will teach how to perform fast and efficiently different types of analyses during M&A projects.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. What kind of analyses you may have to do during M&A project
2. How to Select Potential Targets for M&A using Excel
3. How to create a financial model in Excel for M&A purposes
4. How to estimate the value of M&A target
5. How to estimate potential synergies coming from M&A process
6. How to conduct commercial due diligence
7. What kind of market research tools you can use during due diligence
For more check the following course http://bit.ly/MAMConsulting
Tags: financial analysis, M&A, investment analysis, NPV, financial indicators, controlling, valuation, acquisition, mergers Management Consulting projects, Consulting Project, McKinsey, OC&C, PwC, EY, Bain, BCG, performance improvement projects, Alvarez & Marsal
Project Management Office (PMO) for Management ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this course?
Sometimes to create value in the firm or manage a huge number of complicated projects you have to set up Project Management Office (PMO). PMO is responsible for making sure that all strategic projects will be delivered on time. PMO has to also analyze and select projects and support project managers in managing project delivery. Building and running PMO is pretty difficult, especially when it comes to selecting the right projects and later on implementing them. I will teach you in this course how to do it efficiently. We will look at different types of PMO set-up for different purposes. In this course you will learn:
1. In what situation PMO is used and how its goals differ depending on the situation
2. How to select the right projects to implement using PMO
3. What PMO deliverables you will have to create
4. What tools you can use to run the PMO efficiently
Liquidity Management for Management Consultants & ManagersAsen Gyczew
Many companies despite having profits still have problems with cash. In other words they have to improve their liquidity. This topic is not widely discussed and a few management consultants as well as managers know how to do it practice. Therefore, more companies die because of problems with liquidity than due to low profits. Luckily, there are a lot of techniques that will help you in a structured way look for ways to generate more cash from the business.
In this course I will show you different methods that you can use to improve the cash position of your business. You will learn the following things:
1. How to identify potential ways to improve your liquidity, especially quick wins
2. How to estimate in Excel how much cash you can generate from specific solution
3. How to pick the optimal solution
4. How to prevent the firm from going bankrupt due to liquidity problems
You will learn here how to cut costs, reduce inventory, reduce receivables, improve payables, and restructure debt and many more:
For more check the following course: http://bit.ly/LiquidityManagementConsulting
Cost Reduction for Management Consultants & ManagersAsen Gyczew
Every company has to control costs in order to survive and prosper. Therefore, many firms on regular basis perform cost reduction projects. Cost reduction project may be part of a wider Performance Improvement Project or be a standalone project carried out only in one of the business units. Those projects are extremely interesting because you will be able to make a real change, create a new reality and improve part of the business or even the whole business. There are also very difficult as you have to not only analyze areas but also find ways to cut costs, improve the current situation as well as, on some occasions, implement the change. The skills that you will learn during this sort of projects will be also very useful once you move to work for regular businesses or set-up your own firm. In this course I will show you how to deliver such projects fast and efficiently. In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to identify potential savings especially quick wins
2. How to optimize processes
3. How to analyze investments
4. How to carry out make-or-buy analysis
5. How to spend less
For more check the following course: https://bit.ly/CostReductionCourse
Personal Finance using Management Consulting HacksAsen Gyczew
What is the aim of this presentation?
No matter how much you earn it’s not easy to build wealth. The money you earn somehow magically disappears although it seems to you that you have been quite frugal. On top of that, it’s difficult to make certain tradeoffs in life where you have to spend money: Should you cook on your own or buy prepared food? Is it better to rent apartment of buy your own? Should you go for MBA or not? We are not taught at school to make rational decisions and manage our money and wealth. Luckily, there are a lot of nice management consulting tools, techniques and frameworks that will help you spend less, be more efficient, earn money and generate additional income. You don’t have to go to top consulting firm to learn them. You can master them by taking my presentation.
This presentation will help you drastically improve your skills in managing money and making more rational choices using management consulting tools, techniques and frameworks. If you have a specific problem just let me know and I will give you tips on how to solve it using the tools presented in this presentation.
The presentation is designed for people who want to become more data driven and less emotional in the way they manage money and make decisions related to money. Thanks to the presentation you will be making better decisions and you will learn techniques that will help you faster build your wealth. In the presentation you will learn 6 main things:
1. How to spend less money
2. How to make sure that you spend money on the right things
3. How to be more productive, work faster and more efficiently
4. How to earn more money
5. How to generate additional revenue streams
6. How to invest wisely your money
You can find more in my course: http://bit.ly/PersonalFinanceHacks
How to change your business during the recession caused by corona virusAsen Gyczew
A few years ago I have seen a documentary movie showing a refugee camp. To my surprise they have managed to create a mini economy inside the camp. There was a school, hairdresser, somebody who could fix the tent. In other words even if the worst happens a new balance is created in which the flow of goods and services carries on.
We will see the same thing during and after the corona virus pandemic. He will be most likely witnessing pretty big recession this year and the businesses will have to adapt to the new situation.
We will see a lot of changes in sales, operations, population control that will help you go back to the new normal state in which the economy will be rebuild. Similar to what after 9/11 there will be however a lot of changes in the way in which we handle human contact and how we organize our enterprises.
We have prepared a few tips on that in a form of a presentation. We have divided it into 2 parts. In the first one we provide some tips for the firms. In the second one for the governments. Some of them are short term tips how to handle the situation 6 months. There are also tips that will help you avoid such a huge shock to the everyday life in the long run
Enjoy this presentation
I would also recommend checking the following other resources:
1. Bain – Defending Retail against coronavirus
2. Roland Berger - Three Scenarios For How Coronavirus May Affect Economies And Industries
How to train Management Consultants & Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
Having good people that can do great job is the fundamental thing that every consulting firm has to secure. If you a smaller consulting firm you will struggle with attracting the best and brightest. Therefore, the training process at your firm is crucial. It will help you deliver great results for your customers and scale your business. However, training Business Analysts and Management Consultants is not easy. It takes a lot of time and effort to transform a freshman into a world class Business Analyst. I had the pleasure to train numerous Management Consultants and Business Analyst that not only did a great job at consulting firms but later on went on to become partners and directors at PE funds, COO, CEO, CRO, Directors. In this course I will show you what process and tools I have been using and I will teach you how to train your Business Analysts and Management Consultants efficiently (fast and with little resources). Thanks to the approach that I will show in this course you will have a significant competitive advantage over others.
In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to define the profile of the ideal consultant
2. What options are on the table when it comes to training consultants and business analysts
3. How to estimate the costs of each every type of training
4. How to allocate time to training
5. How to build the training machine for your firm
For more check my course: http://bit.ly/TrainManagementConsultants
Essential Finance & Accounting for Management Consultants and Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
During many consulting projects you will have to analyze financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flows) and draw conclusion about specific company. This is especially true during due diligence, strategic projects and turn-arounds. Financial analyses require relatively good understanding of finance and accounting. Business Analysts and Management Consultants that did not study Finance or Business tend to have some problems with navigating this area. This course will help you overcome this problem. Those of you who have finished Business School or Economics will find here a great refresher with a lot of practical tips how to do certain analysis during a consulting project.
This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in finance and accounting. It is designed for people who are or want to become management consultants, business. In the course you will learn 5 main things:
1. How to read financial statements such as a balance sheet, an income (profit & loss) statement, cash flows
2. How to draw conclusions from financial statements
3. Main principles of accounting
4. How to analyze financial indicators
5. How to estimate the value of the firm / do valuation
I will NOT teach you everything about finance & accounting because it is simply not efficient (and frankly you don’t need it). This course is organized around 80/20 rule and I want to teach you the most useful (from business analyst / consultant perspective) things that will enable you to understand the financial data and analyze them.
Management Consulting Approach to Problem SolvingAsen Gyczew
Time and again you will come across problems that are seeming unsolvable. In many cases you don’t even know how to approach them. Luckily, there are a lot of nice management consulting tools, techniques and frameworks that will help you solve every day problems. You don’t have to go to top consulting firm to master them. You can master them by taking my course.
This course will help you drastically improve your skills in solving problems using management consulting tools, techniques and frameworks. In this course we will mainly concentrate on solving real life problems like: goal settings and defining what and when to do, estimating the cost of a wedding, losing weight and getting in shape, deciding whether to do an MBA or not, choosing the right boyfriend / girlfriend, deciding whether you should buy a car or not, deciding when to retire and many more. If you have a specific problem just let me know and I will give you tips on how to solve it using the tools presented in this course.
The course is designed for people who want to become more data driven and less emotional in the way they solve problems and make decisions. Thanks to the course you will be making better decisions and solve problems that have seemed so far unsolvable. In the course you will learn 3 things:
1. What consulting techniques, tools and frameworks there are
2. When to apply each and one of them
3. How to use them in practice including examples how to calculate specific things in Excel
This is a part of my online course: http://bit.ly/SolvingProblemsHacks
Performance Improvement Project for Management ConsultantsAsen Gyczew
One of the projects you will participate during your work in management consulting is the Performance Improvement Project. You will be hired by the owner or the Board of Directors to improve the business. Those projects are extremely interesting because you will be able to make a real change, create a new reality and improve part of the business or even the whole business. There are also very difficult as you have to not only analyze areas but also find ways to improve the current situation as well as, on some occasions, implement the change. The skills that you will learn during this sort of projects will be also very useful once you move to work for regular businesses or set-up your own firm. In this course I will show you how to deliver such projects fast and efficiently. In the course you will learn the following things:
1. How to conduct performance improvement projects
2. How to estimate in Excel savings and improvements
3. Where to look for performance improvements in FMCG and Retail
4. What frameworks can be used during performance improvement projects
This course is based on my 14 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting firms and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, performance improvement and turn-arounds in biggest firms from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B and services sectors that I worked for. I have carried or supervised over 90 different performance improvement projects in different industries that generated in total 2 billion of additional EBITDA. This presentation is a part of my online course: http://bit.ly/PerformanceImprovementProjects
KPIs and metrics for Management Consultants and ManagersAsen Gyczew
Practical guide how to use KPIs to understand & manage a business
Most businesses on the face of it look very complicated and difficult to understand. On top of that the competition is so fierce that you have to take decisions based on data and not on gut feeling (a very misleading creature). That’s why it’s crucial to define and understand the main drivers and metrics measuring those drivers. If you have properly defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) you can understand the mechanism behind any business, you will be able to model it in Excel and you will know how to grow it or improve it. You can also use properly defined KPIs to manage people efficiently, give them goals aligned with your goals. That’s why I have decided to create a course solely concentrated on this KPIs.
This course will give you the knowledge and insight into drivers and KPIs used in different business models that can be used for understanding the business, managing it, motivating people and improving results. The course will make your life during a consulting project much easier. If you are already a manager thanks to this course you will learn how to use the KPIs to understand and grow your business.
This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in understanding and improving your business using KPIs. It is designed for management consultants and newly appointed managers that want to excel at their work. In the course you will learn 6 things:
1. How to understand the business through KPIs
2. How to use KPIs to model the business in Excel
3. How to use KPIs to manage the business
4. How to use KPIs to motivate people
5. How to use KPIs to improve the business
6. What is a good KPI
For more check my course: http://bit.ly/KPIsCourse
SMCG for Management Consultants and Business AnalystsAsen Gyczew
Consulting projects especially when it comes to consumer goods business are very demanding. The two most complicated areas are sales and marketing and supply chain. During consulting projects I have seen business analysts and management consultants struggling with understanding the business fast enough to deliver value to the customer. This course will give you the knowledge and insight into real life case studies that will make your life during a consulting project in a consumer goods business much easier.
This presentation will help you improve your knowledge and skills in analyzing and improving Slow Moving Consumer Goods businesses (SMCG). It is designed for people who want to become management consultants, business analysts or have to run and optimize SMCG businesses on daily bases. In the course you will learn 3 things:
1. How to model SMCG business in Excel
2. How to improve sales and marketing in order to increase margin and profit
3. How to improve supply chain in order to increase margin and profit
For more check my presentation: http://bit.ly/SMCGSlideshare
As a business analyst or a management consultant you have to master some vital skills that will help you survive the first 2-3 years of your work. Some of the have to do with tools (Excel, Presentations). Others with your productivity and skills (financial modeling, business modeling). You also have to learn tools techniques and frameworks that will help understand faster the business and provide more value. In this presentation you will find an overview of most important things that you have to master along with suggested courses that I recommend taking. They will help you become more efficient and will help you develop your skills and knowledge.
RMD24 | Retail media: hoe zet je dit in als je geen AH of Unilever bent? Heid...BBPMedia1
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Falcon stands out as a top-tier P2P Invoice Discounting platform in India, bridging esteemed blue-chip companies and eager investors. Our goal is to transform the investment landscape in India by establishing a comprehensive destination for borrowers and investors with diverse profiles and needs, all while minimizing risk. What sets Falcon apart is the elimination of intermediaries such as commercial banks and depository institutions, allowing investors to enjoy higher yields.
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HR recruiter services offer top talents to companies according to their specific needs. They handle all recruitment tasks from job posting to onboarding and help companies concentrate on their business growth. With their expertise and years of experience, they streamline the hiring process and save time and resources for the company.
[Note: This is a partial preview. To download this presentation, visit:
https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations]
Sustainability has become an increasingly critical topic as the world recognizes the need to protect our planet and its resources for future generations. Sustainability means meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It involves long-term planning and consideration of the consequences of our actions. The goal is to create strategies that ensure the long-term viability of People, Planet, and Profit.
Leading companies such as Nike, Toyota, and Siemens are prioritizing sustainable innovation in their business models, setting an example for others to follow. In this Sustainability training presentation, you will learn key concepts, principles, and practices of sustainability applicable across industries. This training aims to create awareness and educate employees, senior executives, consultants, and other key stakeholders, including investors, policymakers, and supply chain partners, on the importance and implementation of sustainability.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts that form the foundation of sustainability within corporate environments.
2. Explore the sustainability implementation model, focusing on effective measures and reporting strategies to track and communicate sustainability efforts.
3. Identify and define best practices and critical success factors essential for achieving sustainability goals within organizations.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction and Key Concepts of Sustainability
2. Principles and Practices of Sustainability
3. Measures and Reporting in Sustainability
4. Sustainability Implementation & Best Practices
To download the complete presentation, visit: https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations
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It is a sample of an interview for a business english class for pre-intermediate and intermediate english students with emphasis on the speking ability.
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A personal brand exploration presentation summarizes an individual's unique qualities and goals, covering strengths, values, passions, and target audience. It helps individuals understand what makes them stand out, their desired image, and how they aim to achieve it.
LA HUG - Video Testimonials with Chynna Morgan - June 2024Lital Barkan
Have you ever heard that user-generated content or video testimonials can take your brand to the next level? We will explore how you can effectively use video testimonials to leverage and boost your sales, content strategy, and increase your CRM data.🤯
We will dig deeper into:
1. How to capture video testimonials that convert from your audience 🎥
2. How to leverage your testimonials to boost your sales 💲
3. How you can capture more CRM data to understand your audience better through video testimonials. 📊
Personal Brand Statement:
As an Army veteran dedicated to lifelong learning, I bring a disciplined, strategic mindset to my pursuits. I am constantly expanding my knowledge to innovate and lead effectively. My journey is driven by a commitment to excellence, and to make a meaningful impact in the world.
Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence.pdfKaiNexus
Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will highlight commonly established business practices and how they limit our ability to engage everyone every day. More importantly, though, participants will likely gain increased awareness of what we can do differently to maximize enterprise excellence through deliberate inclusion.
What is Enterprise Excellence?
Enterprise Excellence is a holistic approach that's aimed at achieving world-class performance across all aspects of the organization.
What might I learn?
A way to engage all in creating Inclusive Excellence. Lessons from the US military and their parallels to the story of Harry Potter. How belt systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices. How leadership language invites people to the party. There are three things leaders can do to engage everyone every day: maximizing psychological safety to create environments where folks learn, contribute, and challenge the status quo.
Who might benefit? Anyone and everyone leading folks from the shop floor to top floor.
Dr. William Harvey is a seasoned Operations Leader with extensive experience in chemical processing, manufacturing, and operations management. At Michelman, he currently oversees multiple sites, leading teams in strategic planning and coaching/practicing continuous improvement. William is set to start his eighth year of teaching at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches marketing, finance, and management. William holds various certifications in change management, quality, leadership, operational excellence, team building, and DiSC, among others.
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4. 4
In this presentation I will show you how
to do the right things fast and efficiently
so you can enjoy fully your work and life
5. 5
What will we talk about?
Selection Faster pace Team work
▪ Issue tree
▪ Priorities
▪ Low hanging fruits
▪ Benchmarks
▪ 80/20 rule
▪ SMART goals
▪ To-do list
▪ Tools
▪ Bottlenecks
▪ Multitasking
▪ Emails
▪ Folder structure
▪ Simplify
▪ Standards and templates
▪ Iteration
▪ Smart batching and 1 piece
flow
▪ Automation and Delegation
▪ Zero Defect Rule
▪ Knowing for your customer
and being him
▪ Tools
▪ Time budget
▪ Collect knowledge
▪ Bottlenecks
▪ Up-or-out
▪ Manage expectations
▪ Sprints
▪ Universal soldiers
▪ Oh no methods
▪ Meetings
▪ Australian race
▪ Templates, Modules,
Standards
6. 6
Which frameworks will we use?
Getting things done
80/20
Theory of constraints
Lean manufacturing
Critical Chain
Lean startup
7. 7
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8. 8
How to select things that it
makes sense to concentrate on?
14. 14
Rules that will help you see the forest and not get distracted
by the many trees around you
Go from general to
specific
Look for main drivers
(up to 5)
Start with an empty
page
Be critical and selective
Get views from
different angels
Don’t read too much
Set the stopping point
for details
Don’t go too fast into
details
Set time limits
Go to the forest
15. 15
Example of how to see the forest first – consulting project.
Many go too fast to details and do not see the general picture
Going from specific to general
Ask for all data
(50 points)
Go through data Ask for more data
Analyze all data
Find ways to cut
costs
16. 16
It makes much more sense to start from the general picture and
only after this go to details. It the case of consulting project that
would mean start with i.e. asking for cost structure and only going
in details for most important items
Going from general to specific
Ask cost structure
Create
hypotheses for
the main cost
position
Ask only for data
to check
hypotheses
Analyze the
selected data
Find the most
important ways
to cut costs
17. 17
As a result you get the work done 5-10 times faster and
almost all the possible effect
Going from specific to general Going from general to specific
Ask for all data
(50 points)
Go through
data
Ask for more
data
Analyze all
data
Find ways to
cut costs
Ask cost
structure
Create
hypotheses for
the main cost
position
Ask only for
data to check
hypotheses
Analyze the
selected data
Find the most
important
ways to cut
costs
5-10 x faster
You get 75-95% of the impact
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There are some rules that are worth following
Find drivers
Round to integers
Calculate in your mind
Do sampling afterwards
Write down the rough
values
▪ Main things that certain thing depends on
▪ Instead of multiplying 2,3 by 3,61 multiple 2 by 4
Make educated guess
21. 21
Imagine that you want to use simple math to estimate how
long you will wait in the queue. You should use the following
simple formula
Number of people in
the queue
x
Number of cash
tilts
Time per 1 customer
22. 22
If you try to calculate the using the exact digits you may get
lost…..
Number of
people in the
queue
Time per 1
customer
Number of
cash tilts
32 2.33
Time you will
wait
In min
23.4
Number of people in
the queue
x
Number of cash
tilts
Time per 1 customer
23. 23
Yet, if you round it up to integers you get fast a good-enough
answer
Number of
people in the
queue
Time per 1
customer
Number of
cash tilts
32 2.33
30 23 20.0
Time you will
wait
In min
23.4
Number of people in
the queue
x
Number of cash
tilts
Time per 1 customer
25. 25
Issue tree is a concept that help you guess in a structured
manner the problems, reasons causing those problems and
on the basis of this decide what should be analyzed
Area of analysis
Area 1
Problem 1
Problem 2
Possible Reason 1
Possible Reason 2
Possible Reason 3
Possible Reason 4
Possible reasonsSuspected problems
Analysis to be
performed
Analysis 1
Analysis 2
Analysis 3
Analysis 4
26. 26
Have a look at an issue tree example for a chicken meat
producer. We guess that he has 3 problems in Logistics
Area of analysis
Transport
High costs of transport per ton of
goods
Big level of waste and breakage in
transport
Possible reasonsSuspected problems
Analysis to be
performed
Low usage of resources
27. 27
Then for those problems we try to guess the reasons
causing them
Area of analysis
Transport
High costs of transport per ton of
goods
Big level of waste and breakage in
transport
Possible reasonsSuspected problems
Analysis to be
performed
Badly designed routes
Too big fuel usage
No shipments on the way back
Low usage of resources
Badly designed method of packaging
which makes the product prone to
damage
Speed not adjusted to the product
Badly organized work and schedule of
deliveries
Limitation on delivery time of finished
goods
28. 28
Finally we come up with analyzes we have to carry to prove
or disprove these hypotheses (that certain reason is causing
certain problem
Area of analysis
Transport
High costs of transport per ton of
goods
Big level of waste and breakage in
transport
Possible reasonsSuspected problems
Analysis to be
performed
Analysis of correlation between type
of packaging and percentage of
damaged
Analysis of time spent on the way and
kilometers covered in that time
Analysis of designed routes, their
length and the influence of possible
changes
Analysis of fuel usage and kilometers
covered by vehicles
Analysis of load carried on the way
back
Badly designed routes
Too big fuel usage
No shipments on the way back
Low usage of resources
Badly designed method of packaging
which makes the product prone to
damage
Speed not adjusted to the product
Badly organized work and schedule of
deliveries
Limitation on delivery time of finished
goods
Analysis of level of overtime, daily
organization of drivers work
Analysis of Clients’ preferences on
delivery time
30. 30
We are taught to look for challenges. In
real life it makes more sense to start with
the simple things that give you big impact
31. 31
Get the low hanging fruits first. By low hanging
fruits we mean things with big impact and easy
to accomplish. You should first concentrate on
low hanging fruits and only after that go for
other priorities
32. 32
Resources needed
Impact
SmallBig
High
Low
▪ Things with big impact that
require little work
1
How to find low hanging fruits?
▪ Easy but with low impact
3
▪ Things with big impact yet
expensive, time consuming
2
No
Low hanging fruits
33. 33
▪ Office hours
1
Example of low hanging fruits for StartupAkademia
2
4 3
▪ Blog posts
▪ Slideshare presentation
Impact (traffic generated
to the web)
High
Low
Resources needed
(money + time)
SmallBig
▪ Udemy Course
▪ Sniply
▪ Youtube
▪ Events
▪ Twitter
▪ Additional resources
Low hanging fruits
35. 35
There are 4 types of priorities you can use
▪ FCFS – First Come First
Served (FIFO)
▪ LCFS – Last Come First (LIFO)
Served
▪ Due Date
▪ SOT – Shortest Operating Time
36. 36
Depending on the rules you use you will do differen things
first
FCFS
▪ Write 1 blog post
▪ Analyze sales
results
▪ Send email
▪ Read 4 articles
▪ Pay for cable TV
Task
When
it came Deadline
Time
needed for
completion
In minutes
▪ 01.04
▪ 01.04
▪ 02.04
▪ 02.04
▪ 03.04
▪ 10.04
▪ 04.04
▪ 09.04
▪ 11.04
▪ 04.04
▪ 120
▪ 30
▪ 2
▪ 25
▪ 4
1
2
3
4
5
LCFS
5
4
3
2
1
Deadline
4
1
3
5
2
SOT
5
4
1
3
2
37. 37
I use apply a mixture of SOT and Deadlines as it gives biggest
impact fast especially in a team set-up
▪ Write 1 blog post
▪ Analyze sales
results
▪ Send email
▪ Read 4 articles
▪ Pay for cable TV
Task
When
it came Deadline
Time
needed for
completion
In minutes
▪ 01.04
▪ 01.04
▪ 02.04
▪ 02.04
▪ 03.04
▪ 10.04
▪ 04.04
▪ 09.04
▪ 11.04
▪ 04.04
▪ 120
▪ 30
▪ 2
▪ 25
▪ 4
Deadline
4
1
3
5
2
SOT
5
4
1
3
2
40. 40
There are 2 types of benchmarks
Internal External
▪ Based on previous execution
▪ Extremely comparable
▪ Very reliable
▪ Detailed – can be put for each and every activity
▪ Based on some external source (i.e. reports)
▪ Not that easily comparable
▪ They to be treated with caution
▪ Only for chosen amount of activities
▪ Can give you food for drastic improvements - by
analyzing them you can find totally different
method of working
41. 41
By comparing your results and benchmarks you can decide
what to improve, work on
Internal
▪ Salary
▪ Speed of typing
▪ Speed of
analyzing Excel
Area Unit
Current
result
▪ K USD
▪ words/ minute
▪ minute
▪ 5
▪ 40
▪ 15
4
39
10
External
7
80
12
▪ Your salary went up in
comparison with your previous
one but you are still below the
market
▪ Your typing speed has improved
slightly yet you are far below the
speed achieved by others
▪ You not only improved your speed
of analyzing but also are better
than others
▪ Makes sense to teach others how
to do it
Conclusions
44. 44
What does 80/20 mean in practice
▪ Concentrate only on the big items
▪ Concentrate on the big customers
▪ Analyze the most typical cases
▪ Concentrate on the most frequently occurring
problems
▪ Analyze problems with big impact
▪ Your analyses should have only 20% of the
variable that generate 80% of the impact
▪ Start with subjects where you see the biggest
difference between actual results and
benchmarks
45. 45
Here are 3 examples of using 80/20 rules
▪ Learning Visual
Basic for Excel
▪ Checking
competitors
▪ Salsa course
Area
▪ Learn only the 5 most used items that will take only 20% of full course and will
be used by in you in 80% cases
▪ You check only 20% of competitors that sales add-up to 80% of the market
▪ Go through 20% of the course to learn the moves and the figures used by 80% of
people
Description
46. 46
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49. 49
To do list will help you to arrange you work into smaller
actionable pieces
50. 50
There are few rules that will help you write down the to-do
list and make the best out of them
Put everything on a list
Use multiple lists
Specific actionable things
Divided jobs into small
tasks
Set pace
Use calendar as one of the
lists
Go through lists regularly
Use tools to track tasks
execution
Put project as to-do list
51. 51
You can use different type of list of to-dos
Next
Actions
Lists by status – by Getting Things Done
Projects Waiting for
Someday
Maybe
Home
Lists by place– by Getting Things Done
Work On-line Calendar Phone
To be done
Lists by status
Currently
Doing
Done
Topic
Research
Lists by production stages – example of udemy course
Presentation Script Recording
Post-
production
Upload
52. 52
I use 4 types of lists
To be done
Managing me
Expecting from
others
Recurring items
Managing
personal team
Master list
Monika
Lidia
Michael
Lisa
Project done for
customers
Project A
Project B
Project C
Project D
Supervising
startups
Startup A
Startup B
Startup C
Startup D
54. 54
S
M
A
R
T
Specific – target a specific area for improvement
Measurable – it has to be quantifiable; you have to have a way of measuring it
Assignable – it says who will do it
Realistic – it can be delivered
Time-related – it says when it has do be delivered / by which dates
The SMAR formula translates to 5 rules you should use when
defining the goals
55. 55
Goals for ordinary tasks Goals for skills
▪ Avoid vague tasks
▪ Always for projects set deliverable, date and
responsible person
▪ Merge the task with the goal on the to-do list and
set the right pace to a achieve the goal within the
defined time
▪ Set goals for improving your skills
▪ Set goals for learning new things
▪ Set goals for making the repetitive things faster and
better
SMART goals should be set for the task but also for skills
56. 56
Imagine that you want to write a book. Let’s translate it into
task with SMART goals
Imagine that you
want to write a book
Define the size
of the book and
deadline
Divided into
small tasks
Make the tasks
SMART
Set the pace and
execute
57. 57
You first have to define the size of the book and the deadline
by which it has to be written
Imagine that you
want to write a book
Define the size
of the book and
deadline
Divided into
small tasks
Make the tasks
SMART
Set the pace and
execute
▪ 200 pages
▪ 1 page = 800
characters
▪ Time= 1 year
58. 58
Once you have the size and deadline divide it into small tasks.
In our case it will be writing pages
Imagine that you
want to write a book
Define the size
of the book and
deadline
Divided into
small tasks
Make the tasks
SMART
Set the pace and
execute
▪ 200 pages
▪ 1 page = 800
characters
▪ Time= 1 year
▪ Write pages
59. 59
Obviously “writing pages”is not SMART so you have to be
more specific. In our case we set the goal as 1 page per day
Imagine that you
want to write a book
Define the size
of the book and
deadline
Divided into
small tasks
Make the tasks
SMART
Set the pace and
execute
▪ 200 pages
▪ 1 page = 800
characters
▪ Time= 1 year
▪ Write pages ▪ Write 1 page
every day
60. 60
Finally, you have to have a way of controlling the pace and
reacting. In our case once a week you make a summary. If
you are below the target you have to speed up or allocate
more resources
Imagine that you
want to write a book
Define the size
of the book and
deadline
Divided into
small tasks
Make the tasks
SMART
Set the pace and
execute
▪ 200 pages
▪ 1 page = 800
characters
▪ Time= 1 year
▪ Write pages ▪ Write 1 page
every day
▪ Measure every
week completion
rate against the
target (1
page/day=7
pages/week)
▪ If necessary act
to keep the pace
61. 61
By comparing your results and benchmarks you can decide
what to improve, work on
Internal
▪ Learn
Spanish
▪ Speed of
typing
Area Unit
Current
result
▪ Level
▪ words/
minute
▪ 0
▪ 40
n/a
39
External
Intermediate
80
▪ Sing-in the course
▪ Listen to Spanish TV 30 minutes
every day
▪ Enroll into a on-line course
▪ Devote 15 minutes every day to
training
Target
▪ Intermediate
in 2 years
▪ Achieve 60
words/minute
In 3 months
Actions
62. 62
Map your skills, experience, skills and set goals where you
want to be
▪ Sales projects
Experience
▪ 1
# of projects
Current Target
▪ 4
Industry
Current Target
▪ Marketing projects ▪ 2 ▪ 6
▪ Supply chain projects ▪ 2 ▪ 2
▪ Production projects ▪ 3 ▪ 3
▪ HR projects ▪ 0 ▪ 1
▪ Excel
Skills Lowest Level Highest level
▪ Negotiation
▪ English
▪ Optimizing production
▪ Setting up on-line
marketing campaigns
Current
Target
64. 64
People tend to use old tools there are used to
as they have no incentive to work better and
faster. You can drastically improve the
efficiency by identifying the right tools
66. 66
First you list most often activites
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Analyze
▪ Present
▪ Collect knowledge
▪ Manage projects
and teams
▪ Sell
67. 67
Then you list the tools currently used
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Analyze ▪ Excel
▪ Present ▪ Power Point
▪ Collect knowledge ▪ Database on Google
Sheet with links
▪ Manage projects
and teams
▪ Database on Google
Sheet
▪ Sell ▪ Direct sales and
content marketing
on events
68. 68
As a 3rd step you try to device ways to improve your usage of
those tools
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Analyze ▪ Excel ▪ Learn advanced formulas ,
formats and VBA,
shortcuts
▪ Present ▪ Power Point ▪ Learn animation, using of
templates, shortcuts
▪ Collect knowledge ▪ Database on Google
Sheet with links
▪ Use advanced function
and templates, use zapier
for partial automation
▪ Manage projects
and teams
▪ Database on Google
Sheet
▪ Learn advanced features
of Google Sheet that will
enable you managing the
project or team
▪ Sell ▪ Direct sales and
content marketing
on events
▪ Increases your network
(LinkedIn) and start
propagating content
marketing on different
platforms (Guest blogging,
reports distributed to
customers, Slideshare)
69. 69
Finally you can look for much better options.
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Analyze ▪ Excel ▪ Learn advanced formulas ,
formats and VBA,
shortcuts
▪ Test Access, SPSS, R
for specific
purposes
▪ Present ▪ Power Point ▪ Learn animation, using of
templates, shortcuts
▪ Test Prezio,
Powtoon, Explain
everything for this
purpose
▪ Collect knowledge ▪ Database on Google
Sheet with links
▪ Use advanced function
and templates, use zapier
for partial automation
▪ Test Get Pocket,
Evernote
▪ Manage projects
and teams
▪ Database on Google
Sheet
▪ Learn advanced features
of Google Sheet that will
enable you managing the
project or team
▪ Test Asana, Leankit,
Smartsheet, Trelllo,
Nobe
▪ Sell ▪ Direct sales and
content marketing
on events
▪ Increases your network
(LinkedIn) and start
propagating content
marketing on different
platforms (Guest blogging,
reports distributed to
customers, Slideshare)
▪ Use Linkedin
Premium, Buffer,
start microblogging
on Twitter, Google+
▪ Get cloes.io for cold
calling and delegate
it partially to other
team members
70. 70
You have to find tools for the most often done activities
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Analyze ▪ Excel ▪ Learn advanced formulas ,
formats and VBA,
shortcuts
▪ Test Access, SPSS, R
for specific
purposes
▪ Present ▪ Power Point ▪ Learn animation, using of
templates, shortcuts
▪ Test Prezio,
Powtoon, Explain
everything for this
purpose
▪ Collect knowledge ▪ Database on Google
Sheet with links
▪ Use advanced function
and templates, use zapier
for partial automation
▪ Test Get Pocket,
Evernote
▪ Manage projects
and teams
▪ Database on Google
Sheet
▪ Learn advanced features
of Google Sheet that will
enable you managing the
project or team
▪ Test Asana, Leankit,
Smartsheet, Trelllo,
Nobe
▪ Sell ▪ Direct sales and
content marketing
on events
▪ Increases your network
(LinkedIn) and start
propagating content
marketing on different
platforms (Guest blogging,
reports distributed to
customers, Slideshare)
▪ Use Linkedin
Premium, Buffer,
start microblogging
on Twitter, Google+
▪ Get cloes.io for cold
calling and delegate
it partially to other
team members
71. 71
Thanks to this exercise you can speed up main
activities 2-10x. We start with mastering
current tools as it is easy to ask people to
improve at things they know then to make
them learn new tools
72. 72
List of the most important tools for consultant
Analyze Present Sales & Marketing
Knowledge
Management
Market research Team management
73. 73
Now let’s have a look at a different, yet real example of engineers
preparing drawing of aluminum constructions for their customers
74. 74
Below example of engineers in a support department that
have to draw designs for clients in Autocad. They draw
aluminum profiles but unfortunately line by line
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Prepare projects
for clients
▪ AutoCad
75. 75
You can significantly improve by introducing libraries of ready
made elements and storing previous projects in standardized
form
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Prepare projects
for clients
▪ AutoCad ▪ Create libraries
▪ Store previous projects
76. 76
On top of that you can buy add-on for Autocad that reduces
drastically the time needed for drawing
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Prepare projects
for clients
▪ AutoCad ▪ Create libraries
▪ Store previous projects
▪ Buy add-on Autocad
that changes the
drawing methods
77. 77
As you can see by going the full way you are able to improve
8x and do in 2 hours what used to take you 16 hours. For a
department of 4 people basically it meant that now they
could do the job of 32 qualified engineers
Define what you do
most often
Find tools
Master the tools you
are using
Constantly improve
and test new ones
▪ Prepare projects
for clients
▪ AutoCad ▪ Create libraries
▪ Store previous projects
▪ Buy add-on Autocad
that changes the
drawing methods
▪ Time in hours
needed for 1
project
▪ 16 hours ▪ 10 hours ▪ 2 hours
78. 78
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80. 80
Bottlenecks are dangerous as their hurt the efficiency of the
whole system. To improve the wholes system you have to
improve first bottlenecks
81. 81
Bottleneck is always at the place where you have the lowest
capacity. Have a look at 3 examples below
Example 1
7 5 7
Example 2
5 10 20
Example 3
5 5 3
x Stage capacity
x Bottleneck
82. 82
The are 4 rules that you should follow when it comes to
bottlenecks
▪ Identify what is the bottleneck
▪ Increase its throughput by lowering the time needed for
everything that goes through the bottleneck
▪ Add new resources to bottleneck
▪ Adjust everything to the bottleneck – so it works at the
same pace
83. 83
Imagine that you are working in a company working in a
content marketing. Your bottleneck is writing posts
Research topics for a
post
Write a post Create illustration
Edit and modify
post, add illustration
and schedule
20 5 7 10
# of post that can
be done in a week
by 1 person
xx
84. 84
If you Speed up the writing process (faster typing, better tools,
shortcuts for the most popular words) you boost capacity to 7 and
Creation of illustration becomes your bottleneck
Research topics for a
post
Write a post Create illustration
Edit and modify
post, add illustration
and schedule
20 5 7 10
# of post that can
be done in a week
by 1 person
▪ Speed up the writing process (faster typing,
better tools, shortcuts for the most popular
words)
xx
20 8 7 10
85. 85
Finally if you make the researcher do also par time writing and
making illustration you boos capacity even further to 9 post per
week. Writing post again becomes bottleneck. But with the same
people you produce almost 2x
Research topics for a
post
Write a post Create illustration
Edit and modify
post, add illustration
and schedule
20 5 7 10
# of post that can
be done in a week
by 1 person
▪ Speed up the writing process (faster typing,
better tools, shortcuts for the most popular
words)
xx
20 8 7 10
10 9 10 10
▪ Make the researcher do also par time
writing and making illustration
87. 87
What is the role of business analyst?
Pure evilMultitasking
▪When you try to multitask you get deconcentrated
▪You waste time on switching between tasks
▪It lowers actually your IQ
▪You can’t achieve the flow
=
88. 88
If you want to avoid multitasking follow the following rules
Check email only on set
intervals
Switch off the phone / fb/
others
Block time for certain tasks
Follow to-do list using the
priorities
1 task at a time
Make regular breaks
Make the tasks small
enough
Test how music works with
you
91. 91
If you want to avoid emails follow the following rules
Write in clear and simple
manner
Don’t respond with “thank
you”
Send always to the
minimal # of people
Send always to the person
that can react
Use Google Sheet /
Asana for projects
Use Slack for small things
Forbid emails
Walk
Kill the reasons for emails
Kill the iteration
93. 93
In most cases in consulting you will be doing a lot of different
project and you may loose a track of what you have done
Supply chain
General audit
Cost cutting
Sales Force Management
Marketing improvement
Cost cutting
Supply chain
Supply chain
Sales Force Management
Sales Force Management
Marketing improvement
General audit
Supply chain
▪ After a few project you will be
lost – you will not remember
what was done on what project
▪ Consulting and many services
are bout managing knowledge
▪ If you organize the knowledge
properly you can reuse it on
other projects
▪ Therefore create universal
structure of folders
94. 94
Below an example of structure used for consulting project
Customer
folder
Project A
folder
Admin
Legal
PBC
Area A
Area B
Deliverables
96. 96
Writing in a simple way is about following certain simple
rules
Make it short and sweet
Structure
Tell in a pure and clear
way what you want
Use bullet points
Kill adjectives and
adverbs
Use the right format
Use the pyramid
principle
Send it to the right
person
Start from general and
then go to specific
Conclusion first
97. 97
Messaging – example how NOT to write it
Dear Kate
You probably remember that last week, somewhere around
afternoon, when I was strolling with my boyfriend in this humid day,
we came across you and then when I was talking on the phone you
my back turned to you, you kissed my boyfriend on the lips.
Moreover, I day before that incident, when you were at my mom’s
place at dinner you said that it was the worst meal you had ever had.
On top of that, when my cat tried to approach you gently you kicked
him and told him that next time you would bring your big, scary dog.
Taking everything mentioned above, I must say admit that I cannot
me your friend any longer. In fact it seems that I do not like you
anymore.
Best regards
Mary
98. 98
Messaging – example how to write it
Dear Kate
I do not like you and I don not wish to see you anymore because:
1. You were hitting on my boyfriend
2. You insulted my mother
3. You hurt my cat
Mary
100. 100
Why it makes sense to standardize?
Easy to go through what
you have done so far
You can reuse your
products
Less versions to manage
Brain works faster with
standards
You can find faster what
you need
101. 101
How to decide whether to standardize
Used by manyOften used
Last for longer time
Standardize
102. 102
Below you will find examples of things standardized in
consulting and a typical company
Folder structure
Consulting
Naming of files
Proposals to customers
Typical company
Agreements
Deliverables
Analyses
Main processes
Internal documents
External documents
Main process
Dress code
Language of
communication
103. 103
There are some rules for standardizing that you should follow
Use few standards
Internal standards
higher than external
Round up to closes
standard
Communicate standards
Teach standards
105. 105
What rules should be used when building analysis in Excel
Usage of colors
Consistency between
sheets
Pyramid principle
1-source rule
Repetition of variables
Shortcuts
No mouse
Description
Data source
Master sheet
106. 106
The most useful functions
Basic functions
Financial /
Mathematical
Others
▪ SUMIF / SUMIFS
▪ COUNTIF / COUNTIFS
▪ HLOOKUP
▪ VLOOKUP
▪ MATCH
▪ SUMPRODUCT
▪ IF
▪ AND / OR
▪ IFERROR
▪ AVERAGEIF
▪ LEFT / RIGHT / MID
▪ FIND
▪ CONCATENATE
▪ YEAR / MONTH / DAY
▪ ROUND / ROUNDUP /
ROUNDDOWN
▪ TODAY
▪ VALUE
▪ WEEKDAY
▪ RAND / RANDBETWEEN
▪ MOD
▪ NPV
▪ IRR
▪ ABS
▪ MAX / MIN
▪ CORREL
▪ Pivot
▪ Slicer
▪ Relative addresses
▪ Formats
▪ Hyperlink
▪ Remove Duplicates
▪ Filters
▪ Sorting
▪ Data Validation
▪ Trace Dependents /
Precedent
▪ Analysis Tool Pack
108. 108
Templates can save you a lot of time. They are area almost
ready made pieces of work that need some changes to be
used. It is great for repetitive work
109. 109
How to decide whether to make templates
Often UsedCan be reused
Time-consuming
Template
110. 110
Define what you should create templates for. In consulting
we use a lot of templates to make the repetitive work less
time consuming
Sales
presentation
Consulting
Emails
Data request
Project Time
sheets
Proposal
Agreement
Folder structure
Deliverable
presentation
Dimensions
▪ For every product, branch
▪ All standard emails: about meetings, data request, workshop, sales emails,
thank you email
▪ For every product (project type) and branch – Word
▪ For every product (project type) – Word
▪ For every product (project type) – Word
▪ For every product (project type) and branch in Excel
▪ Library of standard slides with typical analyses to choose from
▪ For every product (project type) and branch – Excel
112. 112
Modules is something that helps you go beyond templates
and used them in a situation that seem not easy to be
standardized
113. 113
Creating modules enables you to turn even things that
Sales
presentation
About the company (history, experience, offices)
Problem description
Proposed solution
Pricing
Team
Contact Details
Rather standard
Unique
114. 114
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Consulting is a place where the work is very volatile – one day you work
15 hours and next day you have nothing to do. What you want to do is
use the time of low activity to somehow prepare yourself and absorb
periods of high activity
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
117. 117
If you have such a volatile work, you should create a shelf of
tasks to be done once you are free. This to-dos should be
properly selected and structured and can have the form of a
Kanban
118. 118
Below you have an example of defining of to-dos for the
Kanban shelf
Product
development
Read articles
Read 5 articles
Read 5 articles
Read 5 articles
Read 5 articles
Read book
Read 50 pages
of 1 book
Read 50 pages
of 1 book
Read 50 pages
of 1 book
Product
proposal
Draft in pencil
Draft in PP
Fill in 5 slides
Fill in 5 slides
119. 119
Tasks from the Product development exercise you put into
the Kanban
Education Product
development
Sales
120. 120
There are number of things that you can put on the shelf
Learning new tools
Learning new skills
Improving skills
Project preparation
Knowledge base
preparation
Training preparation
Conduct training (esp.
lesson learnt)
Business development
Template preparation
Product Development
122. 122
As you can see in the example of email exchange iteration is
one of the worst things that absorbs too much time and
prolongs all activities
123. 123
There are number of things causing iteration
Emails
Organizational structure
& number of people
You don’t know people
Reaction time
Lack of clear priorities
Formats of
communications
Lack of sense of urgency
Vacations and travels
No data / No
analysis
124. 124
Therefore makes sense to take actions and kill iteration
Avoid emails
Prepare ahead
Decision sessions
Create rules of behavior
Delegate things down
the command chain
Simplify organizational
structure
125. 125
Decision session how it can look like?
Shorter reaction time
Huge time savings
Less noise (emails) and
interactions
No effort to coordinate
Strengthen the team
…..
Get into one room
Do regularly
Take notes
Make decision
Come prepared
Be brutally
straightforward
Why it makes sense? Rules:
127. 127
If you prepare ahead you can save a lot of time on the project. On most
project data collection starts at the beginning of the project which is
actually 2-3 months too late
▪ Project Start
Task 1
▪ Data Gathering
▪ Analysis
▪ Presentation & Discussion
▪ End of the project
2 3 4 5 6 7
▪ Project Start
Task 1
▪ Data Gathering
▪ Analysis
▪ Presentation & Discussion
▪ End of the project
2 3 4 5 6 7
128. 128
Guess and prepare ahead
Tools
Aim
Time
Source of
information
• Excel
• Structure your problem
• Specify analyses to be
performed
• A week or two before the start
of the project.
• Should take up to 4-8 hours
• Your own mind
• Internet
• Specialized literature
• Word
• Put into words your
information needs
• After preparing issue tree. If
possible at least a week
before arriving at the clients
premises.
• Issue tree
• Former projects
• Word / Excel
• Create formats in Excel to
gather data as raw as
possible
• After preparing issue tree and
list of questions for the client.
If possible at least a week
before arriving at the clients
premises.
• Issue tree
End product • Issue tree • List of PBC (documents
to be Prepared By
Client)
• Formats and manual for
filling them in
Guess what the hell is the
problem?
Prepare a list of
questions for the
Client
Prepare Excel
sheets for data
input
130. 130
Why it makes sense to get rid of unused things?
Slows down
Takes the place that can
be used by good things
Mental pressure
Distracts you
You lose track
Costs money
131. 131
Since you operate on many platforms and levels you can
create multiple messes. On all of them you should introduce
order and simplicity
Desktop Browser Folder structure
To-do list Kanban shelf House
Desk
Computer
133. 133
Why you need deadlines?
To know when it has to
be done
To set priorities properly
To manage properly
Parkinson Law
To communicate with
the rest
To create sense of
urgency
134. 134
We have 2 types of deadlines
Internal External≪
135. 135
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Who is your customer and why working for him will make you
work faster
Identify your
customer
Observe and understand
Implement in your
work
Description • Internal
• External
Outcome • You know who you
relate to internally and
externally
• Listen
• See how he behaves and uses your product
• Observe how he takes decisions
• Observe how he sets priorities
• Create in your head his decision making model
• Know his pains an problems
• Understand how your actions are entangled with
his every day life
• Insight into mechanisms
• Insight into preferences and customer constraints
• Use the knowledge to
apply 80/20 rules
• Set priorities on things
that involving specific
customers using the
knowledge on his
constraints and
preferences
• Doing the right things
that will get effect at
your customer
139. 139
It makes a lot of sense to become your customer. This will help you even
further understand how to communicate properly and what will give you
biggest results
Suffer his pains and doubts
Learn competitors / Taste
their solutions
Get to know other customers
Understand the customer
language
141. 141
Who have to first define your field and the level of your
excellence
Sales Marketing Operations Programming
▪ Current level
▪ Target level
142. 142
There are number of pros and cons of becoming an expert in
a relatively wide area
Expert status
Faster thinking
You can go further
within certain field
No need to invent
Always ahead of the rest
Diminishing returns
Your specialization may
disappear
In-box thinking
Crowd effect
143. 143
Imagine that you want to become VP of sales. First you start
by defining your current profile
Define your current
profile
Define your target
profile
Set your SMART goal
on this subject
Allocate time for this
or to-dos in the Kanban
/ shelf for future tasks
VP of sales / CEO
▪ Sales
▪ Marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Finance
▪ Coding
Level
▪ 1
▪ 1
▪ 0
▪ 1
▪ 0
144. 144
Afterwards you have to set your target level of things you
want to concentrate on
Define your current
profile
Define your target
profile
Set your SMART goal
on this subject
Allocate time for this
or to-dos in the Kanban
/ shelf for future tasks
VP of sales / CEO
▪ Sales
▪ Marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Finance
▪ Coding
Level
▪ 1
▪ 1
▪ 0
▪ 1
▪ 0
VP of sales / CEO
▪ Sales
▪ Marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Finance
▪ Coding
Level
▪ 3
▪ 5
▪ 2
▪ 2
▪ 1
145. 145
…. And you convert them into SMART goals
Define your current
profile
Define your target
profile
Set your SMART goal
on this subject
Allocate time for this
or to-dos in the Kanban
/ shelf for future tasks
VP of sales / CEO
▪ Sales
▪ Marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Finance
▪ Coding
Level
▪ 1
▪ 1
▪ 0
▪ 1
▪ 0
VP of sales / CEO
▪ Sales
▪ Marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Finance
▪ Coding
Level
▪ 3
▪ 5
▪ 2
▪ 2
▪ 1
Goals for Year 1
▪ Sales – jump by 1 level
▪ Marketing – jump by 2
levels
▪ Operations – jump by 1
level
146. 146
In last stage you convert them into tasks
Define your current
profile
Define your target
profile
Set your SMART goal
on this subject
Allocate time for this
or to-dos in the Kanban
/ shelf for future tasks
VP of sales / CEO
▪ Sales
▪ Marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Finance
▪ Coding
Level
▪ 1
▪ 1
▪ 0
▪ 1
▪ 0
VP of sales / CEO
▪ Sales
▪ Marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Finance
▪ Coding
Level
▪ 3
▪ 5
▪ 2
▪ 2
▪ 1
Goals for Year 1
▪ Sales – jump by 1 level
▪ Marketing – jump by 2
levels
▪ Operations – jump by 1
level
Allocate time
▪ Every Friday or
▪ 1 month devoted to studying
Example of to-dos
▪ SALES: Reading 2 articles on
cold-calling
▪ SALES: Work on 1 day in a call
center
▪ SALES: Work on 1 hour every
day in a customer service
▪ MARKETING: Reading 2
articles on content marketing
▪ MARKETING: Reading 2
articles on marketing
automation
▪ MARKETING: Learn to use
Buffer
▪ MARKETING: Learn to use
Buzzsumo
▪ OPERATIONS: Read 50 pages
of Goal (book on theory of
constraints)
▪ OPERATIONS: Analyze 3
processes at your company
using OLE and bottleneck
analysis
148. 148
Thanks to well set up process I got my tooth removed in under 20 minutes
from entering the building to leaving it without the tooth in a taxi heading
home
Register Take picture Tooth removal Payment
▪ 2 minutes ▪ 5 minutes ▪ 5 minutes ▪ 2 minutes
149. 149
Why it make sense to use 1-piece flow
Maximal Output
Successes come often
No work in progress
Fewer chances to do
something wrong
Faster reaction time
Brain is more likely to
experience flow
Less distractions
Bigger order
Faster you discover
whether it made sense
Lower waste
150. 150
As you can see one piece flow for content marketing gives
you more often results than extreme batching. Yet it is not as
efficient
Research topics for a
post
Write a post Create illustration
Number of posts
done at the same
time
Edit and modify
post, add illustration
and schedule
Outcome
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 4 post every
16 days
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 post every
4 days
152. 152
Smart batching is a compromise between 1-piece flow and
extreme batching. You get some efficiencies yet you do not
do things in big batches
Extreme
batching
1 piece
flow
Smart
batching
153. 153
Example of smart batching for content marketing vs extreme
batching and 1 piece flow
Research topics for a
post
Write a post Create illustration
Number of posts
done at the same
time
Edit and modify
post, add illustration
and schedule
Outcome
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 4 days on this phase
▪ 4 post every
16 days
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 1 days on this phase
▪ 1 post every
4 days
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 2 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 2 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 2 days on this phase
▪ 1 day per post
▪ 2 days on this phase
▪ 2 post every
8 days
154. 154
Why it make sense to use smart batching
Efficiency Gains
Some (limited) work in
progress
Compromise between
efficiency & stimulation
Suitable for known tasks
No flood of output for
your customers
155. 155
How long it takes to complete 1 piece?
Is it boring?
What Is the set-up / switching cost high?
?
High
Yes
Hours Weeks
No
Hours Weeks
Low
Yes
Hours Weeks
No
Hours Weeks
When it makes sense to use smart batching?
Smart
batching
Extreme
batching
1-piece flow
158. 158
What is the benefit of automation
Huge Time savings
Some (limited) work in
progress
Compromise between
efficiency & stimulation
Suitable for known tasks
No flood of output for
your customers
159. 159
Examples of automation
Area Basic Tool Automation
▪ Analysis ▪ Excel
▪ Access
▪ SPSS
▪ VBA
▪ Emailing ▪ Email ▪ Emailing programs with
autoresponders i.e. Mailchimp,
GetResponse
▪ Marketing automation solutions
▪ Pictures
preparation
▪ Paint ▪ Canva and Canva for Work
▪ Content
marketing
▪ Power Point
▪ Facebook / Twitter modules
▪ VBA for Power Point
▪ Buffer
▪ Zapier
▪ IFTTT
164. 164
There are 2 types of delegations
Delegate part of the
work
Full outsourcing
165. 165
You have to follow some rules to make delegation successful
Same standards as you
Use your templates
Trained by you
Control tool
Same philosophy of
work
Ordering tool
Manage capacity for
delegation
166. 166
Examples of delegation from management consultants -
Option 1
Write in pencil
presentation
Template in
Power Point
Conduct analysis
for the slides
Fill in slides
Person performing
the task
Overview and
modifications
Additional
analyses
Visual
modification
Final overview
You
1 day
sb
x day
Duration of task
performance
You
2 days
You
14 days
You
4 days
You
1 day
You
2 days
You
2 days
You
1 day
167. 167
Examples of delegation from management consultants -
Option 2
Write in pencil
presentation
Template in
Power Point
Conduct analysis
for the slides
Fill in slides
Person performing
the task
Overview and
modifications
Additional
analyses
Visual
modification
Final overview
PM / Associate
1 day
sb
x day
Duration of task
performance
Business Analyst
2 days
Business Analyst
14 days
Business Analyst
4 days
PM / Associate
1 day
Business Analyst
2 days
Visual Assistant
2 days
PM / Associate
1 day
168. 168
Have a look at what gives you delegating in terms of money
PM / Associate 27 day
Business Analyst
Visual Assistant
0 days
0 days
Option 1 – You do everything Option 2 – You delegate whatever you can
PM / Associate 3 day
Business Analyst
Visual Assistant
22 days
2 days
Cost of the project = 27 K Cost of the project = 10 K
171. 171
Examples of management consultants – where should be the
checking points?
Write in pencil
presentation
Template in
Power Point
Conduct analysis
for the slides
Fill in slides
Person performing
the task
Overview and
modifications
Additional
analyses
Visual
modification
Final overview
PM / Associate
1 day
sb
x day
Duration of task
performance
Business Analyst
2 days
Business Analyst
14 days
Business Analyst
4 days
PM / Associate
1 day
Business Analyst
2 days
Visual Assistant
2 days
PM / Associate
1 day
Additional
checkpoints
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176. 176
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Essential Excel for Business
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A practical guide
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177. 177
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Market research
Practical guide for startups and entrepreneurs
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178. 178
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Practical guide for startups and entrepreneurs
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180. 180
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Step by step practical guide
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181. 181
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A practical guide
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