Archive for the ‘Management’ Category

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Weekly Show 11: Focusing on Talent

Oct 23, 2006 Author: ResearchTalk | Filed under: Entrepreneurism, Future of research, M&A, Management, Skills, Talent, Weekly Show

Derek Leddie, The Leading Edge

GUEST Poet, mountain climber and entrepreneur Derek Leddie, Founder and Director of innovative research consultancy The Leading Edge

TOPICS Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro; Will the industry really grow at 11-12%? Bridging the chasm between client needs and research delivery; Skills gap; Genesis of TLE and rationale for selling to Photon Group; EXCLUSIVE: UK office coming soon; Turning insights into assets; Managing talent with some cool benefits

NOTABLE MENTIONS Carlton Draught, ESOMAR, Fosters, Frank Small & Associates, Kristin Hickey, Mark Sundquist, Outsell, Photon Group, Stephen Phillips, Toby Hill

Music Brother Love from the PMN

Series:MarketingTalk
Series:Weekly

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Weekly Show 10: Here Comes Research 2.0

Oct 16, 2006 Author: ResearchTalk | Filed under: Ethnography, Management, Online, Research 2.0, Social media, Tech, Weekly Show

Pete Comley, Virtual Surveys

GUEST Online research pioneer Pete Comley, Chairman of Virtual Surveys

TOPICS YouGov quadruples profits; BrandIndex tracker & word of mouth; Web 2.0. VS: Staying independent; Accidental genesis of VS and early challenges; Research 2.0; Blogging; Future challenges

NOTABLE MENTIONS Al Gore, BSkyB, Current TV, Ed Keller, Eric Berne, ESOMAR, The Future Place, Google, Greenfield Online, Harris Interactive, Henley Centre, Keller Fay, MySpace, Quentin Ashby, Ray Poynter, RI, Stephen Phillips, Trish Comley, YouGov, YouTube

Music Brother Love and Matthew Ebel from the PMN

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SkillsTalk: Managing Others, Better

Oct 10, 2006 Author: ResearchTalk | Filed under: Management, Skills

David Maister The first in an occasional series where we bring you the Best of the Podosphere (BoP)

This podcast is part of an excellent and highly popular series by business author and management consultant David Maister, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on the management of professional service firms. David has published five books, including the canonical management textbook, Managing The Professional Services Firm. His other books are True Professionalism, The Trusted Advisor, Practice What You Preach, and First Among Equals

Dealing Differently with Different People: this podcast explains how to segment the people you deal with, and get more out of those relationships as a result. A must-listen for all managers

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David Maister, acclaimed author and Management Consultant

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Many thanks to David for granting us permission to host this podcast

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Series:Skills

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