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Program managers are critical to effective customer engagement because their intimate knowledge of customer challenges. Our June 7 WT Power Training on Mastering Stakeholder Engagement will help you raise those skills to the next level.
- By Bill Scheessele
- May 22, 2019
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Finding the best program and project managers in today's tight labor markets means thinking a little differently...and getting the right training.
- By Bill Scheessele
- May 15, 2019
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In today's competitive market, program and project managers must do more than manage requirements and complete jobs on time and on budget. They have to nurture and grow relationships with their clients.
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If the uncertainty of the current environment has you sitting on your hands ... you may want to re-evaluate your personal and professional goals and plans.
- By Bill Scheessele
- Jan 04, 2019
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The arrival of Amazon's HQ2 is going to complicate an already tough hiring environment but your best BD talent might already be working for you.
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Program managers might not feel they are part of the business development team but they can play a critical role in customer engagement with their intimate knowledge of customer challenges.
- By Bill Scheessele
- Nov 14, 2018
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BD professionals easily confuse their purpose with their goals, but knowing the difference on focusing on your purpose -- helping your customer -- will often bring you more success.
- By Bill Scheessele
- Sep 18, 2018
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Everyone in a company plays a business development role, but it is still critical to have a plan on how to develop and refine their BD skills.
- By Bill Scheessele
- Aug 16, 2018
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Companies are finding it harder to maintain their business development and capture teams. Here are three strategies to mitigate the talent poaching.
- By Bill Scheessele
- Aug 07, 2018
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Today's BD world is more like a three-ring circus of constant churn and change but still high expectations to deliver revenue growth.
- By Bill Scheessele
- Aug 08, 2017
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Large, small and mid-size companies face challenges today finding new growth opportunities. Here are five barriers and five ways to overcome them.
- By Bill Scheessele
- Jul 27, 2017
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There are key factors to weigh when allocating your business development resources. Here's what you need to know so you don't waste your efforts and your money.
- By Bill Scheessele
- May 25, 2017
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With the market going through so much change and so much uncertainty, companies face the challenge of re-examining their business development strategies but you should look at your BD culture first.
- By Bill Scheessele
- May 08, 2017
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In a two-part series we explore how today's changing market requires you to honestly assess your BD structure and put the right kind of leadership in place.
- By Bill Scheessele, Nic Coppings
- Mar 03, 2017
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Today's market is changing rapidly and in part two of a two part series we explore how to identify the right BD leader for business environment you find your company in.
- By Nic Coppings, Bill Scheessele
- Mar 03, 2017