Mentoring for Success

Julie Kantor of the Huffington Post asks the question: “What increases employees education and learning; saves company high turnover costs; develops leadership and management skills; and saves people time and money to focus on the big priorities?” Her answer is mentoring—more specifically, mentoring in the workplace. In this blog we’ll review some key aspects of mentoring and why it’s become so popular. We’ll also explore why mentoring for people that do not know what their career goals...

Mavenlink Introduces M-Bridge Integration & Extensibility Platform

The cloud has transformed the way businesses operate, making it easier to connect teams and systems that are at the center of companies’ operations. Businesses across every industry are seeking out digital transformation in the hopes that it will provide increased agility and effectiveness. However, in the services industry, these new technologies have mostly hindered progress by creating a hairball of tangled systems and processes.

Optimism and Trust: Guideposts for a Changing Global Economy

A new study by PwC on the mindset of CEO’s indicates a very high level of Optimism. And optimism requires a level of trust. Trust by clients and trust in one’s own abilities to deliver. We’ll look at both.

Primitive Spark Improves Utilization and Profit Margins More Than 100% with Mavenlink (Video)

Digital marketing agency, Primitive Spark, began their search for one, unified project management tool about two years ago when faced with immense growth. Enter, Mavenlink.

Client Success: Talisys Increases Utilization by 16% with Mavenlink

Talisys is a national software and solutions firm that serves the front and back office teams of brokerages and broker-dealers. Find out how Mavenlink helped Talisys increase utilization rates by 16%.

Navigating Your Career

If you work in the creative or professional services industry, you have probably developed some pretty well-tuned people skills. So much of the work in the services business takes people skills. Whether it’s project or resource management, or running the creative team, it’s a sure bet that you have to collaborate and find ways to work with others. These skills that you’ve developed are valuable, and they provide options for promotions and movement within your organization or perhaps...

Basic Principles for Leading Change (Part 2)

From project and resource management to creating an operational system of record to training and morale issues, change is not typically well received. In fact, the status quo can be a company’s most profound challenge. For the services industry, where people are the product, the challenge becomes even greater when it comes to initiating an effective and positive transition. In the ebook Five Trends Shaping the Future of Services Delivery, the report opens with this statement: “Delivering...

Basic Principles for Leading Change (Part 1)

What are the rules of engagement that leaders must adhere to in order to create effective and positive change in their organizations? How did Lou Gerstner, former chief executive of IBM, lead one of the most successful business transformations in history? How do leaders of professional services organizations in today’s global, networked and competitive economy create change that helps their company operate better? The short answer is that it’s different for every company because of the...

The State of the Services Economy APAC Edition

The following are highlights from the 2018 State of the Services Economy Asia-Pacific (APAC) Edition, the only report that specifically looks at what is happening in services industry.

Myers Media Group Improves Team Productivity by 50% with Mavenlink

Myers Media Group offers organic search products and services that help enterprise websites reach their broadest market share in highly competitive spaces. Find out how Mavenlink helped Myers Media Group improve team productivity by 50%.

Injecting Purpose into an Organization

How do leaders inject a higher purpose into their organization—something that will propel the team to its greatest version of itself with motivation and a common sense of destiny? What can I do to get them more interested in their work? These questions were tackled in this month’s Harvard Business Review. In their article “Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization,” authors Robert Quinn and Anjan Thakor provide some keen insights indicating that it might be the approach and not your people:

The State of the Services Economy UK Edition

The following are highlights from the 2018 State of the Service Economy UK Edition, the only report that specifically looks at what is happening in services industry.

How to Transform Your Mindset in Today's Digital Revolution

We have written here many times how pronounced the digital revolution has been and its impact on professional and creative services firms. We’ve referenced articles and research on transformation and the agents of change that have been manifested in what most would agree is a disruptive landscape and industry that is struggling to stay current with today’s most sophisticated best practices. There continues to be much said on the nature of disruption and debate over what are the best...

Reaching Digital Maturity

Two new studies this year reflect a fast changing digital landscape where the separation between forward thinking, mature organizations and all others is widening. The pace of business globally is accelerating, putting enormous pressure on all types of industries, especially professional services. To get ahead of the digital curve, companies not only need to adapt and adjust to new technologies—they also must identify the leaders and champions within their organizations that can navigate...

The Misunderstandings About Millennials

I’ve had a chance to observe Millennials at close range in their natural environments. My work places me smack in the middle of a sea of young people, all striving for success. I can see how important relationships are to them, and I understand that what they see as important—like how the companies they work for and the brands that they consume should positively impact the world and society—is often out of sync with where they are today. Many just seem out of sync period.

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