Professional Services

Professional services firms engage Monitor to address issues such as corporate strategy, corporate development, definition of mission, vision and values, service line offer development, go-to-market strategies, corporate venture portfolio development, e-commerce strategies, offshoring, and outsourcing.

Recent work has included the development of a corporate growth strategy for a leading professional services organization, including the strategic design and execution of several new corporate growth ventures.

Growth Scenarios: Tools to Resolve Leaders' Denial and Paralysis

By Jonathan Starr and Doug Randall

Businesses increasingly realize that significant growth opportunities are unlikely to come from incremental change.

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Just-in-Time Executive Development

By Bernie Jaworski and Mike Morrison

Learning what, when and where it's needed.

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The Truth About Internet Business Models

By Jeffrey F. Rayport

Everywhere you go business people are asking the same questions about
Internet commerce. Why are profits scarce or nonexistent? Why is there so
much uncertainty about Internet business models? When will some modicum
of order emerge from the chaos of doing business on the Web?

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An Open Letter to the CEO

By Joseph Fuller

There's something wrong with the way companies are managed today.

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Harnessing Business Networks to Drive Collaborative Advantage

By Jonathan Dav, Sameer Srivastava

One common ingredient in high performing companies is that the right people come together to deliver results.

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The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy

by Michael E. Porter

Sustained profitability is the bottom-line for every business, and key to achieving it is the ability to respond strategically to competition. In his Harvard Business Review article, Monitor founder Michael E. Porter details five competitive forces that influence profitability.

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Human Capital Strategy

By Sameer Srivastava, Ambar Chowdhury, Doug MacKenzie

Human Capital Strategy: Pulling Ahead of the Competition and Staying There discusses the keys to transforming HR.

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