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How to Become a Product Manager and Bring Value to Your Customers

Harvard Professional Development

They oversee the production of a product from first idea to launch, and think strategically and creatively about ways that product can solve a customer’s problems. This may include teams in engineering, finance, legal, marketing, sales, customer support, and design.

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The Urgent Need for Leadership Development in the Construction Industry

Crestcom

The 2024 Engineering and Construction Industry Outlook by Deloitte found a significant labor shortage across the industry. This includes skills in time management, strategic thinking, and delegation. More challenging still is the data showing that many job openings are due to voluntary departures. Crestcom L.E.A.D.R.

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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

StrategyU

Starting as an engineering-focused discipline in manufacturing plants, the consulting industry has reinvented itself many times and played many different roles while always being shrouded in secrecy. So in the last 1800s, Frederick Taylor and several others in the US started exploring new ways to think about running a business.