David Maister's Business Masterclass

David Maister's Business Masterclass

Preeminent business author and global consultant David Maister presents this enhanced podcast series exploring the themes found in his new book Strategy and the Fat Smoker. Each episode is accompanied by a supplementary pdf discussing the related chapter from David's new book.

Mon Sep 10 13:00:00 EDT 2007

Marketing services that excite you to clients that you are interested in brings the odds of winning business significantly... more

Mon Aug 27 13:00:00 EDT 2007

sides of the fence. We will discuss how to thwart this cycle at the root by demonstrating your capabilities first and buil... more

Mon Aug 13 13:00:00 EDT 2007

In the marketing of professional services, you can come across in one of two ways to the buyer. You are either interested... more

Mon Jul 30 13:00:00 EDT 2007

Most professional organizations spend the overwhelming majority of their non-billable, business generating hours on chasin... more

Mon Jul 23 13:00:00 EDT 2007

There is far more to building a relationship than the point of any given conversation and there is no “going through the m... more

Mon Jul 16 13:00:00 EDT 2007

In business development it is too often the case that professional strive for the transaction in the short term and neglec... more

Mon Jul 09 13:00:00 EDT 2007

All marketing and selling questions boil down to one basic query: How do people buy? To learn the answer to this, one onl... more

Mon Jul 02 13:00:00 EDT 2007

Often times there is a degree of laziness in communication on the part of the professional that is incredibly alienating t... more

Mon Jun 25 13:00:00 EDT 2007

The standard marketing practice of proposals and assertions fails in respect to building relationships. We will discuss o... more

Mon Jun 18 13:00:00 EDT 2007

In order for the employees of an organization to raise their performance, those in managerial roles must first be held acc... more

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