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Professional Services Success Strategies: Everything You Need to Survive AND Thrive in 2008

Critical Leadership Skills: Essentials for Leading a Successful PSO at All Levels
with Dr. Jim Alexander
December 16, 2008

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February 13, 2009

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March 20, 2009

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May 15, 2009

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Critical Leadership Skills: Essentials for Leading a Successful PSO at All Levels

Do you sometimes feel like a stranger in a strange land leading the professional services charge in a product-centric company? If so, you’re not alone. A full 80% of professional service executives work in product-talking, product-thinking companies where product is everything. There is hope. And real-world tools and techniques to help you succeed.

Effectively leading any organization is challenging, but leading a services business in a product company is an order of magnitude more difficult—different success metrics, different organizational structure, different ways of thinking, different in just about every way. This webinar will provide you with a deeper understanding of this challenge and outline effective, field-proven techniques that you can put to use immediately.

Who Should Attend:
Services executives and managers—anyone who needs to understand and master the unique challenges of professional services leadership in a product-centered business.

What You Will Learn:

This essential webinar will detail...

  • The five steps to services leadership.
  • The leadership/culture relationship.
  • The three professional services strategies and which one is right for you.
  • How to enhance services alignment to the business strategy.
  • How to build personal credibility.
  • How to benchmark your success against the right criteria to create a business case.
  • The value of performance audits and voice of the customer data in building your business.
  • Proven steps to take your PSO to the next level of performance.

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About Your Presenter:
Dr. James Alexander, founder of Alexander Consulting, is a services thought leader and the premier researcher, writer, and speaker on the topic of professional services strategy. He has authored or co-authored dozens of articles, white papers, research reports, and books.

Jim has taught at major universities in the U.S., Europe and Mexico, and was selected as the "Services Pundit" for IBM Global Services 2003 Headlights Program. In addition, he was the U.S. Department of Commerce's e-business subject-matter expert of their Latin American e-business Fellowship Program From 2001 through 2004.

Jim is a renowned expert on identifying critical service trends and issue, defining benchmarks and best practices and clearly articulating this information to the business world. He is a trusted advisor and executive coach to many senior executives of leading services organizations, helping them navigate the journey from business-as-usual to business-as-exceptional--high-performance, professional services businesses.

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Questions?
Please contact: Jim Alexander
alex@alexanderstrategists.com
239-283-7400

 
At-a-Glance
Date:
Dec 16, 2008
Time:
1 pm EST
10 AM PST
Duration:
60 Minutes
Cost:
$99.00 per person
$249 per company location
What Others are Saying About Alexander Consulting:
"Very instructional, interactive and fun! Enjoyed learning from such an experienced professional."

- Patti Autry, Director,
SITI Consulting Shell Oil

"Excellent! Kept me engaged and showed me different perspectives. Highly recommended!"

- Kash Maniar, Managing Principal Lucent Technologies Professional Services

"The program is a MUST for all service marketing and sales professionals."

- John Sellman, Global Services Marketing, Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions

"Better than good! I will recommend it to my company and peers."

- Bill Allen, Director,
U.S. Fujitsu

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