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M&A – The Integration Management Office Explained

by Kevin Young | Jun 22, 2023 | Acquisitions

So, you have just completed signing the Purchase & Sale agreement on the big acquisition that is going to change your company and enable your strategic initiatives. Deal done! Check that off your to-do list! Major objective completed for the year! Not quite so...

Driving Progress – Essential Project Management Checklist

by Ian Smith | Jul 20, 2018 | Project Management

We all believe we can multitask. We can’t. See this simple test and article explaining why. Link. That’s the first “landscape” point I want to make. The second point to make is that it’s much easier collecting related actions around themes. Let’s take a few examples....

Scaling Businesses Using Projects – 6 Step Tool

by Ian Smith | Jul 19, 2016 | Execution Tips, Operational Blueprints, Problem Solving, Scaling

The biggest barrier to scaling a business is often the culture. Bad culture allows silo-thinking to dominate. Smart, successful cultures let dynamic, multi-departmental projects be defined and executed in a spirit of collaboration. Egos minimized. Results are key....

Problem Solving Playbook – A 6 Step Tool

by Ian Smith | Feb 9, 2016 | Operational Blueprints, Operational Tips, Problem Solving

Last year at The Portfolio Partnership we embedded our operational playbooks across many sectors, to scale our clients. The most common symptom across all clients? Handing operational problems correctly to get them solved. Yes key operational blueprints regarding...

How to Measure Velocity in Your Projects

by Ian Smith | Jan 2, 2014 | Execution Tips, Problem Solving

I’d like to share a simple technique I’ve deployed to help trap movement across many different types of projects. I’ve used this simple table to measure the speed of movement in sales pipelines, recruitment projects and acquisition strategies. You...