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Bigger Boots

A live conversation on promoting your best people - without losing the client who can’t live without them.

Promoting from within should be a win - for your people, your clients, and your business. But too often, it backfires.

Vicky Papa

Astrica CEO Victoria Papa has felt first-hand how her own internal promotions can rock even the strongest client relationships.

Mark Orttung 04

Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung has helped hundreds of consultants move up, without falling back into old roles.

Join Vicky & Mark for a conversation on: 

  • What breaks after an internal promotion—and how to fix it.
  • The top 3 ways firms screw internal promotion up.
  • Reintroducing a promoted consultant to the client.
  • When to swap a client’s favourite consultant out.
  • Building loyalty to your firm, not just your best people.
Time

Bigger Boots

A live conversation on promoting your best people - without losing the client who can’t live without them.

Promoting from within should be a win - for your people, your clients, and your business. But too often, it backfires.

Your Z-Suite for this session:

Vicky Papa

Astrica CEO Victoria Papa has felt first-hand how her own internal promotions can rock even the strongest client relationships.

Mark Orttung 04

Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung has helped hundreds of consultants move up, without falling back into old roles.

Join Vicky & Mark for a conversation on: 

  • What breaks after an internal promotion—and how to fix it.
  • The top 3 ways firms screw internal promotion up.
  • Reintroducing a promoted consultant to the client.
  • When to swap a client’s favourite consultant out.
  • Building loyalty to your firm, not just your best people.

Join Vicky & Mark for an unmissable conversation: 

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