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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. I joined the meeting virtually from another part of the building via Microsoft Teams. After the meeting, he called me back into the conference room. The president of the company sat beside the VP in the same room.

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Meet the New Challengers

BCG

Article Monday, June 27, 2016. But between 2014 and 2016, the number of challenger energy companies declined from 13 to 10. Despite economic turmoil in emerging markets, the latest global challengers have maintained both their growth rates and profit margins. The new challenger Grupo México is also active in railroads.)

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Transforming Media Core Technology to Meet Digital Demands

BCG

Article Tuesday, September 06, 2016. See The Digital Revolution Is Disrupting the TV Industry , BCG Focus, March 2016; “The Future of Television: Where the US Industry Is Headed,” BCG article, June 2016; and “How Telcos Can Become Video’s Next Big Star,” BCG article, June 2016.) Now, it’s TV’s turn.

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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting

Management Consulted

With that in mind, we compiled the 2016 Top 10 U.S Fuqua’s Class of 2016 was just as impressive, garnering 20 internships at Deloitte, 11 at BCG, 9 at McKinsey, and 8 at Bain. Students are assigned to study groups of 4-5 and meet everyday during their first quarter in the program. The post 2016 Top 10 U.S.

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How to Gracefully Exclude Coworkers from Meetings, Emails, and Projects

Harvard Business

Others have tuned the meeting out, retreating to their laptops or phones. At the end of the meeting, the only real outcome is the decision to schedule a follow-up meeting with a smaller group — a group that can actually make some decisions and execute on them. Others won’t stop talking. Why does this happen?

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How Diligent Biz Dev Led to a Six-Figure Consulting Project

Successful Independent Consulting

See my related article, “ Quote Your Rate with Confidence.”) I know this because I see it in my weekly email from LinkedIn with updates about my network — who has a new job, new connections, who’s published articles, etc. We weren’t able to sync up our schedules, so we didn’t meet. Clearly this was a big win for the consultant.

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Bridging the Trust Gap: Why Companies Are Poised to Fail with Big Data

BCG

Article Thursday, October 20, 2016. This is the second in a series of articles exploring what really matters for organizations that collect and use consumer data. They ask whether their data collection and management practices are consistent with laws and regulations and meet disclosure requirements.

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