Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Even though it sounded too good to be true at first, after running the numbers over and over again, they managed to show Infosys that they could become cheaper, faster and better than others in the field. Transformation Program Management. Finance and Controlling Processes. Customer Relationship Management. IT Strategy.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Deloitte 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

We recently posed these questions to Harvard Business School alumni founders while designing a new two-year joint degree program that confers both a master of science from Harvard’s Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and an MBA from HBS. The survey results show that no single management skill stands out above the rest.

Engineering 34

Engineering Survey Finance Recruiting 34

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Founded in 1989 by three former consultants of the MAC Group (a boutique sales and distribution consulting firm), Cornerstone Research was established to be very different than the general management consulting firm it was birthed from; focused on unique clients, managing delicate client relationships, and offering specialized work.

Interviews 100

Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

And managers aren’t helping. Too worried about their own hides, most managers don’t have time or energy to focus on anyone else’s. In fact, Korn Ferry found that when managers rated themselves on various competencies, out of 67 managerial skills “developing others” came in dead last.

Development 49

Development Company Advertising Journal 49

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. He had to sell the idea to both his family and the other managers at work. “We all wanted to do work and life differently,” DeGroot told me. “We kept trying.

Conference 52

Conference Nonprofit Banking Groups 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The first three days are spent learning step by step how to build simple apps on the Twilio platform – a conference line, a voice recording, a text response. It may seem kind of strange to have every marketer, salesperson, recruiter, and finance person spend a week programming an app, a skill they’ll never use in their day job.

Engineering 28

Engineering Development Recruiting Recruitment 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2016

Brad: Drink after the conference? They were at a conference, with industry contacts all around, using their corporate expense accounts. He led the finance team. They managed to keep the fledgling relationship secret for three weeks. Claudia was the newest recruit to the sales team—young, eager, pretty.

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Study Conference 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. Many of the leaders I interviewed also speak at conferences about diversity and write openly about its importance.

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Talent Interviews Leadership 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Throughout the study’s assessments of female CEOs, a combination of four traits and competencies emerged as key to their success: courage, risk-taking, resilience, and managing ambiguity. “It wasn’t until that conversation,” one woman recalled, “that I even imagined anything past manager, forget CEO.

Interviews 28

Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2018

For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. A well-respected HR manager in the public sector, leading his own recruitment team and earning a decent salary. Manage Expectations. Leadership and Managing People Book. anniepaddington/Getty Images. Dependable. Take Steve. Add to Cart.

Nonprofit 33

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