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Hitting the High Ground in 2017

Women in Consulting

Regardless of which candidate you supported, you’ll need to deal with a changed business climate in 2017. We need to continue to do this now more than ever, but we need to do that in a way that allows us to keep the high ground. Let’s hit—and hold—the high ground in the coming year in 2017.

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Thinking about becoming a consultant? You’ll need to get used to being outside your comfort zone

Jacq Hackett Consulting

With a new project to start every few months, you’re expected to hit the ground running. Right now I’m working on projects in the areas of high-risk maternity services, health support in schools for students with a disability, and smoking cessation services. Essentially you get a bit of leeway to warm up to the new position.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

The availability of this data creates fertile ground for robos to provide algorithmic insights and recommendations that deliver highly predictive, error-proof, and low-cost advising. Many established firms— a 2017 Deloitte survey suggested about 20% in the U.S.—are Companies are both operators and investors.

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“We Had Gone Back 20 Years.” The Heads of Puerto Rico’s Largest Media Company on Life After Hurricane Maria

Harvard Business

When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, it became one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the island. Our memories are grounded in the fact that we went to bed with one reality, one country or one island; 24 hours later we woke up in a different place.” AFP Contributor/Getty Images.

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How to Gain Credibility When You Have Little Experience

Harvard Business

There’s a meme on the internet, which speaks truth about a dilemma for young people entering the hypercompetitive workforce of 2017. It puts a new spin on the idea of “hitting the ground running.” ” This credibility paradox is indeed a core dilemma many young people face as they enter the workforce.

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Global Companies Need to Adopt Agile Pricing in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business

As the currency was crashing, he found himself facing a painful dilemma: either raise prices to recoup the losses and hit his annual target — set in U.S. In that situation, companies have to sacrifice either margin, market share, or the ability to hit targets set in home market currency. HQ without consulting them.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

In truth, the term “reasonable” isn’t about aiming for pinpoint accuracy, but about grounding our expectations in reality. Do Not Overprotect from Very Rare Incidents Planning against highly improbable events, like your supplier being hit by a tsunami, may not be reasonable in most scenarios.