The Consultants Peer Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This week this article was picked up in my news feed “ Consulting Firm McKinsey to pay $230 million in latest US opioid settlements ” primarily to local governments and school districts. But back to the topic of this blog. Professional Conduct is the subject of the next in the series, Blog # 4.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 10, 2021

There, you can review the organization’s mission statement and history, products and services, and management, as well as information about the company culture. These calls and reports cover a range of topics, including new products, company risks, and whether revenues are growing or stable. Visit the company website.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 16, 2016

So here I am, launching this blog , which will help you become a better management consultant and solopreneur. I was hired as an independent consultant to help Clorox implement a vendor-management system and contractor-compliance process. I will write about the topics that most interest you. You also must be a savvy business.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 1, 2018

There are no bus stop advertisements for McKinsey & Company; no online pop-up ads for the Boston Consulting Group. There is a stunningly diverse set of articles and topics, from the incredibly niche to the terrifyingly broad. Reports are held up as evidence of firm expertise during pitches and in proposals. Image: Pexels.

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QEmploy

JUNE 10, 2019

However, keeping up with the latest tech news or even beginning to learn about IT can be tricky. In order to give you a head start we have compiled a list of 60 must-listen IT podcasts covering every possible subject. Furthermore, they explore every possible subject, including coveted topics in the IT industry.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 13, 2015

The frameworks help you quickly identify hot topics that will assist you in solving a case – real or in an interview – in an extremely short – and efficient – amount of time. After spending all this time setting it up, it’s time to introduce you to the 4 key frameworks you need to know. 1 – Market Sizing.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

The biggest stressor for self-employed management consultants is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. Second, when knee-deep in projects and facing deadlines, consultants are hard-pressed to find time to publish thought-leadership articles or create, launch, and manage marketing campaigns. Time flies!

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 31, 2022

My first encounter with this subject came from one of my sociology classes at Stanford, which focused on status hierarchy dynamics. There was an experiment with hiring managers who were asked to evaluate a stack of résumés. Now, if you’re a woman, you’ll have an obvious self-serving interest in this topic. I was stunned.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 29, 2019

For the longest time, school has been organized around subjects. It turns out, the skills we need to use in life (and in school) aren’t subject specific. But we use those subjects to teach the skills we actually end up using. Management. Fifth graders go to math class and then English class and then geography.

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Education Sports Analysis Leadership 37

Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 10, 2010

Open Leadership both motivates and provides an excellent framework & toolkit for changing and opening up an organization through support of social technologies. Some of the companies and individuals managed to pick themselves up, re-adapt, and succeed eventually. business school curricula).

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 17, 2014

It seems that the change in season and/or my busy schedule has caught up to me. Speaking of which, as I suggested in this post , if you haven’t been following the CDC’s crisis communication on the subject of Ebola, I definitely recommend you doing so. Crisis Management Concerns That Leave You Vulnerable. Listen here!

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Prudent Pedal

MARCH 27, 2020

Here are my Work and Personal lists: Work Manage business-related issues created by the crisis. Keep up prospecting virtually-Because so many of our clients come through personal, face to face relationships, the social distancing has made prospecting more difficult. Google Tag Manager: I stumbled across Loves Data on YouTube.

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Journal Video Marketing ROI 72

Tom Spencer

JUNE 2, 2018

If you are trying to get an internship in an industry without prior connections, use cold emails to set up calls and coffee chats with multiple industry professionals and focus on learning about their jobs. In my personal experience, using the topic of the publication to show your interest in the firm leads to great conversations.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2016

In the fall of 2015, after spending two years in a small town in the Ruhr Valley starting to learn German (I will appreciate Mark Twain’s perspective on the sprache so much better going forward), I moved to Frankfurt to begin my Executive MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. but also because I am Peter Drucker ’s niece).

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Nash Consulting

APRIL 27, 2021

In one research project, subjects were hooked up to electrodes monitoring their brain functions and put into a virtual reality situation in which they were walking down a dark alley at night with the sound of footsteps approaching them from behind. And how does our fear response then show up behaviorally? Defensiveness.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Here is an example: Recently I had a catch up meeting for a project I’m working on. Within seconds of the contentious issue coming up, my mind had decided that I categorically couldn’t have an impact on their opinions. When we avoid , we use methods to steer clear of what we consider to be difficult or dangerous topics.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

It’s an important piece that discusses a topic that is often seen as controversial. Lou and I go into even more detail on this subject in episode #024 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast. If you’re in law enforcement or emergency management, I highly recommend the listen. Tune in here. Incident Command.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Here is an example: Recently I had a catch up meeting for a project I’m working on. Within seconds of the contentious issue coming up, my mind had decided that I categorically couldn’t have an impact on their opinions. When we avoid , we use methods to steer clear of what we consider to be difficult or dangerous topics.

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Video Development Training Training 59

Melissa Agnes

APRIL 26, 2016

What is the goal of crisis management? The goal of crisis management is to salvage your organization’s reputation and bottom line when presented with a bad or threatening situation – or so says the majority of people. Whole Foods Market’s offensive crisis management strategy.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Most people think they will speak up when something negative happens at work, but few actually do. Take these examples from a recent survey we did with managers and employees: “We had an assistant who created a very adversarial atmosphere. In our study, only one in 25 spoke up. Management chaos. Strategic missteps.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

They may lack some of the staying power and authority of books, but they make up for it with their ease of access, interactivity, and updateability. I wrote one article a week on the topic of marketing for independent professionals. You can Google any question related to your business or industry and find an answer in seconds.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 17, 2014

It seems that the change in season and/or my busy schedule has caught up to me. Speaking of which, as I suggested in this post , if you haven’t been following the CDC’s crisis communication on the subject of Ebola, I definitely recommend you doing so. Crisis Management Concerns That Leave You Vulnerable. Listen here!

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Media Management Operations How To 40

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

Today’s young professionals grew up in an age of mind-boggling technological change, seeing the growth of the internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the development of machine-learning systems. Of course, communication must be about a particular topic. John Fedele/Getty Images.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 1, 2024

If you have read some of the blogs on this website, you have probably come across many that describe life and work as a management or business consultant. This article will dive into Expert Witness and Legal Consulting, specifically for scientific, engineering, and subject matter experts. But What Else is Out There?

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Consulting Intellectual Property Engineering Real Estate 68

freshminds

JANUARY 20, 2016

So how do you manage people where you do not have the practical knowledge of their subject and the job they do? Understand the topic you are working on - To be a useful, co-operative and approachable team member in a tech focused team, don't isolate yourself from the group by seemingly having no relevant knowledge at all.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If you’re a manager, it’s likely that introverts make up one-third to one-half of your team. As a manager, if you’re paying to send an introverted employee to a conference or event, how can you make sure they’re actually going to engage with people and not just hide out in their hotel room?

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

If you’re asked to speak at a conference or event, it’s likely because you’ve demonstrated expertise in your particular subject. To provide a great experience for attendees, you generally want to focus on the topic the organizers have requested – the “greatest hits” that you’re known for.

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Harvard Business

MAY 26, 2017

But how do you broach what feels like a sensitive topic? “How we show up and deliver our work is as important as the content,” says Amy Jen Su, cofounder of Paravis Partners , an executive training and coaching firm, and author of Own the Room. You’re also going to set yourself up for legal issues,” says Grenny.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2015

Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm with offices in more than 40 countries. This will be of particular interest for students and recent graduates who are looking to pursue a career in the management consulting industry. Kearney Consulting from other management consulting firms? Kearney: A.T. Tom: Does A.T.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

And they can be very expensive — in addition to overseas business travel, local distribution partner relationships require significant up-front investment to get started and to manage effectively. Both of these approaches, however, are time-intensive, requiring executives to spend weeks or months in foreign markets.

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B2B Education Media B2C 37

Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

It’s an important piece that discusses a topic that is often seen as controversial. Lou and I go into even more detail on this subject in episode #024 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast. If you’re in law enforcement or emergency management, I highly recommend the listen. Tune in here. Incident Command.

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Management System Guidelines Fashion 63

Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 28, 2010

Be Careful About Proclaiming "Failed Management Movements"! Last week, I got a call from a consultant who lamented the “failure of all those management movements.” ” As usual in these conversations, the caller went on to explain how his particular idea was what leaders and managers really needed.

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Management Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics 49

CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I additionally applied to Booz, AT Kearney, Oliver Wyman, Siemens Management Consulting, and OC&C.

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Bain McKinsey Cover Letters Case Interview 75

Harvard Business

JULY 15, 2016

Using a topic extraction algorithm ( Latent Dirichlet allocation with stop words removed and hyperparameters optimized), we extracted descriptive topics that characterize the data set. Each of these topics includes a set of common words and their frequency. Long-Term Goals – Where Are Millennials Hoping to Go?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2018

Practice time management together. He’s also learned how to plan ahead to create balance and dedicate time to think strategically , and he’s picked up some other time management tricks. After all, these aren’t books they’d willingly pick up. We spend a lot of our waking hours working.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

For the last 50 years it has not been fashionable to talk about moral development, yet the subject of moral development is all about being a grown up. The world needs more “grown ups.”. Consciousness is the entry-level to being a mature grown up and it is the gateway to becoming a more mature group. Career Management.

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Development Leadership Consulting Organizational Development 68

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

If the topic of sexual harassment hasn’t come up in your office – either on Slack, in conversations over lunch, or by the watercooler — I’d be surprised. With the ongoing #metoo campaign and the almost daily headlines about men accused of harassing their coworkers, this subject is top of mind for many of us.

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