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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated time out of the office costs. An excellent virtual coach has the ability to: Operate the tools and functions of collaborative technology. Also, both the coach and client benefit from the flexibility and administrative ease in scheduling. References: Ahrend, G., Diamond, F.,

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Consultant Ninja: Future Histories: Management Consulting Blog

Consultant Ninja

Typical of its down-to-earth management ethos, NetApp early on ditched a travel policy a dozen ­pages long in favor of this maxim: "We are a frugal company. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Future Histories.

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Book Review – “How the mighty fall” by Jim Collins

Tom Spencer

Mallya brought in a new CEO in October 2010, Sanjay Aggarwal, who had managed to turn things around for SpiceJet, another aviation company. Kingfisher Airlines dropped prices, unprofitable flights, and even overseas operations. Companies undertake acquisitions in pursuit of synergies in order to rescue the situation. Image: Flickr.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business

Prior to 2010, Rakuten had been a multilingual global company. What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. But in 2010, Rakuten mandated an English-only policy for its workforce of over 10,000 employees. Aspiring to a global career.

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Altman Vilandrie: Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The New York office was opened in 2010 and the San Francisco office was opened in 2012. Operations – Altman Vilandrie dissects the everyday running of a client’s business to see what can be done better. Altman Vilandrie also has a great unique selling point in that it is a low travel firm. Did you get all of that?

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

in business, clearly have a love for aviation and were a professional in the aviation industry from 2006 to 2010. What was happening between 2010 and 2012? What were you doing in between 2010, potentially even prior to 2010 to April 2012. People will just take a little bit of time and travel, or something like that.

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business

a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all. Most of its hospitals were still buying from their own legacy suppliers, with whom they had little leverage.