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Consulting Ethics Challenges

The Consultants Peer Group

Where’s the lead sentence of my March 28, 2023 Blog, Consulting Ethics Concern Once Again , “Lack of consulting ethics once again. I went on to describe some recent consulting ethics lapses and proposed fixes. Peter Westlund CMC® showed a path to avoid these ethical traps through professionalism.

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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

Studies show that employment rates sharply drop after the age of 45 (OECD/Generation, 2023). In 2023, at the age of 47, I attained a role in a family-owned business after shaving my beard prior to the interview. This bias, predicated on age, undermines the principles of equity and diversity with potential ethical issues.

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Consulting Industry vs. Consulting Profession

The Consultants Peer Group

But we all know this and we know it is big business, estimated worldwide annual revenue (2023) in excess of USD 700 Billion. While anyone can start a consulting firm and offer their services, the consulting profession requires a high level of education, training, and experience. The choice is yours.

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How to Succeed as a Management Consultant

The Consultants Peer Group

Yesterday I was a presenter on a national Zoom ‘webinar’ on the ‘High Cost of Ethics Lapses’ in the management consulting profession. IBISWorld report Management Consulting in the US of October 2023 for NAICS #54161 (management consulting) and subsections states annual revenue of $366.6bn, 2mn employees, 1mn firms with $23.5bn profit and a 6.4%

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

Facilitated by Christina Walsh, the topic of discussion involved the “refraction points” (Nour, 2023) in our lives and careers , which bend our trajectory in new directions. Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts.

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The Surprising Role of Goodwill in Building Trust

Organizational Talent Consulting

Although leaders are not expected to be all-knowing and possess the competence to perform the tasks of every job in a company, a leader can enhance the perceptions of others through training, education, and experience. Trustworthy synonyms include reliable, dependable, honest, and ethical. What is trustworthiness? Berrett Doolittle, J.

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Is AI Technology on the Verge of Displacing Humans?

Effective Managers

Any piece of work that has been prepared based on the data set on which ChatGPT was trained is bound to be thorough. Yes, ChatGPT has been trained on a very large data set. ChatGPT was trained on a 45 terabyte database. Can an AI be trained to use a diagnostic capability? But there is a catch. And it’s a big one.

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