Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2017

By “agency” I mean a company that matches independent consultants with client projects, like a talent agency. An agency is different than a consulting firm because agencies usually place one person at a time, and they assume consultants are bringing their own methodology and tools. They say 30% of the Fortune 500 use their expertise.

Consulting 150

Consulting Talent Insurance Insurance 150

Kates Kesler

JANUARY 18, 2022

She had hired top talent, built assets, and delivered high quality demonstration projects. They do all the right things: create a strategy, announce a leader, build and buy the talent needed, research and implement best practices, purchase new technology, and roll-out training. Kates Kesler, a part of Accenture.

Enterprise 50

Enterprise Talent Accenture Energy 50

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

GE famously implemented Lean methodologies throughout all of their divisions, helping reduce cycle time and better aligning their work with the customers’ needs, leading to then-CEO Jeff Immelt’s declaration that GE had transformed from a “classic conglomerate… to a 125-year-old startup.” Insight Center.

Agile 28

Agile Development Methodologies Software 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Consultants get to travel quite a lot and meet different kinds of people and this makes them diverse and enables them to have insights, which others can only strive for. I took on internships as a market researcher for Google and a research analyst for Accenture Management Consulting, both of which I enjoyed doing. Be careful here.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204