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.
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.
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Kates Kesler
MAY 7, 2020
Kates Kesler, part of Accenture. While such a role solves an integration challenge, it also creates potential complexity regarding boundaries and decision rights with existing, more traditional roles on the leadership team. We are closely following this story and other clients that are introducing new c-suite integrators. Jaclyn Kates.
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.
Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 5, 2017
The office is incredibly diverse, with some of the best talent from 35+ countries and folks that speak 29 languages. Accenture has a nearly-secret, much smaller, unofficial office on 11 Broadway. With HQ in New York, firm practices are based on the EVA methodology.
Harvard Business
MAY 8, 2018
One of the most important and challenging decisions faced by corporate directors is whether to promote a new CEO from within or to hire new talent when a CEO leaves the company. Prior studies have two common methodological limitations. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Lee Powers/Getty Images. Both have advantages.
Harvard Business
MAY 24, 2016
Sponsored by Accenture. But this is not nearly frequent enough for Deere and companies facing fierce competition for rare technical talent from venture-funded startups and big software and services competitors like Amazon and Google. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World.
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