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Thought leadership – by any other name would it smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

Firms regularly visit target school campuses, and buy online advertising on LinkedIn and Facebook to boost their applications. There are no bus stop advertisements for McKinsey & Company; no online pop-up ads for the Boston Consulting Group. The second marketing effort, marketing to attract clients, is less visible.

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What Skills Do Firms Want in Aspiring Consultants?

Tom Spencer

Being a consultant is no easy feat, and almost every successful consultant is characterised by competent mastery of the following 5 key skills — problem solving, leadership, data and quantitative skills, teamwork, and communication. Consultants are often empowered to drive their own work streams.

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Coronavirus: Leadership during a Crisis

CaseInterview.com

The need for effective leadership is especially acute during a major crisis. My experience with crisis management comes from two perspectives. I’ve also led mass casualty training exercises as a field operations leader and incident commander. The more you read, the more they make in advertising.]. Additional Resources.

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Marketing Mix Modeling MMM (Part 2 of 3)

Tom Spencer

Advertising measures: Money spent on media advertising is seldom useful by itself. The media advertising must be translated into television GRP ( gross rating point ) equivalents, or some other common “currency.” That is, the print advertising, the radio advertising, the online advertising, etc.

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Starting A New Company? Do You Need Help? It Is Available

Business Consulting Agency

Revenue Cycle Management. Supply Chain Management. Operational Efficiency. Leadership/Talent. Cash Flow Management. Reputation Management. Risk Management. Public Relations/Advertising. Outsourcing. Strategic Planning. Reporting/Analytics. Client Acquisition/Retention. Procurement.

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 “Additional Responsibilities” in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Additional responsibilities are activities that consultants take on to support the internal operations of the firm. Thought leadership. For example, recruiting trips offer the opportunity to engage other consultants and even firm leadership present for the event. Recruiting support. Firm wide volunteering / community support.

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How Good Companies Become Market Leaders (Without an Infusion of Capital): Interview with Charles Browne

Consulting Matters

After eight years of service, I left and worked at a couple of commercial nuclear power plants and earned a project management certification and a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt, along with my engineering degree. I’m not a strict operator. Sometimes it’s not operational capacity.