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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities. They provide customized, knowledge-based services to their clients.

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Covid-19 exposed which companies in an industry could change direction quickly and respond to new consumer, employee, regulatory, and supply demands, turning adversity into opportunity. Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. Highly regulated industries typically have more centralized oversight functions.

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Start Slow, Finish Fast: Rightsizing Your Organization the Right Way

Kates Kesler

Where does it make sense to duplicate work in order to drive differentiation and agility? Instead, take an enterprise lens that enables high-level tradeoffs between agility and leverage to drive real transformation. Where can resources be leveraged across business units, segments, or geographies to drive savings?