Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

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.

Industry 52

Industry SMB Software Talent 52

Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2021

Consulting, like many other industries, is under threat from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The risks to the management consulting industry are summarized well in an article written by Alexandre Gonfalonieri , an AI Consultant based in Paris.

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Industry Consulting Management Emotional Intelligence 88

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

Industry 52

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Emerson Consulting Group

MARCH 23, 2016

Publishing business articles is a potentially rewarding business development technique. If it is naïve then to assume that lots and lots of readers of your published articles will quickly and directly become new clients, one might therefore question whether writing and publishing articles offers you any business benefit at all.

Media 40

Media Sales Tools Advertising 40

Tom Spencer

APRIL 14, 2023

This is the sixth of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. This article will explore some of the ethical implications of AI in consulting, and discuss potential ways to address these concerns.

Ethics 88

Ethics Consulting Healthcare System 88

Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? Publishing articles can promote your business. Publishing articles offer higher levels of credibility.

Journal 40

Journal Case Interview Conference Groups 40

Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I’m writing this article around my 48th birthday. They wanted practice experience with a substantial understanding of their clients’ industries — CHECK! Providing training programs accessible and relevant to employees of all ages with clear ties to career paths can bridge gaps in knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs).

Handbook 98

Handbook Case Interview Education Training 98

Rick Conlow

APRIL 23, 2023

Managers are poorly trained and disengaged from executive leadership. The tech industry laid of tens of thousands of people recently. The tech industry laid of tens of thousands of people recently. Consider the meatpacking industry. Companies cannot blame anyone but themselves. They over-hired during the pandemic.

Leadership 97

Leadership Training Training Resources 97

Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 16, 2019

(Note: this article first appeared in Industry Week.) A recent article by Sam Walker in the Wall Street Journal argues that better managers are the key to delivering better results. He places the burden for increasing engagement on the individual manager. That seems risky to me. Cambridge Engineering in St.

Management 190

Management Training Training Journal 190

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

Breaking into this potentially lucrative niche within the consulting industry is both a science and an art. In this article, we will examine 5 strategies that you can adopt to increase your chances of success. These experiences will help you build skills that are directly applicable to the marketing and/or digital consulting industry.

Marketing 78

Marketing Consulting Case Interview Interviews 78

Harvard Business

AUGUST 6, 2019

Matt Beane, assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, finds that robots, machine learning, and AI are changing how we train for our jobs — not just how we do them. He says this trend is emerging in many industries, from finance to law enforcement to education.

Training 33

Training Training Finance Trends 33

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2024

Consider 12 leading concerns: disinformation, safety and security, the black box problem, ethical concerns, bias, instability, hallucinations in LLMs, unknown unknowns, potential job losses and social inequalities, environmental impact, industry concentration, and state overreach. Each of these issues is complex — and not easy to solve.

Ethics 63

Ethics Tools Training Training 63

Harvard Business

APRIL 15, 2024

From the takeoff and landing of a space shuttle to managing uncontrollable bleeding in the operating room, there are vital lessons to be learned from these industries and adapted into others. Then, prepare for such emergencies through training and practice.

Industry 58

Industry Operations Training Training 58

Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Related Article: "How to Find the Exact Words That Attract Your Ideal Clients". But the truth is - our industry shop talk isn't their industry shop talk. You may feel that your industry-speak makes you come across as smart but what it does is it makes your clients feel dumb. If writing is a struggle for you, don't worry.

Methodologies 288

Methodologies Consulting Video Industry 288

Rick Conlow

APRIL 23, 2023

Managers are poorly trained and disengaged from executive leadership. The tech industry laid of tens of thousands of people recently. The tech industry laid of tens of thousands of people recently. Consider the meatpacking industry. Companies cannot blame anyone but themselves. They over-hired during the pandemic.

Leadership 86

Leadership Training Training Resources 86

Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2023

This is the first of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. This article will provide a basic introduction to AI as it relates to the consulting industry and explore some key concepts and applications that every consultant should be familiar with.

Consulting 88

Consulting Ethics Healthcare Retail 88

Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

This article will consider three examples from military history that can examined to better understand competitive strategy in the business arena. He led small but trained armies against larger enemies on many fronts. Through training, Napoleon’s army was able to switch between these formations quickly depending on what was needed.

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Agile 88

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 20, 2023

Without a doubt, a career in the management consulting industry comes with many short- and long-term benefits. Having spoken to dozens of working consultants, I will briefly discuss some of the ups and downs of an entry level career in consulting in this article. Growth is forged in the crucible of hard work.

Consulting 88

Consulting Boston Consulting Group Bain Banking 88

Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Since you are reading this article, we assume you are a good coach, and you are interested in elevating your approach. Personnel Management: A study compared training alone to coaching and training. It found that training alone increased productivity 22.4%. And people 25-34 have a tenure of 2.8 Why is this happening?

Training 86

Training Training Leadership Development 86

Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2023

This article explores how consulting firms can support companies in realizing the benefits of clean teach, and presents five specific examples of how consulting firms can adapt their services to help organizations embrace clean tech solutions. Here are five opportunities for consulting firms to serve clients in the clean tech space.

Consulting 78

Consulting Energy Transportation Analysis 78

Tom Spencer

JULY 29, 2022

In this article, I will break down a few functionalities of Human Resource teams, and a couple of ways to get started in Human Resource Management. Especially if you join a class structure, such as an “analyst class”, the recruiting team may also be responsible for onboarding and training. Breaking into Human Resources Management.

Resources 78

Resources Management How To Balance Sheet 78

Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 30, 2024

This article delves into the importance of change management for companies seeking to implement positive changes and how consultants through consulting services can facilitate this transformation. Consultants design and deliver training and development programs to equip all levels of an organization with the necessary tools to embrace change.

Change Management 52

Change Management Management Methodologies Efficiency 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

GE is well known as an “academy company” — a talent incubator that exports effective leaders to other organizations and even industries.

Company 77

Company Talent Survey Interviews 77

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this 2-part article, I will outline the 5 key skills of an effective consultant, then discuss how to hone and highlight these skills. Overall, effective leadership fosters long-term success in the consulting industry by improving a consultant’s capacity to produce results and maintain a reputation for excellence.

Consulting 78

Consulting Leadership Financial Data 78

Tom Spencer

APRIL 15, 2022

This article continues on from Part 1 , in which I shared some of my experiences of working with an internal strategy team at a large financial institution, and some of the main projects and activities I undertook. In this article, we will explore the 7 main differences between internal strategy and management consulting. Flexibility.

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Financial 88

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 5, 2022

In this article, I will examine the nature of products and the product life cycle , and break down a bit of what product managers do and how to break into this line of work. Not all product managers come from a technical background, but through on the job and industry training they learn about technology systems. Final thoughts.

Productivity 88

Productivity Management How To Engineering 88

Tom Spencer

JULY 11, 2020

This article looks at some of the key questions to consider as you pursue a career in the management consulting industry. On the other hand, top global firms provide a more structured graduate program, formal training and development opportunities, and typically pay higher salaries. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

Consulting 88

Consulting Resumes Training Training 88

Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The tactics in this article will help if you bill by the hour or by the day. There are other ways to bill for your talent and expertise but those will be covered in another article. Also, the larger the firm, the more overhead the billing rate needs to cover such as partner salaries and bonuses, real estate, advertising, and training.

Consulting 236

Consulting Real Estate Policies Operations 236

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In 2017, Warton published an article that highlighted the rise of contractual workers in both the private and public sectors. Normally consultants who leave the consulting industry take up positions working for a former client organisation or go on to start their own companies.

Consulting 97

Consulting Accenture Industry Talent 97

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Leaders can use an approach called balanced benchmarking, borrowed from operations management, to conduct a needs assessment and apply training where it can be most effective. The author explains how this approach was applied at a firm in the legal services industry and offers five strategies for implementation.

ROI 61

ROI Development Benchmarking Operations 61

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2013

Here are the top 5 factors that create the chasm between strategy consulting and financial advisory consulting (and why MC recommends strategy consulting as the best choice): 1) Strategy consulting exposes you to a wide variety of business problems in multiple industries. In strategy consulting, you are in pre-CEO training.

Financial 252

Financial Consulting Strategy Strategy 252

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Whilst teams are an inseparable part of modern business practice, this article seeks to explore why they are actually a conceptual paradox, and what this means for professionals. There are innumerable websites, blogs, and training courses that explain how to build trust, develop relationships, and build team dynamics.

Groups 88

Groups Fashion Training Training 88

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As more businesses in the hospitality industry consider robots as a solution to a thinned frontline service workforce, owners and operators must recognize that their investment in a service robot extends beyond the hardware and software.

Software 60

Software Operations Training Training 60

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 16, 2020

A couple of days ago I wrote an article that differentiates between consultants and coaches and the respective business models. It's also a good fit for individuals who do not have a desire to be seen as an expert in their industry or a thought leader. ” Get my Free Value Proposition Creation Video Training!

Consulting 207

Consulting Training Training Marketing 207

Consulting Matters

MAY 13, 2021

Even though these people were in a different industry, they experienced the same challenges growing a business. He targeted clients by industry sector online, created avatars for marketing, and realized he was comfortable working with companies that turnover about 2-3 million pounds. Not finding your niche is a classic mistake!

How To 194

How To Methodologies Industry Sales 194

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2018

company size, type, industry, title, gender, age) and their psychographics (e.g., Of all of my articles and videos, the ones that consistently perform the best are the ones when I offer lists (7 Steps to.) These types of resources include articles, blog posts and podcasts. Third, make your content easy to digest and implement.

Marketing 202

Marketing Consulting Intellectual Property eBook 202

Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Related Article: "7 Reasons Why Your Client Aren't Getting it When you Write and Talk About What You Do". This article is for you. Related Articles: "What is a Brand and Why You Need One". But I promise you corporate speak and industry jargon isn't your voice. Yes, emotions. Where you might get stuck. Will I be fired?".

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