Effective Managers

APRIL 16, 2024

In the world of management consulting, being an expert isn’t just about having extensive knowledge in your field; it’s about becoming a trusted advisor to your clients. This transformation is pivotal in elevating your consulting practice, and it’s where ISO 20700 plays a crucial role.

Guidelines 52

Guidelines Ethics Consulting Management 52

Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. The simple exercise of focused observation will help you see the waste. Obsess over quality.

Engineering 133

Engineering Benchmarking Meeting Case Study 133

Comatch

MAY 26, 2023

Like in most lines of work, soft skills are critical to your success as an independent consultant, perhaps even more so. The myth prevails that one either has or hasn’t got strong soft skills, exasperated by the lack of a clear learning path or benchmarks to improve them.

Emotional Intelligence 52

Emotional Intelligence Training Training Development 52

Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2023

The hypothesis-based problem solving (HBPS) approach is a method employed by consultants to develop actionable recommendations for clients using a structured, evidence-based process. Clients often come to consultants with problems that aren’t well defined. mind mapping) Adopting different lenses to look at the problem (e.g.,

Analysis 78

Analysis Data Development Consulting 78

Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2018

Try not to propose a very similar strategy to what the company has actually undertaken because this risks your answer being viewed as “too-safe” (though benchmarking similar situations that happened in other industries works quite well). Even if you don’t win, consulting firms will take interest in you if you show strength in other ways.

Case Interview 68

Case Interview Benchmarking Analysis Industry 68

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

By 2012, our research shows, nearly 60% of a typical B2B purchasing decision — researching solutions, ranking options, benchmarking pricing, and so on — was happening before the buyer even had a conversation with a supplier. Try this simple exercise: Think about the last major purchase for which you sat on the buying committee.

B2B 29

B2B Travel Benchmarking Sales 29

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

Get benchmark information from surveys and specialist experts. For example, consulting to a newly merged, international telecoms company, we conducted a simple exercise using the culture web framework to help each of the newly merged entities to describe their own cultural norms and those of the other parties.

Guidelines 38

Guidelines Advertising Groups Examples 38