Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Alpha is a leading global provider of consulting, benchmarking and implementation services to financial institutions with a particular focus on the asset and wealth management industries and the companies that service them. A&M specialises in turnaround and interim management, performance management and business advisory services.

BearingPoint 99

BearingPoint Capgemini Strategy Strategy 99

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT. Finally, you have constant client interaction which develops “client skills” – from managing client teams to running meetings to learning how to navigate different corporate environments. This helps you develop the ability to be “standalone” in consulting lingo.

Banking 272

Banking Boston Consulting Group Consulting Management 272

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. a condo development, apartment building, or golf course). Though autonomous, they can improve their operating capabilities and speed up their time to reinvention by learning from each other.

Talent 28

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Throughout the research, Korn Ferry used our best-in-class CEO benchmark, which comprises typical scores for CEOs (virtually all male) who are in the 99th percentile of work engagement, as a touchstone to highlight similarities and underscore differences for the women in the study. Some women expressed frustration about the delay.

Interviews 28

Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Past work by McKinsey found that inefficiencies in manufacturer-supplier interactions add up to roughly 5% of development, tooling, and product costs in the auto industry. Similar inefficiencies affect other industries as well, and they are likely to multiply as manufacturers seek to expand product portfolios and reduce turnaround times.

McKinsey 28

McKinsey Turnaround Pharmaceuticals Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

While some situations demand outside successors — such as a turnaround or a discontinuous shift in the industry and strategy – we believe that internal candidates remain the future CEOs-of-choice. Assess candidates against industry benchmarks, valid indicators of executive potential, and the CEO profiles you’ve developed.

Leadership 28

Leadership Talent Turnaround Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better). That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.

Management 32

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 32