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Quote Your Consulting Billing Rate with Confidence

Successful Independent Consulting

There are other ways to bill for your talent and expertise but those will be covered in another article. Benchmark so you know your rate is reasonable. It’s a matter of what they’re used to and their operating margins. As a business owner, right now make up your mind that it is your policy not to discount your rate.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. Because of this, CEOs are leaving a tremendous amount of employee potential talent and contributions on the table. If the culture of a company is about countless checklists, policies and procedures, employees will begin to look over their shoulders rather than doing a fantastic job.

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business

Flexible talent-access platforms are enabling many of these companies, making it easier than ever before to bring in the right skills for the right project at the right time. But making the most of flexible talent-access platforms is not as simple as adding a solution into an existing organization.

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Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Tom Spencer

Bain operates in 47 offices across 30 countries. In Ausralia, Bain operates out of Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Founded in 1963 by Bruce Henderson, BCG operates in more than 75 offices worldwide. In Australia, BCG operates out of Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth. McKinsey operates in 98 locations worldwide.

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When It Pays to Collaborate with Competitors at Work

Harvard Business

That’s why some in the Army are considering a change in its up-or-out policy. For instance, Doug shared some new concepts for transforming an insurmountable checklist of requirements into manageable benchmarks and priorities, which he had developed after conducting a comprehensive review of his company’s operations.

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The Case Against Pay Transparency

Harvard Business

It is hard to imagine a policy change that does more to place pay comparison in everyone’s face than pay transparency. As a result, some of these Harvard employees earned in excess of $30 million in yearly pay, due to performance that was truly exceptional against industry benchmarks. What might this say about pay transparency?

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7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process

Harvard Business

” Left unchecked, biases can also shape a company or industry’s culture and norms, says Iris Bohnet, director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of What Works: Gender Equality by Design. To begin, you’ll need to understand what hiring prejudices are and how they operate.