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Learning From Each Other

Women in Consulting

As solo practitioners and entrepreneurs, often we have limited access to relevant benchmarking resources. Without violating any price-fixing laws, the Best Practices Survey lets us benchmark our success against our peers. My clients are happier too since I can use my virtual assistant for administrative tasks on their business as well.

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 “Additional Responsibilities” in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Internal training / professional development. Most firms have an expectation of at least a minimum benchmark level of additional responsibility work. Just to better illustrate it, prime examples include: Social activity planning. Recruiting support. Firm wide volunteering / community support. Thought leadership.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). Organizational Talent Consulting.

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BCG Potential Test Copy

CaseInterview.com

This tool compares your math accuracy and speed to other CaseInterview.com members and to my own test results as benchmark. Free Case Interview Prep Program – Sign Up For Free Instant Access to the Largest Collection of FREE Case Interview Training Resources. First Name *. No, Thanks! I do not want free resources.

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

Even though we were following the typical playbook — posting open positions on job boards that specialize in attracting candidates from underrepresented groups, sponsoring events, giving scholarships, and training our employees on inclusion and hidden bias — we weren’t seeing progress. Native American, 18.1%

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4 Habits of People Who Are Always Learning New Skills

Harvard Business

In this era, micro-learning — engaging with online learning tools when and where it’s convenient — is becoming a much larger part of the training and development scene. For example, I could spend weeks watching videos on how to set up a distributed computing system. Set a golden benchmark. Get synchronous.

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6 Things New Grads Should Know Before Joining a Startup

Harvard Business

It’s also going to be a lot harder to benchmark the offer they give you against salaries at other firms. If you don’t know how to do something, you can tap into a training budget that will let you develop your skills at conferences or workshops in fun cities. And benefits? But work at a start-up and you are the department.

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