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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

Recent research from the Boston Consulting Group confirms that employees can do better work when they’re liberated from much of the bureaucratic cruft that passes for daily management. Peter Drucker once quipped that, “Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.”

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Thought leadership – by any other name would it smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

There are no bus stop advertisements for McKinsey & Company; no online pop-up ads for the Boston Consulting Group. Instead, marketing materials take the form of thought leadership: reports designed to show potential clients that these firms have the expertise clients need. .

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Experience Curve

Tom Spencer

In 1966, Bruce Henderson and the Boston Consulting Group conducted research for a major semiconductor manufacturer, in which they introduced the concept of the Experience Curve and revealed that unit production costs fell by 20 to 30 percent every time production experience doubled. This article is entitled “Experience Curve”.

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Above The Fold

The Consultants Peer Group

Writing about McKinsey’s public ethics lapses, once again, makes me wish one thing for their leadership: that the leaders make ethics a center feature of the firm’s practice, especially in these times. .” * Senator Richard Blumenthal, Chair, said, “You say you are [caught] between a rock and a hard place, but you have chosen sides.

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Internal consultants are also fully vested in the success of the company, because their financial well-being is dependent on the company’s success. These consultants often have the opportunity to rise through the ranks and take on key leadership roles. The company itself often does recruitment for internal consultants.

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Why Your Productivity Hacks Don’t Hack It

Markovitz Consulting

In working with the Boston Consulting Group, Harvard’s Leslie Perlow found that implementing “predictable time off” (i.e., The $3 billion company broadly distributes leadership responsibility throughout the organization, allowing employees to make “above the waterline” (i.e.,

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What is Consulting? Is Management Consulting a Good Fit for You?

Tom Spencer

In the business world a consultant offers the service of helping their clients achieve their goals and solving their most crucial problems. In your early years as a consultant you would likely hold a general consultant role, having your hands in multiple different industries, allowing you to gain even more exposure to different experiences.