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Case Study: Should You Rehire Someone Who Left for a Competitor?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Of course, Ram knew this was a risk of being an entrepreneur in India. It was amazing how quickly gossip traveled in their business. I have to at least consider it.”

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Case Study: When You Have to Choose Between Core and New Customers

Harvard Business

Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “Do you work for Mendoza?”

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Conversation with A.T. Kearney

Tom Spencer

Kearney offers a broad range of services including Analytics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations and Strategy. Kearney’s travel model? Kearney: Consultants generally travel to their clients from Monday to Thursday, returning to their home office on Fridays. Kearney: Of course! Tom: What is A.T. Tom: Does A.T.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience). Presently, I am working with a DoD program that is contracting with a company to build and operate a drug/vaccine manufacturing facility.

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

For instance, working as a student consultant provided me with some much-needed teamwork experience as my university course didn’t include any group work. This includes working over an extended period of time on larger projects, travelling to and from sites and working more closely with clients to solve the problem.

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How to Break Your Addiction to Work

Harvard Business

Professional achievements are well and good, of course, but to live a truly full life you also need to “have purpose and draw a boundary line that shows respect for your family life, physical health, and spiritual health,” says Friedman. Case Study #1: Seek encouragement and reset your colleagues’ expectations.

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How to Decide Whether to Relocate for a Job

Harvard Business

Do you want to spend your weekends traveling? ” But if you’re asked to “head up operations in Denver or Cleveland,” the calculation is a little trickier. If you’re miserable, you can course correct, says Bidwell. Case Study #1: Think about the next phase of your career.

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