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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

To perform and thrive, you have to be able to adapt to an ever changing environment. If you resist and defy change, your company is not long for this world. Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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How Diligent Biz Dev Led to a Six-Figure Consulting Project

Successful Independent Consulting

It’s an 11-month project for one consultant: $320k in consulting fees and another $100k for travel expenses. The short answer: business development. The long answer: diligent business development that built a relationship over time. I have a need for an independent change management consultant in LA.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. IT Consultants: Technology consultants, focus on helping clients with the development and application of Information Technology (IT) within their organization.

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Oliver Wyman Careers

CaseInterview.com

Today, the four practices are: General Management Consulting. Leadership Development. The General Management Consulting practice most resembles that of a traditional strategy consulting experience. 3) The Delta practice focuses on change management initiatives. Financial Services Consulting. Career Pathway.

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Women Thrive as Independent Consultants

Comatch

Do less work-related traveling. Yet, women more often than men wish to work remotely, aim to have more free time, and travel less for work. The top 3 topics picked by the most consultants are very similar for women and men in the pool: Change Management, Business Plan Development, and Growth Strategy.

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Email and Calendar Data Are Helping Firms Understand How Employees Work

Harvard Business

Using data science to predict how people in companies are changing may sound futuristic. As we wrote recently, change management remains one of the few areas largely untouched by the data-driven revolution. The client wanted to increase collaboration across units, for example, between sales and product development.

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