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Selling Your Competitive Advantages in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Looking back to consulting recruiting in graduate school, I always think about how interesting it was that so much of the conversation among candidates was about getting an offer from a top consulting firm. During the recruiting process, firms screen candidates for potential to succeed given the firm’s business portfolio and culture.

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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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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

Because these firms tend to have slim margins and cannot pay Silicon Valley salaries, many have had to get creative in their recruiting and employee development. Without this communication about strategy and goals, few employees will be motivated to engage.

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8 Guiding Principles to Develop Individual Change Capability

LSA Global

Leaders Need to be Visible at the Earliest Phases of Change. Employees need change management training and reinforcement in new ways to work. The organizational reward and management systems have to work differently in order to get employees to behave differently. Create Several Successive Change Awareness Events.

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Part 3: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile with Skills, Endorsements & Accomplishments

Successful Independent Consulting

For example, I have over a hundred endorsements for change management, but I no longer do that type of work so I moved it much lower on my list. Quid Pro Quo: Send a message via LinkedIn to people you know fairly well, especially fellow independent consultants or people changing jobs, saying you’ll endorse them if they endorse you.

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The 6 Top Leadership and Management Development Mistakes to Avoid

LSA Global

If you want to create higher performing leaders at your company however, your leadership and management development initiatives must keenly focus on your marketplace, your strategy, your culture, and the critical few scenarios – that if leaders had high levels of proficiency – would lift performance where it matters most.

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

[link] Culture Change Strategy #4: Deliberate role modeling and training How leaders act and behave outside of training is more significant than what is said or demonstrated within training events. There are tangible rewards and social rewards. Simply saying thank you for presenting a decision using data analytics is a social reward.

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