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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

They don’t know to add a hefty margin to cover things like self-employment tax, business expenses, health insurance, and nonbillable time spent on business administration. Or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company, and if so, did you have access to formal training?

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How to Figure Out Your Consulting Bill Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Was it at a big firm with formal training (for example Deloitte, Bain & Company) or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company? If the latter, was it a company that provided access to training like General Electric, or a small to midsize firm? Type of experience — Where did you learn your craft?

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Mental & Physical Health Support During a Career Crisis

Harmonious Workplaces

Among the decisions I needed to make which could have profound effects on my career and my family, I found myself torn between what I had prepared to do since I reentered graduate school — management consulting in organizational development and change management — and what I had done as a consultant and executive, MarCom (marketing communications).

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Watson & Sons became the prime advisor to the British government on social insurance programs. The practice areas at Towers Watson reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Communication and Change Management. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. Insurance Industry Consulting.

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

A client will now pay for the overall gains such as tax savings, ROIs, insurance claims, and so on. To increase usage, Progressus offers a range of support and training options to assist customers in successfully implementing and using the software effectively. We also offer change management courses for user adoption.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. Enter ABIe (shorthand for the Allstate Business Insurance Expert), which my firm helped develop. The cost of simply expanding the call centers was prohibitive.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. Would our health insurance programs include their doctors and hospitals?