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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

Employees of major consulting firms like McKinsey and Accenture are called consultants, as are some in-house specialists deployed in an advisory role to work with teams outside of their own reporting structure (for example, an internal change management consultant). We are independent contractors rather than employees.

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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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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. Seeing bottom-up initiatives through.

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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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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

In 1999, rock-and-roll legend Rikk promoted me within six months from sales associate and drum department head at Sam Ash Music to Operations Manager, where I not only led a warehouse crew, but I became the regional trainer on an Oracle-based POS system at the age of 23. That’s a lot of bending!

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon the business. Today, many leaders are asking how they can change the organizational culture. Although culture change is challenging, making changes doesn't require considerable investments or team colocated in the same building.

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How to Grow Your Workforce without Sacrificing Your Culture

LSA Global

In our twenty-five years of culture change and change management consulting we have learned that a clear business strategy must come first. And when it comes to strategy execution, typically that means changing the way you recruit and hire when your workforce needs to grow fast to make sure you are not sacrificing your culture.

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