Tom Spencer
MARCH 21, 2021
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.
Successful Independent Consulting
APRIL 27, 2022
If you refer to yourself as a freelancer or consultant, what does that imply? 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).
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 23, 2017
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.
Harmonious Workplaces
OCTOBER 24, 2023
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. References De Botton, A. That’s a lot of bending!
Successful Independent Consulting
APRIL 14, 2017
You can download the entire series as a reference guide here. 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. who know someone I know, which makes it easy to check a reference and get introduced.
Organizational Talent Consulting
JUNE 12, 2023
Culture Change Strategy #6: How leaders recruit, promote, and fire Who gets hired, promoted , and fired, and for what both creates and reinforces your organization's culture. References: Büschgens, T., The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (4), 763-781. There are tangible rewards and social rewards.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 7, 2017
Recruited from outside the organization, she faced multiple problems: The business was losing money, costs were bloated, customer loyalty was fading, and key talent was defecting. When referring to the significant challenges of her new organization, she consistently spoke in third-person references — they, them, those people.
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