Tom Spencer

MAY 24, 2024

Just think of Kodak, Blockbuster, Blackberry, and Nokia, companies that were once dominant in their respective industries. For example, a manufacturing company might explore new markets or develop complementary products to ensure a more stable income.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 2, 2023

years in management consulting, I transitioned to a Fortune 50 US company in an internal strategy role. At a company, there is more security in the relationships you develop, and more likelihood that they will last throughout your tenure at the company. Last year, after 2.5

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 1, 2024

Back in 2009, I gave a talk about project portfolio management to a group of about twenty people. Everyone was leaving the conference, and some people left my talk early so they could manage their travel. And they brought me into their companies to deliver my project portfolio workshop. That talk was a raving success.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2016

The demand for business travel is gender-independent, but men and women demonstrate different travel habits that impact the bottom line. We know from previous research that women react more strongly to unforeseen events and are more stressed than men when traveling for work. But what about when planning travel?

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As any aspiring management consultant knows, networking is both an art and a science. Learning More About a Company – A Competitive Edge in Interviews In the competitive world of management consulting, a comprehensive understanding of a company can be a game-changer during the interview process.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In short, it means that companies are expanding beyond their traditional core products in order to increase opportunities for cross-selling and to boost customer ownership. Alternatively, an accounting software company might offer additional services that cover legal incorporation, logo design, CRM, inventory management, and invoicing.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2023

Today’s wildfires and smoke can travel hundreds of miles, blurring the lines between what happens within and outside the workplace when it comes to workforce health. Now is the time for employers to develop a plan to get ahead of this and other climate change-driven health issues.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 21, 2019

When your homeowner's insurance company collects their annual fee from you, they know their revenues for the year. Risk” issues also exist when it comes to managing your career. It does mean you need to be thoughtful about these risks… and more importantly “manage” them. This uncertainty is known as “risk.”.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 12, 2017

Lately, we’ve been hearing the same question from more and more law students – How do I transition to management consulting after law school? Management Consulting straight after Law School. Transition from established lawyer to Management Consulting. Or why leave a partner track in a law firm to start over?

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? Where prestige, pay, exit opportunities and culture are concerned, Booz & Company ranks number 4 behind MBB. KEY STATS FOR BOOZ & COMPANY. BOOZ & COMPANY HISTORY.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2018

During one of my internships I worked on a due diligence project, which involved conducting market research to help a PE firm decide whether to acquire a major stake in a joint venture owned by one of the largest telecom companies in Asia. This allows them to value the target company and determine a bid price. Image: Pexels.

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Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2024

How a vacation rental company leaned into trust to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Girard Training Solutions

APRIL 16, 2024

On this episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric sits down with Kristin Cummings, founder of Virtual COO. Eric and Kristin dig into how virtual or fractional C-suite team members can help businesses, what a COO’s job entails, and Kristin offers some helpful tips on forming relationships with the C-suite as a new manager.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 26, 2024

Take a look at the company’s website, network with consultants at the firm, and research your interviewers beforehand so that you can demonstrate cultural fit and passion for the firm. During the interview process, recruiters are keen on evaluating your behavioural traits to ensure you align with the company’s values and culture.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

If the aviation industry continues down the path of high CO 2 emissions, what will happen when new aerospace markets open: sub-orbital travel, supersonic flight, and space hotels? Sub-orbital travel, popularized in 2021 by Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, is projected to become a $3.5 Billion industry by 2027.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

As if the stresses and headaches of business travel weren’t enough, there’s one more thing to worry about while traveling in unfamiliar places: the security of your email. According to one report , there are 40,000 kidnap-and-ransom cases each year, many of which involve executives on business travel. and need money.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Throughout the consulting career recruiting process, I found it memorable that in both informal conversations and formal presentations, the issue of personal life management did occur as a poignant topic of conversation. Those that did were nearly all parents or were expecting a child. Communicate the Unpredictability of Consulting.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Based on our years of experience editing consulting resumes, we’ve identified the 5 universal qualities of a winning management consulting resume. When writing your resume, remember one thing: to look through the eyes of a management consultant. 5 Universal Qualities of a Winning Management Consulting Resume: 1.

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The world is changing rapidly, and the way that companies operate within it needs to shift as well. More than ever, organizations are using independent experts and freelance management consultants to address critical challenges. Companies become Flash Organizations. Travel costs matter less than capabilities. .

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

But if the new parent’s return involves business travel, and that parent has chosen to nurse, it’s even more complicated. While it’s common for new parents to feel stressed about juggling life at work and home, for a pumping, traveling parent the stress can be heightened. Ask, Advocate, and Organize.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2016

Despite the inherent fatigue and the surface appearance of monotony, business travel can be more than just getting work done in a new location. Through our own experiences as well as those we’ve interviewed, coached, and worked with, we’ve identified some of the top benefits of short-term business travel. Pamela Hinds.

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 22, 2020

There’s not a company around—not even the ones doing well during this time, like Netflix or Zoom—that isn’t wrestling with the new reality of Covid-19. And clearly, the stress is exponentially worse for companies in industries like travel and leisure that aren’t thriving in the current environment. Barry-Wehmiller does.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 12, 2019

In the last installment , we explored how management has gone through big evolutionary changes since its inception. When a business is falling behind in its evolutionary journey towards adopting a Teal management style, it has two main options: transformation or reinvention. Relevance of the Teal management philosophy.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 5, 2019

In the last installment , we explored how management has gone through big evolutionary changes since its inception. When a business is falling behind in its evolutionary journey towards adopting a Teal management style, it has two main options: transformation or reinvention. Relevance of the Teal management philosophy.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 8, 2017

The field of management consulting also continues to have its fair share of excitement. Those who manage to break into management consulting firms in 2017 will be recipients of steadily increasing consulting salaries. Also, the listed salary data is solely for those in management consulting roles within these firms.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

Yes, I think it is, but you can't always manage it when you want to manage it. Travel is hard on the lifestyle because you are just not at home. If you want to avoid traveling, work in an industry that is largely based in the same city as your office. Traveling to the client often involves just taking a taxi or Uber.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2023

However, companies often forget about their most important source of competition: substitutes. For example, Southwest Airlines competes directly with Delta and American Airlines, but also competes with car travel because of its unique business model. Another hidden substitute is for the customer to do nothing at all.

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 8, 2009

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Typical of its down-to-earth management ethos, NetApp early on ditched a travel policy a dozen ­pages long in favor of this maxim: "We are a frugal company.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2019

Last week , I wrote about how batch processing—whether in manufacturing processes, office processes, or even team management—creates unevenness and disrupts the smooth flow of work and value to the customer. What company wouldn’t want to reap the benefits of large improvements in processes? What could be wrong with kaizen events?

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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.

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 22, 2023

I travel often. As a result, I live the best and worst customer experience’s companies have to offer. Consequently, I wouldn’t give the two companies mentioned above that high a rating. It’s too bad that so many companies have poor service or, at best, average service. He acted more tired than I was.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Although consulting is traditionally thought of traveling Monday to Thursday, that does not always have to be the case. Some firms are a mix of both whereby each office has teams that travel regularly and teams that don’t as they have a mix of clients. Talent Management. Areas of strength and growth. Image: Pexels.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. Now, these same managers want business agility. Worse, sometimes, managers add more policies and procedures. I saw that in an organization that had management signoff for changes the technical people made.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

As such, AlixPArtners is known for being packed full of industry and consulting experts and the firm’s managing directors have been called upon by several leading publications such as Bloomberg, WSJ, the Financial Times, CNBC, and Fox Business. Information Management. KEY STATS FOR ALIXPARTNERS. AlixPartners Website: [link].

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2021

For many ambitious university students, management consulting can seem like the ideal industry to start a successful and fulfilling career. The inconvenience of travelling, without the excitement of a trip. This is similar to analyzing a company as a strategy consultant. Little personal responsibility in entry-level positions.

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