Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2017

This is one of the questions I get asked most frequently by independent management consultants. While this article will help you think through the various factors, here is the short answer: 90% of the self-employed consultants I know are set up as either a sole proprietorship or a single-member LLC. Why is this decision so important?

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Progressus

OCTOBER 19, 2023

These transformative elements, while well-recognized, are evolving at an unprecedented pace, affecting how professional services firms operate, make decisions, collaborate, and structure their services. Firms are adopting new services and billing models tailored to individual client requirements.

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Industry Agile Talent Data 52

Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 28, 2015

There are four books that I recommend as core to the generic practice of consulting. Process Consultation by Edgar Schein (dry read). Flawless Consulting by Peter Block (optional and highly recommended for those coming from engineering versus consulting backgrounds). These are: The McKinsey Way by Ethan Rasiel.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 28, 2023

100% Job Relevance 100% Satisfaction 100% Net Promoter Score This well-known professional services firm wanted their executive team to go through a series of decision making training workshops to increase their ability to collectively make better decisions, faster.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Through a combination of add-on acquisitions, capital investment, and the integration of three portfolio companies, a leading private equity firm transformed a local artisanal food manufacturer into a national company with a range of products and a portfolio of brands. Two senior team members were onboarded. Let's talk CONTACT BRIMSTONE.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a leadership action learning program called Action Learning for Leading Leaders.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Business consulting services are those services which help organizations to overcome problems in the fields of management, planning, and execution. Business consultants are experts who are usually hired by a company or organization for business success. Marketing This is one of the most common reasons that businesses need consultancy.

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Steve Shu Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

As we approach the year-end, I wanted to share some thoughts from my book, The Consulting Apprenticeship: 40 Jump-Ideas for You and Your Business. It is a technique that I’ve seen a number of operating companies and management consulting firms use effectively. be more tightly integrated into the Spring Cleaning meeting.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. Data-driven decision-making is critical to achieving organizational objectives and delivering business strategies.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This fast-paced technology company wanted to use the Customized Consultative Selling program to upskill their top sales reps as they face new competition, shifting client needs, longer sales cycles, and increased pressure to grow profitably. Job Relevance 100% Satisfaction 163% Knowledge Gain 98.8% Net Promoter Score. Net Promoter Score.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 22, 2022

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a program focused on Strategic Decision Making for Leaders. Net Promoter Score.

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Leadership Talent Training Training 36

Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities. The point is there’s a ton of variation in this space.

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LSA Global

JUNE 28, 2022

Managers were taught about the importance of caring about their team’s success beyond the day-to-day work and provided tools to help structure roles and opportunities that align with the team’s charter. 98% Job Relevance. Satisfaction. 165% Knowledge Gain. 91% Net Promoter Score. Aligning Expectations and Agreeing to Next Steps.

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Asamby Consulting

JUNE 2, 2022

Welcoming the decade of Organizational Culture. This article will explore the rise of organizational culture as a key element for healthy organizations, and how it can become a competitive advantage for SMEs. A positive organizational culture can have a significant impact on every aspect of a business.

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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

BATES WHITE ECONOMIC CONSULTING. Get ready for some fresh info as we talk about a firm that specializes in econometrics, statistics, antitrust, and specifically advanced econometric modelling. Bates White Economic Consulting is a highly reputable boutique firm that has been gathering momentum in recent years.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Does Oliver Wyman really offer a “different kind of consulting”? Today, we are digging into a firm that prides itself on its entrepreneurial spirit. Oliver Wyman’s strategy consulting practice has made waves specifically in the financial services sector , and beyond as well. KEY STATS FOR OLIVER WYMAN.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 1, 2019

Management consulting is a professional service offered to organisations which aims to help internal management improve operating performance. Consultancies are brought in to tackle individual problems (falling revenue, rising costs, geographical expansion, product launch, M&A) or to evaluate the company through a deep dive analysis.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 1, 2021

Additionally, the leaders did not see themselves as having decision-making power and they operated in organizational silos. The overarching structure contained three segments: leading self, leading others, and leading change. The critical work was not outsourced to human resources or to another firm.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. With a name that evokes the Wild Wild West, Gallup Consulting just sounds like a fun place to work. However unrelated to horse racing or wrangling, Gallup is an impressive firm – based on strong analytical research and insight-gathering for key clients. . Gallup Consulting Website.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 181

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

In reality, McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group are tied for first, so Booz & Company is a close 2 nd place. at least, Booz & Company is recognized as one of the most prestigious firms to work for, and it is most certainly the oldest. You created not just a firm, but an industry we are all now proud of.

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Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

We collaborated with other consulting firms to work with a global client that had intense competition and needed significant performance improvement. Negative organizational culture: The overall culture within an organization can impact teamwork. Partner with RCI Consulting Services.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Georgia-Pacific. However, the pay grade at middle management makes it less than an ideal transition point for consulting top performers – get in early, or wait it out. Want us to promote and profile your firm? Are you an employer?

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Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

SEABURY GROUP CONSULTING. Welcome back to our Firm Profiles. Today, we’re going to be looking at the consulting arm of aviation specialists Seabury Group. For all you aspiring flyboys and girls out there, Seabury might just be the firm for you. As far as the firm’s history, that’s about as in depth as it gets.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of Bridgespan. Founded in Boston, MA , and containing the heart and DNA of consulting industry giant Bain & Company, Bridgespan is the key non-profit consulting firm in today’s consulting industry. Strategy Consulting.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

INFOSYS CONSULTING. Birthed in 2004 as a spin-off of Indian tech outsourcing behemoth Infosys Technologies, Infosys Consulting is quickly climbing the charts as an industry leader in IT Operations and Strategy consulting. The firm supports clients across 50 countries with a massive employee base of almost 135,000 people.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

You’ve bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives to consulting when you don’t make the cut. While each question comes from a unique personal perspective, many of the issues apply to our entire reader base of consulting wanna-bes.

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Resumes Consulting Case Interview McKinsey 133

Tom Spencer

JULY 27, 2019

Faster communication is leveling the playing field between incumbents and startups by allowing firms to migrate towards more decentralized management structures and organizational models. Smaller firms that lack proprietary legacy systems have been willing to embrace these new methods of communication.

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Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

HAY GROUP CONSULTING. In this firm profile, we do a deep dive into Philadelphia-based Hay Group, a darling in the boutique organizational consulting realm. Hay and Associates, Management Consultants.” This resulted in Saatchi Consulting, of which Milton Rock was the Management Director. HAY GROUP HISTORY.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

Welcome back to our Firm Profile series. Today we’re going to be looking at Booz Allen Hamilton, a firm with a great name and a confusing history. From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. In the 1960s, the firm gave the NFL some organizational advice.

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Government 100

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2020

It’s a great challenge to accurately measure the effects of advertising, packaging, distribution channels, media expenditures, social media Likes and Tweets, and sales organizational structure on brand share or sales revenue. However, management consulting firms have been taking a portion of the pie as well.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

In a forthcoming paper in the Academy of Management Review , we present a theory of power that moves beyond a static comparison of high and low power actors to consider the full spectrum of organizational power dynamics. Here are our recommendations: Simplify the reporting structure to reduce upward and downward interactions.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are major changes that will affect every aspect of how the firm operates — from the services it offers to the structure of her organization. A lack of audience empathy when conveying news about an organizational transformation can cause it to fail. Profile Your Audience at Every Stage.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2018

The idea seems to be that having a more collaborative decision-making structure would cause better and more-equitable decision making. Workers elect a substantial share of the board and form work councils, which are groups of employees, distinct from trade unions, empowered to consult with management about decisions.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

Welcome back to our Firm Profile series. Today we’re going to be looking at Booz Allen Hamilton, a firm with a great name and a confusing history. From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. Another confusing thing about Booz Allen Hamilton is its organizational structure.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview Resumes 100

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

In short, he became the unintended victim trapped by what the Financial Times called “byzantine organizational politics.” ” Dysfunctional politics can sink an organization, and yet most of the executives I teach react with distaste to the idea of being a savvy organizational politician. Yes, it can be self-serving.

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Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

Are you a consultant living in Boston? We’ve reviewed locations, employee counts, industry focus, and reputation of multiple firms in and around the Boston area – and this article will help you make life-changing decisions. Looking to move to Boston? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Read away – and enjoy!

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Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Classic Consulting Quotes. Scene: Open workspace at the firms* office.] Posted by Consultant Ninja. I am a strategy consultant at.

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