Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 23, 2020

If you struggle with determining how to set a price for your consulting services, don’t worry you are not alone. To help you master the art and science of pricing consulting services, let me share with you 5 Guiding Principles : Pricing is not a separate activity you to do earn money for your consulting.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Today, Brad Rex shares the real reasons why executives hire consultants and coaches. Tune in to hear Brad's incredible journey and get the real reasons why executives hire consultants. In a previous role, he implemented turn around planning resulting in revenue and EBITDA increases of 50%, and equity of 60%.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 20, 2023

Consulting is one of the most prestigious careers you can pursue upon graduation. Every year thousands flock to apply to top consulting firms such as McKinsey and Company, Bain and Company, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The main exception to this high degree of variety is the private equity ringfence that exists across MBB.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Doing the Greenback Boogie: Switching from Consulting to Private Equity Private Equity (PE) funds represent some of the most lucrative players in the business world. The post Switching from Consulting to Private Equity appeared first on Management Consulted.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Profitability ratios Net interest margin (NIM) Efficiency ratio Return on assets (ROA) Fee income to total income Return on equity (ROE) Dividend payout ratio Total shareholder return (TSR) 1.1 Return on equity (ROE) ROE, defined as the ratio of net income to average common shareholders’ equity, is a key measure of profitability.

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UPD Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2022

Implementing racial equity strategies is new terrain for the majority of organizations in the US. Clients I’ve worked with want to make sure everything is perfect before they begin to execute their racial equity strategies. Racial equity doesn’t work like that, nor should any significant change in an organization.

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David A Fields

APRIL 15, 2015

In the past few weeks, numerous consultants have sent me questions like the following: I have a proposal out to a startup company and I’m sure they’re going to want to pay only a portion of my fees as cash and grant me equity in the company. If so, what is the maximum amount of my fees that I should take as equity?

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Successful Independent Consulting

MARCH 31, 2020

For us as consultants, the effects are likely to be more gradual but our income will likely be affected. Your home equity 8. We’re in an unprecedented situation because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and the economic fallout has been drastic for many business sectors, such as travel and restaurants. Unemployment insurance payments 5.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 21, 2022

He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer for Concord Servicing – a company he led to record-breaking growth that culminated in its sale from the founder to a private equity firm. How consultants and coaches can attract C-suite Sage leaders like David. Want to know what it takes to lead a company to scalable profits?

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UPD Consulting

JANUARY 29, 2024

From the beginning, Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) has been crucial in this mission, not from a moral stance, but because, over and over, studies have shown investment in ADEI leads to better performance outcomes for companies and organizations. 2005 was an interesting year. Times have changed.

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The Source

JANUARY 22, 2021

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the consulting industry anything, it’s the need for straight talking—and delivery. Why do consultants have to make things so complicated?”

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 21, 2022

While many companies focus these efforts outward, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the organization is a critical part of the equation. Discuss the Difference Between Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Social responsibility is increasingly a must for organizations that want to cement their positive reputations.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

No one enjoys being turned down, especially in the case of a consulting role where a lot of preparation is required. Fortunately, a top management consulting firm is not the end all and be all. There are many successful people in the world of business that were rejected by consulting firms and went on to achieve great feats.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2023

I previously wrote a similar article for those in consulting coming from undergrad. Now I want to highlight the outlook for those who joined consulting from grad school. Compensation Factors Leaving consulting for most people means taking a temporary pay cut in total take-home pay.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 24, 2023

Undermines Your Brand Equity: For a business, around 30%+ of the equity of their business is in their brand value. The fastest way to undermine your brand equity is by offering price based promotions. The post 4 Ways Discounts Kill Your Business appeared first on Wakeman Consulting Group. Want more like this?

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UPD Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2023

This recent study shows some pretty dramatic benefits to the overall economy in pursuing an equity agenda—to the tune of nearly $26 trillion over the 30 years analyzed! So, it is perhaps understandable why it’s hard for the average employer to wrap their heads around how to solve those big structural impediments to equity.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By analyzing these items, investors, analysts, consultants, and individuals interested in the banking sector can gain insights into a bank’s financial performance and identify trends or changes that may impact profitability and overall stability. Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio). the spread).

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

Management consulting firms are generally hired to examine each function in order to identify core business and technology pain points and provide recommendations for optimization and elevated customer experience. Generally charged as a percentage of assets that the client holds with the firm.

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UPD Consulting

APRIL 18, 2022

For the state and local clients we’ve been working with, who are starting their Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) journey through assessments or strategic planning, the most common problem they face is the challenge of sustaining these efforts over time. Establishing interagency working groups, task forces, and coalitions.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 4, 2022

Consulting is one of the most sought-after careers for graduate students looking to work in a high-responsibility and dynamic work environment. While almost everyone has heard about the prestigious careers in management consulting, there is a career that is quite similar and just as lucrative in economic consulting.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

I initially started out my career in management consulting, exited to an internal strategy team in industry, and pivoted back to consulting. In Part 2, I will highlight 7 key differences between internal strategy and management consulting. Internal strategy (or corporate strategy) is a common exit for management consultants.

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Steve Shu Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2016

Startup consulting is a challenging thing to do. Some considerations: Think about which startups have enough money to be able to afford consultants. All said, as a consultant, depending on how many deals you can do and the stage of the venture you many run up against constraints.

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The Management Centre

MAY 2, 2024

I was lucky enough to grab some time with Equity & Inclusion Trainer Zara Todd. During our chat Zara revealed insights on how we can all, as L&D professionals, training commissioners, HR specialists, providers, consultants and participants, take ownership in identifying what’s needed to enable an inclusive training environment.

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UPD Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Analyzing equity benchmarks across a wide range of topics (i.e., The wealth of open data has placed public sector organizations in an excellent position to sponsor and coordinate more intensive, wide ranging equity benchmarking and indexing activities.

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The Clever Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Every week at Equiteq, we field calls from owners of professional services and consulting firms looking for guidance on sharing equity in their business. It's a hot enough topic that I delivered a webinar on it last week, and I wanted to share that content with you along with a quick overview.

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UPD Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2024

Equity is not optional. The post Scholastic and the Folly of Appeasement appeared first on UPD Consulting. Appeasement never works: it's an old lesson from the history books, and it rings just as true in today’s culture wars. The company revealed it had created a collection of diverse book titles for its fairs. So far so good.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

These asset classes can include public equities/stocks, fixed income/bonds, money markets, commodities, infrastructure, real estate and alternative strategies – including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. As a rule of thumb, the higher the average return of the asset class, the higher the management fee.

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The Consultants Peer Group

JUNE 27, 2023

In my one of my previous blogs, Consulting Ethics Challenges , June 14, 2023, I wrote about the major problems PwC’s government advisory services was having in Australia. For the past 35 years, as a Certified Management Consultant®, I have adhered to IMCUSA's enforceable Code of Ethics. Oh my, here we go again. Read these five.

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 30, 2020

So, you want to start a consulting business? Or interested in taking your consulting business the next level? Most high-achieving professionals at some point in their career dream of ditching the pressure of the 70-hour workweeks and start a consulting business. Why Smart People Start Consulting Businesses.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 28, 2020

You will not achieve what you want with your business if you don't invest the hours, time and sweat equity into growing your marketing and business development skillsets and tools. You're building a consulting and coaching practice - not a perfect. That's personal power. That's a desire for peace that we all share.

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The Source

DECEMBER 17, 2020

No, I’m far more interested, in spite of my love of the bespoke flock of dancing parrot emojis that we have in Slack, in the deal for “private equity style investment” struck between Jacobs and PA Consulting: Carlyle Group exits and PA is valued at £1.8bn.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

How a private equity-backed artisanal food manufacturer stemmed losses, rebuilt the leadership team, and positioned the company for growth. Brimstone worked with the CEO, the senior leadership team, and the private equity firm to put in place the conditions for success. CASE STUDY. It has allowed me to modify how I run the business.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

We’re continuing our Top 10 Consulting Firms series this week by focusing our expert eye on the Middle East. Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! Currently, Strategy& does major public (read: government) consulting work outside the U.S.

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UPD Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Here’s who joined the conversation: Janell Ephraim, Chief Equity Officer, Vancouver Public Schools (WA). Peak pandemic, Vancouver Public Schools (VPS) in Washington State launched an equity audit and equity plan to transform their students’ experiences in schools.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2018

It was a very interesting experience, so in this post I will share what I learned, as well as talk about the role played by management consulting firms. At the same time, management consultants will generally be brought in to look at the viability of the business, from a strategic and operational perspective. In Canada and the U.S.,

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Penetration pricing is a dangerous idea because you are often doing this with little or no brand equity for your offering. Or, worse, negative brand equity. appeared first on Wakeman Consulting Group. Negative brand associations that are connected to perception of cost to value. Are there positives to cost leadership?

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Tom Spencer

JULY 29, 2022

Compensation teams must consider salary, benefits, equity, and other factors. Below I spotlight two types of programs within many leading consulting firms and banks. People Advisory Type Consulting. There are a few firms that specialize in employee related consulting.

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