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Ensuring Good Performance: How Consultancies Keep Their Employees Motivated

Tom Spencer

It is a crucial question for management consultancies (and other professional service firms), which are – by definition of their core competence – dependent on good performers and dedicated employees. It also helps to recruit or retain talented employees who might otherwise not opt for the consulting lifestyle.

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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

Most consulting firms are up-front about the fact that the consulting lifestyle can be tough, and few recruits go in expecting a nine-to-five job. It’s not uncommon for consultants to burnout, take stress leave, or have periods of work so intense that the firm mandates rest days to recover between cases. Image: Pexels.