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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

years in management consulting, I transitioned to a Fortune 50 US company in an internal strategy role. Having had about a year on the new job, I want to highlight the benefits of this transition to give the many consultants out there some perspective. Internal strategy isn’t for everyone. Last year, after 2.5

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Ensuring Good Performance: How Consultancies Keep Their Employees Motivated

Tom Spencer

Given the project-based nature of consulting work, allowing employees to take breaks in order to raise families, learn, and pursue personal passions, is a viable option. It also helps to recruit or retain talented employees who might otherwise not opt for the consulting lifestyle. Image: Pexels.

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Consulting Bound – Personal Life Management

Tom Spencer

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. She just naturally hates talking on the phone and prefers meeting up in person, so we will have to work out a solution.

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Why Consulting?

CaseInterview.com

Sometimes, mere days into a consultant's career, she'll already receive phone calls from headhunters looking to place them at other opportunities. Strategy departments of corporations particularly love to hire former strategy consultants. Private equity firms also enjoy recruiting former consultants.