Tom Spencer
APRIL 12, 2024
Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.
Effective Managers
MARCH 10, 2024
In the world of consulting, a distinction is often overlooked: the difference between the industry at large and the profession of management consulting. Understanding the Consulting Industry The consulting industry is broad and diverse, encompassing a wide range of services, expertise, and methodologies.
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The Consultants Peer Group
MAY 19, 2023
The consulting industry is a broad, inclusive term that refers to all companies and individuals that offer consulting services, or sellers of expertise. These can range from large multi-national firms to boutique firms that specialize in specific industries or functions and to individuals, all together make the industry.
David A Fields
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Meet Sheila. Should you hire her to improve (or take over) your consulting firm’s business development efforts? Sheila doesn’t have a terrific network in the industry you’re targeting and she’s never worked with a consulting firm; however, she’s proven she can open doors and get meetings. … Continued.
Tom Spencer
JULY 1, 2022
A manager at Accenture has been known to say that “analysts are often over enthusiastic about the consulting industry”. Knowing the answer to this question is quite important when starting off in consulting because if boundaries are not set, you will likely experience fatigue and burnout early in your career. The bottom line.
Tom Spencer
AUGUST 19, 2022
The concept of virtual meetings is fairly simple. You host a meeting that would otherwise be held physically via an online platform, most probably Teams. One may assume that the etiquette that applies to in-person meetings would also apply to virtual meetings. Make a conscious effort to control your gaze during meetings.
Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
As a former consultant, attending and facilitating meetings was probably where I spent most of my time. With the lack of physical human interaction, scheduling meetings was the mutually agreed way to even have a simple conversation. Like many of you, I get frustrated by unproductive meetings.
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