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The Training Phase in Management Consulting

Tom Spencer

Receiving an offer from a top consulting firm is an exciting experience. The first step starts with training, the learning of technical skills, soft skills, and time management skills. In consulting, your training, adapting, and professional growth actually never stop. Training enables you to meet expectations.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Consultants in the rainbow nation have continued to operate efficiently and effectively during the Covid pandemic. The chaos has changed the way the consulting process is carried out but the end goal of providing reliable solutions to clients has remained the same. The consulting industry is surviving during these uncertain times.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Additionally, remote work creates opportunities for accessing a global talent pool, potentially reducing recruitment and relocation costs.

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Is a COO-as-a-service solution right for me?

Asamby Consulting

Additionally, improving your processes and building out your business systems becomes more important and more time-consuming at the same time. At the same time, as the CEO, you probably don’t want to spend all your time managing that day-to-day and building your backend systems.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

What might happen to the various cycle times? Managers make decisions faster. Everyone's cycle time decreases. If you need resilience in product development, you might need resilience in: How you recruit and hire. The post Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

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Research: When Managers Are Overworked, They Treat Employees Less Fairly

Harvard Business

Yet, all too often, employees find themselves being treated unfairly – their boss makes decisions concerning them without consultation or due process, or their boss is inconsistent in applying rules. So we investigated whether rewards could prompt managers to maintain fairness along with their technical performance.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. The workshops companies invest in typically teach them to constantly check their thoughts for bias.