Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2021

A constantly reoccurring conversation I have heard discussed about the management consulting industry is if the preference for talent is in favor of “ poets” (those that come from more of a humanities background) or “ quants” (those that come from more of a technical or hard sciences background).

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The Management Centre

JUNE 5, 2021

Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. This time, the issue comes from a manager with a thorny issue: supporting a colleague who has been treated badly but doesn’t want to make a complaint. What is the issue?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 3, 2023

Develop Strong Quantitative Analysis Skills Consultants are often called upon to solve complex problems, so having strong quantitative analysis skills is essential. If your degree leans more heavily towards the qualitative humanities — as mine does — be sure to make special provisions to develop key quantitative skills. Keep on Trying!

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PM Alliance

JULY 21, 2023

Recruiting and hiring Some technology providers offer long-term staffing services for ongoing system maintenance and administration roles. Does your company have a strong commitment to support workers’ career development goals or to promote from within?

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The Management Centre

APRIL 29, 2022

This time, the issue comes from a manager with a very common challenge: people management is taking up a lot of their time. Hello Management Centre. I work in a charity and I am relatively new to management. When it was suggested that I manage someone, I was pleased. Dear Manager, thank you for getting in touch.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2016

MBA programs for Management Consulting – and the results may surprise you. Kellogg School of Management – Northwestern University. The Class of 2015 had a full 35% of its graduates accept offers in the consulting field, and Kellogg has become a hot recruiting spot across top firms – but especially for McKinsey.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 21, 2016

MBB firms are by far the biggest recruiters here, with McKinsey leading the pack as far as the number of graduates who land there. Plus, INSEAD is Bain’s number one global recruiting school – more global hires than from any other program (MBA or undergrad) across offices in multiple geographies. What does this mean for you?

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

I vividly remember the last consulting interview during first-year MBA recruiting season. I had managed to get interviews with three firms but only made it past the first round with this final company. The recruiting coordinator mentioned she’d get back to me by the end of the day. I was tense. My confidence was dwindling.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Fortunately, a top management consulting firm is not the end all and be all. Self-analysis alone won’t give you a holistic picture of why you did not get an offer, so start by getting feedback from the recruiter and the interviewers. After all, those insights are available and would help you understand where you need to develop.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

To do this, they should possess a keen understanding of the client’s target market and existing customer base, as well as the ability to recommend clear and actionable strategies to increase sales, expand the customer base, and develop new product offerings that will appeal to customers.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 10, 2019

New Managers are Struggling. Do you know the role and responsibility of a new manager at your company? Senior executives and non-executive managers are unhappy with the performance of their companies’ frontline managers. The Role and Responsibility of a New Manager in 5 Stages. Effective new managers are decisive.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

The number of companies adopting and managers leading remote work teams has increased significantly. In addition, Gallup research shows 82% of managers are failing. Here are nine roadblocks that make it difficult for remote work to work for employees and managers. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated this trend. hours a week.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Volunteer leaders take on roles that rival CEOs of large corporations making plans with very few resources to appease all stakeholders, including music directors, instructors, school administrators, and, of course, their kids. Heck, I have worked as a “desk jockey” for most of my career in management and marketing.

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Clarity Consultants

JULY 14, 2021

A company that prides itself in having one of the industry’s best training programs, our client aimed to convert sales training courses to eLearning modules that would help its salesforce kick-off 2020 with a bang. First, Clarity’s sales and recruiting teams worked closely with our client to deliver five consultants?—?four The Results.

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NeoAcademic

MARCH 25, 2021

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

International Management Consulting 101 – we discuss what it’s like to work in an overseas management consulting office. Everything from recruiting to lifestyle, daily work to client relationships. From the Killer Consultant – a 2-part series on how you should manage client relationships. Part 1 here.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 6, 2022

Developing the Right Mindset. By articulating the problems you solved in your resume and during future interviews, recruiters will be better able to understand your professional skillset. For one, the team was able to develop an easy-to-use website. Before entering any position, you should have a goal or intention. Non-Profits.

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Rick Conlow

JULY 2, 2023

And of course, organizations and managers want the hustle and the desire to get ahead. 57% of employees blame managers for their quiet quitting. 39% of employees say managers have not noticed their lower performance. And of course, organizations and managers want the hustle and the desire to get ahead.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Case interviews are synonymous with consulting recruitment and are characterised by unfamiliar problems. The management consulting industry requires smart people who feel comfortable working in the spotlight and are able to think on their feet. Of course not. What is Confidence? However, this doesn’t happen. Practise more cases.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Others lean more toward the view that interests can be developed and that, with commitment and investment, they can grow over time — we call this a growth mindset of interest. But if interests can be developed, then having strong interests in one area would not preclude the development of interest in other areas.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 14, 2017

Three significant aspects in the life of a management consultant: travel, training and mentorship. Consultants are the primary asset of a consulting firm, and top consulting firms invest a considerable amount on formal training and development programs. Consulting firms will typically assign new recruits with a formal mentor.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As the pioneering Danish firm Specialisterne showed first in the early 2000s, however, and as the Australian Defence Organization’s partner DXC Technology has demonstrated through deployments in Australia, if you manage things right, you can recruit great talent and activate it to a maximum degree from populations of autistic people.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

He received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Iowa, and went on to teach journalism courses at Drake University, Northwestern University and Columbia University. This new method was named “Q12 measurements,” which offered a platform his was a huge management consulting breakthrough!

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The Management Centre

JULY 3, 2019

When we get calls asking us to come in and provide mandatory training for all staff / managers / leaders in order to ‘fix’ them, I go a little cold. This tells us that managers are often promoted into position for being good at a ‘thing’, and not because they have shown great people management skills.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. In 1997, Jim promoted me from CSR (customer service representative) to assistant manager of Blockbuster within a few months just prior to my graduation from college.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 19, 2020

I have heard stories of people occupying Client Engagement Manager level roles with as little as 2 years professional experience. That means boutique firms offer opportunities for career growth and skills development that are more focused and relevant to a specific area of work. Career Advancement. Career Growth.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Since that time, it has become the fastest growing management consulting firm today. In the meantime, Marsh & McLennan was creating Mercer; in 1975, Mercer was developed as the human resources consulting arm of Marsh & McLennan. At its start, Oliver Wyman capitalized on the deregulation of the financial services industry.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2024

Giving each generation — and, importantly, each individual — the opportunity to be seen, understood, valued, and leveraged in the workplace throughout the course of their career is essential for personal, social, and even societal well-being. This author offers five steps leaders can take to create healthy six-generation organizations.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 23, 2017

Talent management consulting experts know that winning talent management strategies are about more than just recruiting the top talent you need to thrive. Unfortunately, too many organizations focus so much of their energy on competing for talent that they neglect to develop that talent once those new employees have been hired.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2016

By 2020 customers will manage 85% of their relationship with an enterprise without interacting with a human. Amelia, the “cognitive agent” developed by IPsoft, can parse natural language to understand customers’ questions, handling up to 27,000 conversations simultaneously and in multiple languages.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Many managers of data science teams become managers because they were great individual contributors and not necessarily because they have the skills or training to lead a team. (I Great data scientists have career options and won’t abide bad managers for very long. What does it take to become a great manager?

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2018

That was one of the most frustrating rejections I dealt with during recruiting. It started in high school, and is only amplified in college with recruiting. There are many smart and successful people who didn’t follow the conventional recruiting path. And of course, there’s a heavy dose of luck with each step.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 26, 2015

Georgia was extremely helpful and was kind enough to answer some questions I had about Accenture and its recruitment process. Accenture: From training courses in our regional training facility in Kuala Lumpur to on-the-job training we offer our graduates a wide range of training and development opportunities.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company also offers technology, management, and consulting services. As we worked with clients who have been granted positions at this firm, we’ve developed some interesting perspectives on this company. EMR and practice management IT selection and implementation. Interim physician practice management.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 23, 2017

Talent management consulting experts know that winning talent management strategies are about more than just recruiting the top talent you need to thrive. Unfortunately, too many organizations focus so much of their energy on competing for talent that they neglect to develop that talent once those new employees have been hired.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. If you have views on on-boarding, shaping, and training young product managers, you can effectively mold these programs to fit your vision.

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