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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

Areas of expertise that a consulting firm might provide include: Industry specific knowledge; Strategy; Marketing; Supply chain optimization; Distribution; Organisational change; Information technology; Tax structuring; Risk management; Human resources; and. Turnarounds. For some types of projects (e.g.

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Why You Shouldn’t Swear at Siri

Harvard Business

While not (biologically) alive, these inanimate objects are explicitly trained to anticipate and respond to workplace needs. Verbally or textually abusing them in the course of one’s job seems gratuitously unprofessional and counterproductive. Perhaps they can even be programmed or trained to complain about their mistreatment.

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Cybersecurity Is Every Executive’s Job

Harvard Business

This, of course, shifts the discussion to what level of residual risk is acceptable, depending on your company. What’s more, executives should help promote the importance of security within the organization, starting with better education and training. If the residual risk is acceptable, then an annual review may be sufficient.

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What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

Harvard Business

These include administration, facilities, information technology, employee training, equipment, human resources and sometimes – just sometimes – fundraising. If you give a dollar to human resources, or new computers, or staff training, etc., Because no one likes to fund fundraising. It’s sales.

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You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Harvard Business

A centralized function also enables a comprehensive and objective view of the company’s talent landscape (overcoming the problem of silos hiding talent), and makes it easier to implement solutions, such as leadership training, that cut across the organization and can be delivered cost-effectively.

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Who Killed the GE Model?

Harvard Business

Of course, GE is not dead, and it may well revive and flourish as a company. These strategies eroded GE’s competitive advantage in everything from consumer electronics and home appliances to trains and aircraft engines. Silicon Valley and the rise of information technology. afp/stringer/Getty Images. Who killed GE?

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In Search of the Magic Wand: Career Change at Age 45 Possible?

MishTalk

From information technology (IT), to banking, to writing, to market analysis, to dog catching, corporations will want experience. I suggest some free courses at the Khan Academy , Coursera or elsewhere. Occasionally someone hits the jackpot, but most likely you would waste money, and lots of it trying.