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David and Goliath: How Boutique Firms Triumph

Tom Spencer

It also allows for the most current, up-to-date advice, as the culture is more collaborative. They tend to have higher marketing costs associated with advertising, branding, website development, and client events. She enjoys tennis, hiking, creative writing, travel, exploring new cultures, and mentoring K-12 students.

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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. Other times, we would be doing due diligence on a data center, and that would be a much more slimmed down team, probably one or two analysts and a manager.

Hotels 100
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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

For those who have an interest in specific industries as well as how they operate, consulting can offer you unique access to key decision makers and real time data. Lastly, before you join a consulting firm, be sure to find out about its workplace culture. Exit opportunities. One risk in consulting is becoming a jack of all trades.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

The DC office management pushes training programs and the culture is all about grooming employees into McKinsey-bred consultants; they do everything they can to stay on top. The range of services this office provides includes general strategy, post-merger integration, organizational change, and corporate development. Cool, or not?

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Engaging Employees Starts with Remembering What Your Company Stands For

Harvard Business

Employees have appropriate access to tools and data about how the brand is perceived by customers and they actively nurture and reinforce the brand on a daily basis, at every touchpoint. It wanted to be known for entertainment venues and hotels that were not gaming-centric — such as the Bellagio and MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Company 42
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The U.S. Isn’t Just Getting Older. It’s Getting More Segregated by Age.

Harvard Business

Judson Manor is a gracious former 1920s luxury hotel near The Cleveland Clinic, Case Western University, and many of the museums and arts institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. The partnership has been a triumph of efficiency — a win-win for the cultural climate of Judson and often-stretched student bank accounts.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

He got the top job because of that, and then as CEO he accelerated cloud-business development to make it the company’s primary strategy. Instead of focusing on major hotel brands, they pursued the long tail, engaging with more than 1 million inns, B&Bs, and apartment buildings in 200 countries. Microsoft is a case in point.