Tom Spencer

MARCH 31, 2018

Have you ever felt guilty about travelling extensively? Have you ever wished that the money spent traveling could somehow pay dividends? Well, I believe it can pay dividends, so you shouldn’t feel guilty about your past and future travel. I think that personal travel and strategy consulting go hand-in-hand, and I would even posit that those that have not travelled are at a serious disadvantage in the consulting world.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Their focus is on: structure and governance, processes, technology enablement, resource configuration and capabilities and culture. Transportation & Travel. Summer Associates are given the opportunity to travel as they will be stationed both at client sites and in the office. Culture, culture, culture. Kearney culture and what makes it stand out and embrace change as you’ll be in for a steep learning curve.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

ALIXPARTNERS CULTURE . Even for such a high travel firm, which we’ll discuss below, they all seem to be so gosh darn chummy with each other. Travel – Now don’t get us wrong, warning a prospective consultant about travel is a bit like warning trainee surgeon that they may see blood once in a while. The travel here is tough, and long, and the hours aren’t easy. The post AlixPartners Interviews and Culture appeared first on Management Consulted.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 15, 2017

KALYPSO CULTURE. Kalypso prides itself on its fun and informal culture; the firm wants to hire “characters with character.” However, Kalypso has a reputation for having little bureaucracy and hierarchy built in to its culture. Travel is still a part of the equation at Kalypso, but you will be traveling less than you would at pure strategy firms. The post Kalypso Interviews & Culture appeared first on Management Consulted. KALYPSO.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

Combining strategy experience with a worldwide network, financial backing and brand-name, Parthenon-EY has grown successfully without losing the familial culture that was so important to its co-founders. The firm pays well, works with some of the biggest and most noteworthy companies in the world, and employees rave about the great company culture. PARTHENON-EY CULTURE. The post Parthenon-EY Interviews and Culture appeared first on Management Consulted. PARTHENON-EY.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. BTS GROUP CULTURE. The culture at BTS Group is described by employees as fun, tight-knit, and quirky. This core value has definitely permeated the entire firm culture. This setup has enabled BTS Group to create a collegial and familial culture. This can be both positive and negative; miscommunication and less-defined roles are common in cultures with less rigid leadership structures.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

ALTMAN VILANDRIE CULTURE. If you can show you’re good enough, you’ll get the promotion – the firm is young and growing, after all, so it’s much easier to take people who have assimilated the culture and grow them than it is to skill and assimilate new staff from the ground up. Altman Vilandrie also has a great unique selling point in that it is a low travel firm. FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture. ALTMAN VILANDRIE CONSULTING.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

SIMON-KUCHER & PARTNERS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. This says a lot about the type of firm culture Simon-Kucher has aimed to build. Transportation, Travel & Tourism. SIMON-KUCHER & PARTNERS CULTURE. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher. However, MBB firms still look favorably on Simon & Kucher experience due to the great training the firm has made a part of its culture, so jumping to MBB a couple years down the line is definitely an option.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 7, 2016

When two separate and unique cultures collide there is always bound to be some conflict. The still ongoing melding of cultures is sometimes described as awkward by some current employees, however, linking up with Nielsen has greatly increased the legitimacy and notability of The Cambridge Group. THE CAMBRIDGE GROUP CULTURE. What helps with this work/life balance is that travel is not a big part of the projects at TCG. THE CAMBRIDGE GROUP.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. Unlike other firms, there is not that much traveling necessary – because Gallup conducts so much primary analysis, they are relying less on internal data for client firms. GALLUP CONSULTING CULTURE. Gallup communicates that its culture is defined by the following considerations: People are our priority. With a name that evokes the Wild Wild West, Gallup Consulting just sounds like a fun place to work.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2016

As we move from one hotel chain to another and order the same Starbucks drink in London that we do in Shanghai or Tokyo, it can feel like just another business trip as opposed to a personally meaningful cross-cultural adventure. Despite the inherent fatigue and the surface appearance of monotony, business travel can be more than just getting work done in a new location. First, traveling abroad can build your confidence. Managing Across Cultures.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

ANALYSIS GROUP CULTURE. Analysis Group’s firm culture is one of its strongest selling points. – always a good hallmark of any culture. The post Analysis Group Interviews and Culture appeared first on Management Consulted. ANALYSIS GROUP CONSULTING. Today, as we continue our firm profile series, we’ll be looking at Analysis Group. Founded in 1981, Analysis Group is one of the largest economic consulting firms in North America.

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Gina Abudi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

When I am asked by a client to help them evaluate the culture within their organization, there are two steps I take: Evaluate the organization informally (interactions among people) Evaluate the organization formally (processes and procedures) To do both well, I spend time within the organization getting to know the individuals. This includes traveling to [.]. The post Evaluating the Culture of an Organization appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

ALVAREZ & MARSAL CULTURE. There are a few things that immediately stand out about Alvarez & Marsal’s culture. While you can and should expect to travel a lot, they do try to keep travel regional, so you won’t be crossing time zones every 4 days. PwC Interviews and Culture. The post Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture appeared first on Management Consulted. . ALVAREZ & MARSAL CONSULTING.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 5, 2015

CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Aviation & Travel. CONSULTING CULTURE . are the amount of responsibility Consultant level hires are given from the get go and the low amount of travel their employees do. With regard to travel requirements, L.E.K is very unusual in that it is a very low travel firm. is not afraid to share their knowledge and insights and expect employees to be willing to do the same with different personalities and cultures.

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Management Consulted

JULY 15, 2015

This group has a startling 300 companies in its portfolio in sectors ranging from travel, telecommunications, health, financial services, leisure, music, space travel, and renewable energy. History & Culture. The group’s travel-related operations, led by 51%-owned Virgin Atlantic Airways, are among its largest cash generators. When interviewing for a job at Virgin, you are required to travel at your own expense to interview with them.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 17, 2015

———— History & Culture. They sought to create this type of connection experience for people everywhere when they traveled, and the idea for the bigger Airbnb was born. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences, at any price point, in more than 34,000 cities and 190 countries. Starbucks Jobs and Culture.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

———– History & Culture. The company prides itself on its innovative, forward-thinking culture, and believes that its work is a reflection of that culture. Don’t expect Uber to pick up your travel tab; we’ve heard from many interviewees that they had to pay their own way to the interview. With a mission-driven purpose and hard-working culture, they are one of Silicon Valley’s premier employers.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Known for its incredible family-style and entrepreneurial culture, relaxed work style, and long retention of employees, OC&C competes not only on strategy but also on culture. Expect to travel to the client location on an as-needed basis; regardless, Fridays are usually spent in your home office. OC&C STRATEGY CONSULTANTS CULTURE.

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Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

ARCHSTONE CONSULTING CULTURE. You will be traveling quite a bit (up to 80%) but there is availability for mentorship when you are in the office. However, while your co-workers may be industry experts and overall nice people, the office culture at Archstone Consulting is limited when compared to a firm like Bain. The post Archstone Consulting Culture and Interview Tips appeared first on Management Consulted. ARCHSTONE CONSULTING.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. Where prestige, pay, exit opportunities and culture are concerned, Booz & Company ranks number 4 behind MBB. In 2009, the firm purchased Katzenbauh Partners and leveraged this link to launch the Katzenbauch Center, focused on the development and application of innovative ideas for organizational culture and change. BOOZ & COMPANY CULTURE. The core values of the Booz & Company culture include: Individuality.

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Claris Consulting

JULY 23, 2019

High performance cars are similar to high performance cultures. In my book, 7 Principles of Transformational Leadership I outlined that driving a culture that is the equivalent of a finely tuned sports car requires embracing five high performance mindset shifts. High performance cultures are hand built. Not unlike Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis, cultures are made with painstaking attention to detail by master craftspeople. Cultures are the same.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But the most common, and perhaps the greatest, barrier to customer centricity is the lack of a customer-centric organizational culture. At most companies the culture remains product-focused or sales-driven, or customer centricity is considered a priority only for certain functions such as marketing. To build a customer-centric culture, business leaders should take six actions: Operationalize customer empathy. Link employee culture to customer outcomes.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

Even without speaking the local language, you can learn a huge amount about a country’s culture from tuning into local television shows, especially comedy programs. Comedy can be particularly hard to “get” if you’re not from the originating culture, but that’s exactly why it shines a light on how different cultures tick (“The Office,” which was syndicated in some 80 countries but had localized versions created in eight, is the classic example ).

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LSA Global

MAY 21, 2017

While leaders can certainly have an over-weighted impact on behavioral norms, workplace culture rarely works according to the picture above where an individual holds more sway than the group as a whole. Only in extraordinary circumstances and with a very strong, determined leader can a single individual have more influence on changing a corporate culture than the majority of the workers. The phenomenon of the power of culture is active not just in the corporate world.

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Gina Abudi

OCTOBER 29, 2014

After the agenda went out for the team meeting, we asked team members to begin to make travel arrangements to ensure arrival prior to the dinner (during the cocktail hour.) The post Working Across Cultural Boundaries – A Case Study – Part II appeared first on Gina Abudi. Project Management cultural boundaries diversity kick off meeting managing projects project kick off project leadership team meeting virtual team leadership

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

Most large organizations today are looking for leaders who can easily and effectively move between countries and cultures, taking on expat assignments, understanding disparate markets, and managing diverse teams. Global cosmopolitans don’t need training in cultural competence. Managing Across Cultures. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. Having a Difficult Conversation with Someone from a Different Culture.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Body language varies significantly across cultures. But what remains consistent across all known cultures are microexpressions. People might try to hide or obscure them in different ways informed by culture, but to a practiced reader the true emotions are always visible. Working Across Cultures. To Lead Across Cultures, Focus on Hierarchy and Decision Making. How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2017

Rather than assuming we’ll work in one location, in our native culture, we will need new skills, attitudes, and behaviors that help us work across cultures. What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. The English language mandate, however, set off all sorts of linguistic and cultural challenges. Seeking commonality between cultures. Photo by Christine Roy.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Josh spends his days traveling, writing, and speaking at conferences, and has developed this institute to fund research that matches the stories and examples that were being seen in the workplace, along with topics such as meaningful and fulfilling work. Leadership culture organizational development strategyIn this episode of our Strategy and Leadership Podcast , we were joined by Josh Schneider , Director at the Millennial and Employment Engagement Institute.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In corporate travel, extending a business trip for personal purposes is known as “bleisure,” an awkward term that’s only saving grace is that it’s less awful than the alternative, “bizcation.” ” Bleisure travel has received considerable attention lately, with some traveler surveys suggesting that as many as 6 out of 10 people have tacked on personal time to a business trip. Companies should also take bleisure travel into account.

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ATM Marketplace

DECEMBER 26, 2017

I can travel all week doing presentations for clients. When I travel for two or three weeks in a row, I start to focus on the negative impact the travel is having on my body, my family and my team at work. Create a culture of work-life balance. Employee Engagement Executive Coaching Tips communication culture leadership Leadership DevelopmentIf We Are Doing So Great…Why is Morale So Low? Most of our clients have had one of their best years ever.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

As you know, I speak to audiences around the globe on crisis management and creating a crisis-ready culture. Melissa's Speaking and TravelWell, I have exciting news! I have recently brought Michelle Joyce on my team as my Director of Events! Michelle and her team will be managing my speaking business, booking all of my customized seminars and programs and ensuring that my clients have the best possible experience while working with me.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When you're in a company, your boss and corporate culture set limits for how you express your gifts and expertise. Want to travel in the summer? I envision that at some point, I'll be able to travel all the time and run my business at the same time.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Cultural awareness. I also learned that cultures have more similarities than differences, and we all tend to laugh at the same jokes. At the same time, by travelling and consulting abroad, you can learn about ways of conducting business in different continents.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

When you’re immersed in a culture (an ethnic culture, a regional culture, an industry culture, a company culture, a family culture, a marital culture), it is very easy to believe that the social hierarchy in that culture is the way things work. As I’ve traveled the world and done work across many industries, it never ceases to amaze me how many social hierarchies exist. When I was at Stanford, I took a class on social hierarchies.

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Think Customers

JULY 9, 2015

Leisure travel to Cuba from the U.S. is still banned, but my friends were able to enter the country through the "people-to-people" program in which visitors interact with Cuban citizens in cultural activities. Several of my friends just returned from a trip to Cuba and I've been reliving their adventures in Havana and Santiago through photos.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Workplace Culture. You can think about workplace culture in terms of propensity for team-based activity. Of course, every consulting firm requires collaborative excellence, but how they operationalize it in terms of workplace culture can differ greatly. Travel. Although consulting is traditionally thought of traveling Monday to Thursday, that does not always have to be the case.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2017

Leaders commonly try to influence their company culture with a lofty statement of purpose. And best of all, when a company brings true stories to light, the culture becomes one of paying attention. When JetBlue was founded, in 1999, its mission was “Bring humanity back to air travel,” which has since been shortened to “Inspire humanity.” Organizational culture Digital Article

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2017

You’d think that the biggest cultural challenge when going abroad for an assignment would be acclimating to the foreign culture you’re moving to. After all, it’s well known that expat life compels people to stretch beyond their cultural comfort zones; whether moving from Barcelona to Beijing, or from San Francisco to Stuttgart, you will encounter cultural challenges. In this case, you have a couple options: Take on a blended cultural style.

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