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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

Consulting firms are very good at selling themselves to potential recruits. In this post, I explore the other side of the value propositions presented by consulting firms during the recruiting process: “You will be exposed to a wide range of problems and industries”. You’ll get great learning and development opportunities”.

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. There was no restaurant in the hotel, I was told; my only options were ordering delivery from a fast-casual chain or a pizza joint. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images. My experience is far from unique.

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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. What else did you consider in the recruitment process, and why ultimately did you pick Altman Vilandrie? Okay, great. When did that moment happen for you?

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

Travel is an alluring carrot that attracts many young people towards consulting. However, the novelty of weekly business trips and lonely hotel rooms is likely to wear off quickly unless you stay organised and make the most of the wonderful experience this offers. One risk in consulting is becoming a jack of all trades.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

An innovation culture supports beliefs and feelings about the importance of innovation, as well as habits that encourage research and development. Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. Culture is the one thing that impacts everything. Hjeltnes, A.,

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The Myth of a Psychologically Safe Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

link] Psychological Safety Myth Buster #3: Build Capacity Like physical endurance and strength can be enhanced with training, your capacity for changing your leadership habits can improve with development. Getting to where you are going I learned an important life lesson on a business trip to Puerto Rico, traveling with a good friend.

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Job Hub: Airbnb Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

They sought to create this type of connection experience for people everywhere when they traveled, and the idea for the bigger Airbnb was born. The original site offered short-term living quarters, breakfast and a unique business networking opportunity for attendees who were unable to book a hotel in the saturated market.

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