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Five Ways to Raise your Game in Consulting - Part 2

The Consultants Peer Group

As you are likely aware, there are enumerable media articles on ethics lapses in management consulting. Marvin Bowers was also one of the key founders of The Institute of Management Consultants USA, of which I am a member.] practice) in a deeper, more meaningful way – How you consult, in addition to What you do.

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What is Consulting?

Tom Spencer

They are typically employed by management, and hence they tend to be called “management consultants”. In general terms, management consulting involves providing advice to organisations with the aim of helping to improve organisational performance or solve specific business problems.

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IMS Consulting Group (IMS Health) Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

By 1969 , they had proven themselves and were held as the gold standard in pharmaceutical market research in Europe and Asia. Business development and licensing. Tender strategies and management. Key account management strategies. Life-cycle management strategy. Market development strategies.

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Does Getting an MBA Dual Graduate Degree Help with Consulting Recruiting?

Tom Spencer

I have seen this most powerfully when a consulting candidate has an excellent background in life sciences (generally understood as pharmaceuticals and medical products) or healthcare. With this perspective in mind, I want to highlight the pains of getting a dual degree in the first place. It results in lots of missed opportunities.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not. The third and final nail on the coffin was that they didn’t read their market right – a fatal change management mistake. One could say that they were ineffective at managing change.

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Combatting COVID-19 in Emerging Markets

Tom Spencer

These non-pharmaceutical interventions ( NPI’s ) presented challenges for many workers especially in manufacturing and production industries. As COVID-19 continues to sweep across the globe, tools that complement these NPI’s are being developed to effectively curb the spread of the disease. Obstacles in Emerging Markets.

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s+b Trend Watch: The Coming Digital Healthcare Landscape

Strategy+Business

Doctors and patients are starting to use digital tools to manage healthcare more efficiently. Looking toward the future, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholders will adopt existing technologies and develop new ones, creating a more connected digital healthcare ecosystem.'