Management Consulted

MARCH 16, 2014

'Is consulting right for you? This question has two parts. The first part involves deciding whether working at a consulting firm would be a great fit and a great next step for you career-wise. If you don’t know about consulting at all, first watch Why Go Into Consulting? The second part – the one we cover in this post – requires you to judge whether you are the type of candidate top consulting firms, especially the ones you are applying for, are looking to hire.

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Steve Shu Consulting

MARCH 21, 2014

'Over the past few years, I have been involved with a number of projects that utilize behavioral economics principles to improve outcomes or change people’s behavior. Since this blog has a long history covering management consulting, I thought I would share some thoughts on integrating behavioral economics into the practice of consulting. For those unfamiliar with the term “behavioral economics”, I generally describe behavioral economics as a combination of psychology and a traditional science l

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 16, 2014

'Understanding the big picture can help reveal hidden opportunities and threats. 1. Background. In 1967, Harvard Professor Francis Aguilar wrote a book entitled “Scanning the Business Environment” in which he identified four important factors – Economic, Technical, Political, and Social – that a business can use to better understand the big picture.

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 20, 2014

'By: Jennifer LeBlanc. Taking a break from my usual marketing-specific topics to do a review of a technology and wisdom conference I attended Feb. 14-17 called Wisdom 2.0 in San Francisco. The conference was about exploring the intersection between technology and wisdom, with leaders from Google, Facebook, Linked In and other tech companies with mindfulness leaders such as Eckhart Tolle, Jon Kabat-Zinn, with a sprinkling of leading scientists in neuroscience.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 18, 2014

'By Judith Delaney, Attorney and member of Agnes + Day’s Crisis Intelligence Team. As part of my contribution to the Agnes + Day team I have the opportunity to share with you developments around the world relating to protecting the privacy of all people when they either voluntarily or out of necessity, like purchasing an airline ticket, provide their personal and private information via digital platforms.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 20, 2014

'Are you excited, nervous or a little bit scared ? Your comfort zone, as the name suggests, is a comfortable place. It feels safe and secure to be there, because you’ve been there many times before. Nothing unexpected is likely to happen. Nothing you haven’t seen before. And certainly nothing out of the ordinary. But ordinary is not what you’re aiming for, is it?

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 20, 2014

'Douglas Stone, coauthor of Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Even When It Is Off-Base, Unfair, Poorly Delivered, and Frankly, You''re Not in the Mood) , introduces a cautionary lesson in assessing others from Embodied Leadership: A Somatic Approach to Developing Your Leadership , by Pete Hamill.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MARCH 17, 2014

'How are you involving millenials in your organization''s work? This is a question we''ve all been hearing a lot lately. But I''m not sure that I like some of the answers. I''ve been in several conversations and meetings in recent months where the idea of creating a "millenial advisory group" was brought up. It was generally agreed among my peers (those of us between 40 and 65) that the younger generation may not be ready for the responsibility of being on a board of directors.

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MishTalk

MARCH 20, 2014

'IndexToday has an interesting story on a Ukraine Wealth Tax. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk proposed on Wednesday 19th of March 2014 the adoption of taxes on wealth of the richest Ukrainians in order to tackle the economic crisis in the country, clarifying that the law will apply to him as well. The Ukrainian prime minister stated that the proposed tax measures should apply on deposits more than 50,000 hryvnia (less than 4,000 euros).

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2014

'Evans explains that business strategy is premised on assumptions about technology, that those assumptions are changing dramatically, and that this will lead to a different concept of what we mean by business strategy.

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 18, 2014

'Rita Gunther McGrath uncovers how companies can tap into more dynamic tools to develop better strategies for how and where they''re competing. For more related insights, read " The Thought Leader Interview: Rita Gunther McGrath.

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Emerson Consulting Group

MARCH 21, 2014

By Ken Lizotte CMC. Negotiating book contracts with publishers on behalf of our client authors is a part of what we do. In a recent negotiation with a business book publisher, the subject of author copyright came up. By the book, copyright means “the exclusive legal right given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.”.

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MishTalk

MARCH 15, 2014

'On May 6, 2008, the Vallejo City Council voted 7-0 to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. At the time it was the largest city in California to do so. In March of 2009 I noted Judge Rules Vallejo Can Void Union Contracts. Vallejo foolishly refused to do so, and I predicted it would soon be back in bankruptcy over the same reason it went bankrupt in the first place: absurd union wages and even more absurd pension promises.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2014

'Selling is a process, not an event. Large consulting firms like McKinsey, Bain and BCG have huge marketing budgets and strong alumni networks that they can tap into to ensure a steady stream of work. This is not a reality for most people. If you are a small firm or a solo consultant then you might just need to pick up the phone and make a few calls.

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 20, 2014

'To take advantage of employees'' innovative efforts, managers must first learn how to encourage and nurture them.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

MARCH 17, 2014

'Smart people will tell you to keep work and private life separate. And they’re right: Nothing good can come of your co-workers learning about your office affair, your clients learning about your binge drinking, or your boss learning about a gambling habit. But it’s awfully hard for consultants, especially “on the road” types like me. I don’t magically appear at 8 and disappear at 5.

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MishTalk

MARCH 18, 2014

'A pair of articles on USA Today, one by Ron Paul, the other the view of the editorial board of USA Today, proves that even when the facts are laid out, hypocrites remain hypocrites. Ron Paul''s View Crimea Secedes. So What? Residents of Crimea voted over the weekend on whether they would remain an autonomous region of Ukraine or join the Russian Federation.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 16, 2014

'Greg McKeown shares his revelation that success can lead to failure and why doing less can often mean getting more.

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 17, 2014

'Legacy companies looking to increase agility and collaboration can take a few lessons from new firms.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 20, 2014

'Sometimes it means, "there isn''t enough money to pay for that." Certainly, among the undeserving poor, this happens all the time. And for things like health care and education, tragically, it happens too often. But most of the time (in the commercialized, wealthier part of the world that many of us live in), the things that are within the realm of possibility could be paid for (even the edge cases could, if we found friends and neighbors and went deep into debt).

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MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

'My friend Nick at Sharelynx Gold has an interesting chart on world gold reserves that I would like to share. World Gold Reserves click on chart for sharper image For those how think the US is going to enter hyperinflation with the US dollar becoming completely worthless, I reply that it will not and cannot happen because the US has the world''s largest gold reserves.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 19, 2014

'Be engaging, have something to say, don’t have a stick up your a$$, make people laugh, and never generalize.

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 19, 2014

'John Kotter and Rita Gunther McGrath both argue that change will inevitably overwhelm hierarchical management systems, but their solutions differ.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 16, 2014

'The batter has already hit two home runs. When he gets up to bat for the third time, his confidence is running high. It''s easy to feel confident when we''re on a roll, when the cards are going our way, or we''re closing sales right and left. This symptomatic confidence, one built on a recent series of successes, isn''t particularly difficult to accomplish or useful.

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MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

'Inquiring minds are tuning into a report on the Ponzi finance setup in China. Most assume China can grow at 7% a year, a notion that I have challenged on many occasions. Morgan Stanley agrees. Please consider Morgan Stanley: China''s Minsky Moment is Here. [Mish Note:] The prelude to the report on MacroBusiness Australia is interesting in and of itself: " From Morgan Stanley comes the latest must read bearish China report.

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