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Training isn’t all about the classroom

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Many organisations have gone all 70/20/10 on professional training and development. This seems to have given Finance an excuse to cut budgets to only 10% of what they were. The post Training isn’t all about the classroom appeared first on Consultants' Consultant. Here’s why.

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Ethical Implications of AI in Consulting: A Deep Dive

Tom Spencer

AI systems are only as unbiased as the data they are trained on, and if the data is biased, the AI will reflect that bias. Take for example an AI system that is trained on data from a specific geographic region, let’s say a wealthy city in the United States. For example, consider the use of AI in financial consulting.

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Why Do Management Consulting Firms Hire MBAs?

Steve Shu Consulting

Management consulting projects can span diverse areas from operational to finance to marketing to strategy to IT management, etc. An MBA training provide consultants with some minimum common business language, culture, methodologies, and skills that they can use in the field. Are there other models?

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business

Even though medical institutions have designated “leadership” as a core medical competency , leadership skills are rarely taught and reinforced across the continuum of medical training. In medicine, physicians not only begin managing and directing teams early in their careers, but they rise through the ranks uniformly.

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The Importance of Sales Training Reinforcement

LSA Global

Sales Training without Reinforcement Should Be Unacceptable. Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we know that sales training by itself – even if it is highly customized – only changes the on-the-job behavior and performance of 1-in-5 sales reps. Sales training reinforcement. The difference maker?

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

Consultants are one example of these contractual workers in the sense that consulting firms are legally bound by a contractual agreement to their respective client. They also need to manage their own training, resource development, and financing.