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The Importance of Investing in Employee Development During Tough Economic Times

Clarity Consultants

Just take a look at the pandemic, for example. For example, many workforces shifted to remote work and realized that working from home is extremely doable for many roles, thanks to technology. This is a dip in revenue that a company can’t afford to make in poor economic times.

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Your Consulting Niche vs Jack-of-All-Trades Myth

Successful Independent Consulting

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Let’s look at some examples. Translation: change management for IT projects. Translation: organization design and implementation.

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Effective Governance: Overcoming Bias and Inertia

Tom Spencer

For example, Google popularized the 20% Rule , under which it has traditionally allowed employees to spend up to 20% of their paid work time on developing personal projects. Margo Rose is a management consultant, renowned for her strategic prowess in propelling businesses towards sustainable growth.

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Trends Shaping the Automotive Industry in 2022

Epicflow

Following the line of the previous years, electrification, connectivity, autonomous driving, and recent technologies implementation will impact the auto industry this year. . The general outlook for 2022 is rather optimistic – the industry is going to take further steps towards producing smarter vehicles.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

For example, if your CSF is improving service quality, you might use KPIs like average resolution time, first-time fix rate, or customer satisfaction scores to understand how you’re performing in this area. Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects. Can they scale?

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Kalypso Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm does this by offering technology implementation services, as well as some tech advisory expertise and a little strategy work. Kalypso’s day-to-day operations are run by George Young (Chairman), Mick Broekhof (Founding Partner, Head of Kalypso Europe), and Bill Poston (Founding Partner, Managing Director).

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

It should be no surprise since they have been the birthplace of many technological advances, were one of the founders of the entire personal computer industrial revolution, and now are leaders in new software platforms, hardware infrastructure and workplace equality. These services focused on business management and information technology.

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