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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

He discovered that working independently allowed him to identify gaps within the strategy consulting industry that he easily would have missed if he had been working as a employee. The rise of contractual employment offers businesses the benefit of agility and adaptability by turning full-time employees into freelancers.

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Due Diligence by Management Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

There are many different types of due diligence such as legal, accounting, financial, and commercial due diligence amongst many others. Financial due diligence involves a lot of financial modelling ( DCF , LBO , NAV ) and deal structuring. This allows them to value the target company and determine a bid price. Image: Pexels.

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Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

Harvard Business

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. We received a request from Disney headquarters in Burbank, California, for a financial analysis.

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How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours — and Why That Matters for Your Health

Harvard Business

Hanna, a finance director at an international home care retailer, works long hours. Michael, the director of strategy for an American insurance company, does not work as much as Hanna. We conducted a study in 2010 at the Dutch subsidiary of an international financial consulting firm with over 3,500 employees.

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