Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Service increasingly was hit or miss, and Forbes Travel Guide issued a preliminary rating that would have docked the restaurant a star. The sales and marketing director said he was receiving complaints about sloppy service. Our fine dining restaurant was on the brink of losing its hard-won Michelin rating. Sponsored by Accenture.

Operations 31

Operations Hotels Case Interview Finance 31

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI Consulting has 5 areas of expertise, but excels in Forensic & Litigation Consulting and Corporate Finance/Restructuring. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. However, US-based clients still account for the vast majority (around 75%) of sales. They aim to help companies protect enterprise value. Bankruptcy Support Services.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators.

ROI 28

ROI Operations Enterprise Research 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Although it started as a tiny group, paling in comparison to the bohemoth revenues of the firm’s hardware sales, this group is now known as IBM Global Services (IGS) which is responsible for 50% of IBM’s revenue globally. Finance Risk. Marketing Sales & Service. Travel and Transportation. Electronics.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2018

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. Think of how often activists have pressed for the sale and restructuring of firms and for the dismissal of CEOs. Word travels fast among shareholders.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Construction Meeting Company 28

Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2023

Homelife: Are your finances, relationships with your significant other, issues with children, and aging parents weighing on you? Achievement stressors: Are excessive work hours, heavy travel, scope of the job, and 24/7 accessibility too much? For example, one of my clients needed a long-form sales page for her online course.

Energy 156

Energy Exercises Consulting Sales 156

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

With cloud, information travels rapidly in both directions, across computing systems that, with attributes like virtualization, scaling up or down to handle bigger workloads, or automated security patching across thousands of machines, are far more flexible. How organizations are changing.

Change Management 44

Change Management Management Software Productivity 44

Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2018

Months of late evenings and demanding travel had cracked my professional exterior. Cathryn, Sales Director at a white goods company, cried when announcing her team’s double digit losses at an annual offsite. Regardless of gender, leaders need to be trained on how to normalize crying as another form of emotional expression.

Culture 47

Culture Conference Sales Travel 47

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

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Travel 45

Travel Consulting Fashion Hotels 45