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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

He applied for a financial manager job at Disney and was one of 1400 candidates. About the guest: About the guest: Brad Rex is an accomplished senior executive and corporate officer with proven experience growing businesses and driving results in start-up, turnaround, expansion and multi-site situations.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm based in Southfield, MI known for its work in corporate turnarounds, bankruptcy assignments and restructuring. Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus.

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4 Types of Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

They are assigned to service areas, industry verticals, or both. Industry verticals are centered around specific industries, for example telecom and media, healthcare, industrial and consumer goods, or financial services. Specialised Consulting. Internal Corporate Strategy Consulting.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. Industries. Financial Services. ALVAREZ & MARSAL KEY STATS. Practice Areas.

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The Key to Campbell Soup’s Turnaround? Civility.

Harvard Business

On the first hour of the first day Doug works with a direct report , he tells them exactly how he intends to lead, what he values, his thoughts on his industry, and his work and communication style. One such practice is what Doug calls Declaring Yourself , which he developed as President of Nabisco Foods Company and still uses today.

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Student Consulting ? Does it deliver?

Tom Spencer

This may include discrete projects completed at arms length, such as due diligence on a transaction, or turnaround projects where consultants are embedded within an organisation. Student consultants, as a general rule, are unlikely to hold specific expertise on their clients’ businesses or industries.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. Luczak pioneered solutions at the intersection of law, communications and technology that affected not only the cases he was involved in, but the industry itself. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry.