Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2015

Alex Formstone is a Principal in Marakon ’s London office, and heads up recruiting in the UK for graduates and MBAs. I recently had the good fortune to talk briefly with Alex about his career, Marakon and its recruitment process. To date, a lot of our work in financial services has been focused on insurance and wealth management.

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 60

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. ’ As you may guess, I enjoyed my work in Asia and learned a lot.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

Major organizational changes, covering everything from recruiting and branding to regulatory approvals and marketing, happened in rapid succession, with a hard deadline of 12 months to get it all done for the IPO — and 18 months from the IPO until our full separation from GE. We asked about employees’ hopes and concerns.

Management 38

Management Change Management Culture Leadership 38

Confessions of a Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2019

There were a number of constraints… Simple Roadmap : The project had both organisation and HR elements, including strategy creation, revising the structure, recruitment impacts and so on. This high-performance organisational also needed to be able to ‘flex’ to meet future demands. Execution excellence = new core competence.

Culture 40

Culture Insurance Insurance Engineering 40

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Even though these programs were covered by insurance, making them essentially free, only 20,000 adults took advantage, or less than 1/1000th of 1% of the at-risk population. Great need doesn’t necessarily equal great demand. A team of U.S.

Nonprofit 33

Nonprofit Wireless Training Training 33

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

We recruited a panel of expert judges (see the list below), who evaluated the companies through the lens of their own expertise and gauged which transformations were most durable and had the highest impact in their industries.

Methodologies 53

Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 53

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. During this same year, IBM introduced Business Recovery Services as a formal business offering for customers, enabling them to continue operations in the event of an unplanned outage or disaster. Operations and Supply Chain.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Confessions of a Consultant

MAY 28, 2017

The banks and insurance companies later ‘aped’ this structure and essentially became the white-collar factories that they are today. Personal Story: When I started working as a management consultant, we operated from a shared office on Northumberland Road in Ballsbridge. Organising Meetings: It can be tricky to line up all the diaries.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Banking Talent 40

Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2018

As a result, some larger health systems’ physician operations are generating nine-figure operating losses, which are major contributors to the deterioration in hospital earnings. The first was independent baby-boomer physicians — particularly those in primary care — found themselves unable to recruit new partners.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Insurance Insurance System 28