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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

years in management consulting, I transitioned to a Fortune 50 US company in an internal strategy role. I joined consulting to learn new things constantly, but over time I also realized I wanted to gain depth rather than persistently add breadth to my knowledge base. Last year, after 2.5

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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

” Or as former Merrill Lynch managing director Roseann Palmieri says, “I’m at the table. Since men did the traveling, men went to market and so the market institutions, rules, laws and habits were created by men for men. Heavy travel. I made it it. High Profile Jobs and Women’s Biology.

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How to scale shared success through collaboration and trust

Kates Kesler

We don’t travel, eat, walk, drink together…and won’t anytime soon. People feel that their various managers are giving them conflicting objectives. They also feel that not all managers have equal visibility into their performance. Everyone is leaning in, but few people are letting go and saying, ‘I trust you.’”. “I

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Gallup Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

SRI’s expertise plays an important role in what is now Gallup Consulting because the merger actually expanded Gallup’s knowledge base and expertise, increasing its value to worldwide corporations and other organizations. . The work schedule is set by each team member and there is no micro-managing. Gallup, Inc.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K. 1935 – Tom Kearney becomes managing partner. Named fifth-largest broad-based multidisciplined management consultancy in the U.S.;

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When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To

Harvard Business

By doing so they avoid the delays associated with information and approvals traveling up and down the management hierarchy. knowledge management and talent management); Activities that involve cross-unit arbitration, i.e. weighing alternatives and setting priorities (e.g., brands and capital).

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Business Spotlight: Stanford GBS grad launches Returnships

Management Consulted

You know, you start as a product manager, senior product manager, director of product management: that’s the way all these job descriptions are written. It’s obvious the hiring managers know what they’re hiring. I can’t necessarily say that the company will pay travel because I don’t know.