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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

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. When I transitioned to a corporate role and stopped traveling weekly, I made an effort to diversify my social network.

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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. For some tasks, it is desirable or necessary to have common rules across the operating units: policies, standards, methods, procedures, or systems. ” But which exactly are “only those tasks”?