Confessions of a Consultant

APRIL 30, 2017

While it’s not an exact science, see what you make of the following story… Doug Meyer: In North America, a pharmaceutical company manufactured and marketed Consumer Health Products. T he meeting moved along for a couple of days, with sub-groups painstakingly piecing the elements of the jigsaw together. It’s a thing of beauty.

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Management Pharmaceuticals Groups Turnaround 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The middle layers spend their entire days in meetings or on conference calls, traveling to meetings outside the hospital, or negotiating contracts with vendors. However, doing this with blanket eliminations of layers carries a risk: inadvertently pruning away the next generation of leadership talent.

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System Management Nonprofit Operations 37

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Prasad, CEO of Dr. Reddy’s, a 33-year-old global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India that produces affordable generic medication. His leadership team began with a search for purpose. Leadership at Dr. Reddy’s did not hide in a back room and come up with their purpose. The Challenge to Leadership.

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Culture Company Enterprise Leadership 53

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Spending on corporate learning, particularly leadership development, continues to increase at a staggering pace. According to one piece of research , spending on frontline leadership development alone increased by over 310% in a three-year period. The sessions were dubbed, by the leaders, “funky team meetings.”

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Agile Pharmaceuticals Strategy Strategy 39

Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

In addition to the “technical side” of project management, the author shares his ideas regarding effective stakeholder management, trust-based leadership, and effective decision-making as well as gives a variety of tools and techniques that can add value to your daily project management activities.

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Management Handbook Case Study Case Studies 11

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

The executives came from a wide array of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, and media. Next, one-on-one coaching meetings focused on expanding their insight; learning and practicing skills; applying learnings to their work in real life; and reflecting on those actions and outcomes.

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Emotional Intelligence Case Interview Talent Pharmaceuticals 51

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Transform for the better, together March, 11-13, Las Vegas, USA — (Business and leadership) This event is for people-driven executives, future-focused leaders, and workforce tech investors who will have three days of exploring hands-on experiences, participating in enlightening discussions, and networking with colleagues.

Industry 52

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

In a project for a pharmaceutical company, we were able to isolate the specific information sources that drove positive and negative sentiment toward the client’s brand. What is the cause and effect of specific types of investment — for example, leadership development, large group events, and communications cascades?

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Change Management Data Company Management 28

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I’d wake up at 6 to ride my bike to the pool for swim team practice, shower and change at the gym so I could get dropped off from 10-5, and taught swim lessons in the evenings when we didn’t have meets. Over spring break in my second year, I did an externship, working for NBC’s “Meet the Press.” I lived in Washington, D.C.,

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Bain Consulting Interviews Banking 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

Despite having solid internal anti-corruption rules in place, the pharmaceutical giant wound up facing criminal investigations for bribing doctors and foreign officials , eventually paying a $489 million fine. The CEO of Volkswagen from 1993 to 2002 was famous for his willingness to demote or fire employees who failed to meet expectations.

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Ethics Company Policies Sales 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Leadership would shape the conversation to ensure proposals were strategically on-point. Japanese pharmaceutical Eisai used them to improve care for Alzheimer’s patients. The team discovered that when general reference support was sought, staff often didn’t have the time or skills to meet patrons’ needs.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Analysis 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Consultants get to travel quite a lot and meet different kinds of people and this makes them diverse and enables them to have insights, which others can only strive for. I found it interesting as it sounds extremely dynamic – team work, meeting clients and new projects.” Nothing beats experiential learning. Be careful here.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

As an outgrowth of a multi-district pharmaceutical case, the firm formed its technology practice, specializing in e-discovery solutions and software. Promotions are dependent on how quickly you meet functional competencies and skill requirements set out for you by the powers that be. Leadership Forums. New Director School.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

A lot of times, they weren’t looking for consultants, but they’re looking to supplement the leadership they have internally and knowing they don’t have to bring it in house. We have expertise about how you make change work regardless of whether you’re a pharmaceutical or a financial or a CPG type of firm.

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Consulting Company Sales System 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

I was pleased with our meeting, feeling like she had made a real commitment. At his first meeting with employees, however, he announced that he wasn’t going to begin by talking about the firm’s financial challenges. They are then reviewed by the company’s Manufacturing Leadership Council. ” It worked.

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Operations Chemicals Metrics System 60

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

Black women continue to be sorely underrepresented in leadership roles in corporate America. For example, Michaela (Managing Director, financial services) noted, “when you have a boss who really gives you no airtime, cancels every meeting, [it] doesn’t give you a sense of belonging.” Currently, they make up 12.7%

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Interviews Case Interview Strategy Strategy 39

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

Marketing executives from each organization committed to weekly calls and monthly face-to-face meetings that were led by the Accelerator. During these calls and meetings, the executives agreed to adopt a common agenda and share patient engagement data and key suggestions for improvement.

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Data Research Metrics Education 28

Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

You’re sharing your thought-leadership (content marketing) with your exact audience (senior people and decision makers) in a publication that already has the social proof and brand to establish trust. –Cal Friesen, Thought Leadership Resources. That’s why many experts share their thought leadership on Medium.

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Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

After seeing this data presented, the CEO left the meeting committed to reversing course. One simple way to maintain speed as your company grows is by having fewer, higher impact meetings. It’s a common story in business today. ” Simple targets, no places to hide, and simple communication is where it starts.

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