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Conversation with North Highland

Tom Spencer

Tom: North Highland has a broad range of industry expertise including in Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment and Telecommunications, Public Sector, Retail and CPG, and Transportation, Travel and Leisure. Are graduates expected to pick an industry specialisation?

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Executives and Salespeople Are Misaligned — and the Effects Are Costly

Harvard Business

The results show that executives feel that they have a high level of understanding of their companies’ strategic priorities, while sales reps — who aren’t typically in the planning meetings, on the conference calls, or roaming the halls with the people crafting strategy — said they did not. There are other gaps, too.

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How to Help Your Team Manage Grunt Work

Harvard Business

While we all want to find a level of meaning and purpose in our work, often, some fraction of our time has to be spent doing tasks that have no intrinsic meaning and serve no deeper purpose than helping to keep the workplace trains running. To Retain New Hires, Make Sure You Meet with Them in Their First Week. You and Your Team Series.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Telecommunications. Some employees explain that they need to be available 24/7 to meet the rigorous demands placed upon them. Another knock-on effect of working with a bunch of gurus is that meaningful on the job training is often hard to come across. Healthcare. Heavy Equipment. Life Sciences. Media & Entertainment.

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Using Design Thinking to Embed Learning in Our Jobs

Harvard Business

Consider, for example, the challenges that one telecommunications company faced with high turnover in its retail stores. The traditional solution is to build a fantastic training program. New employees joined, tried to learn about all the product and service plans, became intimidated, and then quit. Erika Andersen. Liane Davey.

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Parthenon-EY Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Parthenon-EY works within almost every industry imaginable, from telecommunications to manufacturing and everything in between. Intern pay and training are on-par compared to what you will find at many other consulting firms, and prior interns have found it a good foot in the door for landing permanent positions. Healthcare.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The event brings together experienced project management practitioners from various industries: finance, technology, pharma, telecommunications, engineering, and more. The event’s program includes inspiring keynotes, one-to-one meetings, networking as well as thought-provoking discussions.