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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Bridgespan was birthed out of Bain’s desire to expand its support of nonprofits. In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers. BRIDGESPAN HISTORY . Their services emphasized analytical consulting.

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To Better Train Workers, Figure Out Where They Struggle

Harvard Business

When it comes to training and workforce development, lots of them. In a 2014 survey , 55% of executives said a major constraint to investing in training was that they did not know how to measure success. The metrics we track include: productivity, cost savings in recruitment and training, quality, retention, and speed to promotion.

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Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves

Harvard Business

Most businesses wouldn’t survive without driving demand for their products or services, either through marketing and advertising or through involving users so deeply in the design of the product that word of mouth spurs adoption. The same is true for social innovators. But even the most needed innovation does not sell itself.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

Close to the Capitol, its office serves dynamic clients in a mix of industries including healthcare, aerospace, defense, and consumer products. The Washington, DC office’s recruitment team hires highly intelligent people who start as great communicators but are trainable.

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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest

Harvard Business

Pinterest’s fastest growing users are outside of the United States, and for current and future users, it’s important that the people building our product make it relevant to people of different ethnic, social, physical, and geographic backgrounds. We created a playbook and training for managers focused on inclusive leadership.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

These intense work styles are often celebrated as the only way to get to the top and be a super-productive leader. That’s a question Jessica DeGroot sought to answer nearly 20 years ago when she started the nonprofit ThirdPath Institute, an organization dedicated to helping people find time for work, family, and life.