Tom Spencer
JUNE 23, 2018
This may include discrete projects completed at arms length, such as due diligence on a transaction, or turnaround projects where consultants are embedded within an organisation. At my previous management consulting firm, student consulting clubs are informally known as the “kiss of death” by recruiters. Image: Pexels.
Harvard Business
APRIL 19, 2016
Outsiders, in effect, have become more of an intentional leadership choice than a stereotypical hire in a turnaround or crisis situation. one of the authors of the study. That helps explain why 38% of incoming CEOs in the telecommunications industry during the previous four years were recruited from outside the company.
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Management Consulted
MARCH 29, 2015
I didn’t cram like a lot of people do; I spaced out my studying out over a couple of years and that was really helpful for me. And how was the actual recruitment process for you? It’s rapid deadlines and very quick turnarounds. Were you expecting to get hired? What they do in a week, you do in a day. That was typical.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school. We studied them over eight years, using 64 investment and 24 performance variables to identify what they did, when they did it, and the impact they had.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Subordinates will be even more fearful or sycophantic if the boss is insecure or capricious — and power may make leaders less likely to listen to others’ advice, as one study found. These CEOs become supported by a team of “yes-sayers,” people who don’t push back on bad decisions or offer different opinions.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Throughout the research, Korn Ferry used our best-in-class CEO benchmark, which comprises typical scores for CEOs (virtually all male) who are in the 99th percentile of work engagement, as a touchstone to highlight similarities and underscore differences for the women in the study. Women could be ready for the CEO role sooner.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
has found that almost half of the private equity firms it studied replaced the CEOs who ran their portfolio companies, and in 60% of those instances the PE firm hadn’t planned to make the change at the start. Being a quick study is not the same as being a deep thinker. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co.
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