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Last week, we explored how Tech consulting experience can hurt you when it comes to applying for more strategy-focused roles, and how to mitigate this during the recruiting process. The post 5 Ways Tech Consulting differs from Strategy Consulting appeared first on Management Consulted. While tech consulting is incredibly meaningful work (not to mention the … Continued. management consulting MORE
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Charles Aris – executive recruiter out of North Carolina – do a great job of placing ex-strategy consultants. The post Strategy consulting 2018 compensation survey appeared first on Consultant's Mind. Management consultants make good coin.
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Like anything valuable, good strategy is rare. Richard Rumelt, UCLA professor, outlines 4 common ways that companies often fool themselves into a bad strategy in a McKinsey Quarterly article here. Based on his book Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters (2011) (affiliate link). Bad strategy definitely exists. Consultant bad strategy McKinsey Quarterly Strategy
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I’m excited to share the results of our 2018 Marketing Strategies for Consultants Study. Marketing Strategies for Consultants Study: 2018 is a post from: Consulting Success. Marketing is always a hot topic for consultants. Many struggle with it. Few excel in it. All must do it to attract new clients and grow their business.
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I’ve recently read “The So What Strategy,” a book on business communications, and wanted to share my thoughts on the book. So what do I think about “The So What Strategy” by Davina Stanley and Gerard Castles (formerly communications specialists at McKinsey & Company)?
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Sunil Gupta, a professor at Harvard Business School, argues that many companies are still doing digital strategy wrong. Gupta says successful digital strategy is more complicated than that. He recommends emulating the multi-faceted strategies of leading digital companies. Gupta’s the author of Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business. Strategy Technology Audio
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Strategy involves understanding your current position, deciding on a destination, and charting a course from here to there. Culture is arguably more important than strategy because, if you look at it over the lifetime of a product or an organisation, the culture is the only thing that will really matter. The strategy and the products are today’s strategy and today’s products, but over time the strategies and the products will change while the culture will remain.
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FEBRUARY 1, 2018
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Here are five strategies to keep you on track. For example, a final project plan, a stakeholder consultation strategy, a findings paper, a report. My strategy is always to do what I can from my end to facilitate these deadlines being met, for example reminding the client well in advance of what’s due, or setting up a progress call to keep things moving. As a consultant, your working life now revolves around projects and one of your key roles is project manager.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2018
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JULY 15, 2013
List of Australian Strategy Firms in 2013. BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Australian strategy firms. This list will be of interest to you if: you’re a student who wants to work for a leading strategy firm, or. Pacific Strategy Partners.
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Developing a great strategy starts with changing the dynamics in your strategy room. Strategy & Corporate Finance InsightsHere’s how.
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FEBRUARY 25, 2017
But the House is rather an unworldly place and its members and staff may not know what a recognized, professional strategy consultant is expected to do. Formulating strategies. Implementing strategies. None have worked as a “strategy consultant” anywhere else.
McKinsey
AUGUST 15, 2018
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AUGUST 30, 2018
After reading hundreds of studies, interviewing dozens of experts, and running the gambit of self-experiments (including attending meditation retreats and slogging through a monthlong period of self-induced boredom), I learned that countless strategies can help us mitigate distraction.
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MAY 15, 2018
Imagine you’re in court. As the prosecutor states his case, you nervously whisper to your defense attorney, “Should I just tell them…” “No,” your counsel quickly interrupts you. Don’t say anything!” Your advocate’s advice is exactly right for the courtroom. It’s absolutely wrong for the boardroom.
LSA Global
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Do You Know Why Your Strategy May Fail? Not all strategies lead to results…even the best laid plans may not yield the outcomes you hope for. Only 10 Percent of Strategies Get Fully Executed. 9-out-of-10 strategies fail to meet expectations.
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JANUARY 5, 2018
The new book on how to beat the odds with a bold strategy. Our Insights
LSA Global
MARCH 5, 2018
Simple, Clear Strategies Work Best. Complex businesses like the one diagrammed on the board above require complex strategies, right? To effectively cascade corporate strategies throughout an organization, they must be easily understood, clearly stated, and embraced by all employees.
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MAY 20, 2018
Successful Strategy Implementation is Far from Easy. Closing the strategy execution gap is hard work. Not many organizations naturally combine strategy and strategy execution. Research by IBM found that only 10% of strategies are deemed to be successfully executed. According to PWC , only 8% of leaders excel at both strategy and execution. Successful Strategy Implementation Starts with Strategic Clarity.
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JULY 28, 2013
According to McKinsey, transformational mergers are rare “because the circumstances have to be just right, and the management team needs to execute the strategy well.”.
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APRIL 7, 2017
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NOVEMBER 5, 2015
It ignores strategy. Social media without strategy is simply a hobby, and a time-consuming one at that. I’m not suggesting that Buffer doesn’t have a clear social strategy. Start with Strategy. Even with a great strategy, things change.
LSA Global
AUGUST 1, 2018
The role of middle managers in strategy implementation is key to success. Strategy Implementation Success. Here is the woeful record of strategy implementation according to the research: IBM found that less than 10% of well formulated strategies are effectively executed.
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NOVEMBER 26, 2016
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FEBRUARY 11, 2018
Are CFO firms like the cobbler without shoes–good at teaching and delivering strategy but not good at applying it to themselves? After revisiting some of his great teachings recently, I appreciated one of his fundamental strategy questions: “What do you want to be known for?”
LSA Global
MARCH 15, 2018
The Challenge of a Strategy that Works. Nobody said that putting together a meaningful strategy was easy. But who knew it would be so hard and that so few companies would be successful at designing and implementing coherent strategies across their company?
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Developing excellent strategy consists of just 5 steps. HERE are five steps that you can use to formulate great strategy: Diagnose: assess the lay of the land. Commit: select a strategy.
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JANUARY 25, 2015
A successful firm will need to pursue sound strategy and, at the same time, stay on top of its finances. Business Strategy consulting finance Management Consulting The financier cares about the next 3 months or less. The strategist cares about the next 3 years or more. The financier wants the deal to close as soon as possible so that he can earn his bonus.
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