The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 12, 2023

You all have been here: The good news is that you’ve been asked to do a proposal for a prospect; the bad news is you’ve been asked to do a proposal. After talking to some of my consultant clients about the problems with proposals, I took a step to analyze ten websites that provide outline(s) for consulting proposals.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2021

A constantly reoccurring conversation I have heard discussed about the management consulting industry is if the preference for talent is in favor of “ poets” (those that come from more of a humanities background) or “ quants” (those that come from more of a technical or hard sciences background).

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 2, 2018

Last August I wrote a blog post about how labels matter , specifically that you should make more money by calling yourself a consultant instead of a contractor. But it’s not just about labels and language. It’s not enough to simply replace contractor with consultant on your résumé and LinkedIn profile. This got me thinking.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Whatever the case may be, you might find yourself with some time before you begin consulting. How best should you use it? You did it! However, you have multiple months before you begin.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

Consultants in the rainbow nation have continued to operate efficiently and effectively during the Covid pandemic. The chaos has changed the way the consulting process is carried out but the end goal of providing reliable solutions to clients has remained the same. The consulting industry is surviving during these uncertain times.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 17, 2019

In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year. This goes to show just how important it is to write a strong resume when applying to be a consultant.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year. This goes to show just how important it is to write a strong resume when applying to be a consultant. First Name *.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the consulting world, your resume is even more important. The top three consulting firms — McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — have acceptance rates of less than five percent during any given year. This goes to show just how important it is to write a strong resume when applying to be a consultant. First Name *.

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Consulting success will be yours when you start taking greater risks and stop reinventing the wheel with every new client that comes along. Description: David Baker is a consultant who has been working with marketing firms and advertising agencies since the late 1980s. Don’t Compromise Just to Keep Feeding the Machine.

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The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I presented five problems associated with the commonly accepted ‘standard’ consulting proposal – the kind that can be found online with a simple search. What spurred my need to write this two-part series consulting proposals? Within the past month I was talking to a relative newcomer to the consulting profession.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For all industries, an average of 60-80% of IT budgets are allocated to keeping legacy systems running. These systems use obsolete programming languages and hardware components that are often difficult to maintain and scale, as the underlying technology can be difficult to update. What are Legacy Systems?

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

This week, we bring you the Top 10 Consulting firms in New York – the power center of the world. If you are a New Yorker, just moved there with hope and zeal to conquer the consulting world, or are just looking for some world-class information on the top consulting firms in New York, here is what we have for you.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 20, 2019

“Why am I not getting any clients through my consulting website?”. It’s a question I get all the time. In this article, I’ll take you through the exact questions — and steps — I would ask a consultant whose befuddled why they aren’t getting any clients with their website. But it’s the wrong question. QUICK LINKS.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

Also, find tips and strategies that you can use to network with people in the firm or position that you are applying for. Your resume is even more important in the consulting world than in any other profession. A consultant is a problem-solver, a data expert, and a communications professional, all bundled into one.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

As consulting has become more popular (frantically so), we are getting increasing numbers of emails from undergrads – and even high schoolers – begging the question – if you want to break into consulting, what should you major in – and what majors are deal-breakers? The problem with Econ majors?

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Also, I’m doing my first in the new series of monthly webinars on brand management for professional service firms. Vertical integration of the ticket ecosystem means that there are more chokepoints to squeeze people in all parts of the supply chain and purchase path. Let me know by replying to this email. June 15th at 1 PM Eastern!

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Does Oliver Wyman really offer a “different kind of consulting”? Today, we are digging into a firm that prides itself on its entrepreneurial spirit. Oliver Wyman’s strategy consulting practice has made waves specifically in the financial services sector , and beyond as well. KEY STATS FOR OLIVER WYMAN.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of The Advisory Board Company. The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. The Advisory Board Company also offers technology, management, and consulting services.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. You wowed us! Here’s a hint for future contests – humor goes a long way with us! Interview tip: Consultants love epiphany answers.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I wanted to share this field report from an F1Y who took a non-traditional route into consulting, had to prepare without the resources available on campus, and faced numerous disadvantages but still secured an offer. I have a unique background, and am what I consider an unlikely candidate for a top 3 consulting firm.

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Nash Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

From an evolutionary perspective, fear is quite useful. Our survival brains have first dibs on interpreting the environmental threats and react quickly to keep us safe. All of this is happening in the brain unconsciously and at lightning speed. You hear footsteps running up from behind you. And it really is an art.

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Nash Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By Nash Consulting Where have we been and where are we going? If you've been riding shotgun with us, the significance of honing conflict resolution skills is likely clear. Yet, evolution also endowed us with the capacity to evolve beyond our primal instincts. Yet, let's shatter the notion that conflict is inherently detrimental.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Beau approached us a few months ago to ask about breaking into consulting. He had the epiphany that consulting was his calling in life, and went searching for details – finding MC in the process. We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Okay, awesome.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

Your ability to consistently use a successful process holds more weight in the interviewer’s eyes than whether you arrive at the correct answer within the allotted time. What you will learn: Learn what skills you need to display in a case interview in order to impress your interviewer. Topics Covered: Interviewer’s Mindset.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

” It all comes down to your approach. ” It all comes down to your approach. . ” It all comes down to your approach. “Most of us walk around with a running to-do list in our heads,” Morgan says, and it shows. . So, what’s the best way to position yourself as an informal leader?

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Unfortunately, the decisions are often made using an overly simplistic choice of centralized or decentralized. As consultants we see this pendulum swing all too often. As we work with complex organizations to find the right balance, we find the concept of “center-led” to be useful. Programs and staff grow.

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Consultant Ninja

JUNE 26, 2009

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Consultants = Big Strategy, Little Execution. Consultants get paid to ponder, strategize, optimize, align, accelerate, etc. Labels: Consulting.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

They’re designed to gain visibility into aspects of employee behavior that have already happened, such as unauthorized downloads and server log-ins, and seek to identify insiders who are breaking rules about data access and use. One survey in 2015 found that on average, just 3.6% Insight Center. The Future of Cybersecurity.

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Emerson Consulting Group

MAY 7, 2019

But despite all this notoriety in so many significant life categories, one segment of Thoreau’s contributions that has been little explored is his impact on business. As a result, a number of lessons his insights offer us are worth to paying attention as we strive to attain our own business goals. By Ken Lizotte CMC.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2018

While some companies — most large banks, Ford and GM, Pfizer, and virtually all tech firms — are aggressively adopting artificial intelligence, many are not. New research is being conducted all the time, but the mathematical and statistical foundations of current AI are well established. Paul Bradbury/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Electronic health record systems for large, integrated healthcare delivery networks today are often viewed as monolithic, inflexible, difficult to use and costly to configure. They are almost always obtained from commercial vendors and require considerable time, money, and consulting assistance to implement, support and optimize.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2017

” Scott Edinger, the founder of Edinger Consulting Group and the author of The Hidden Leader , says that the resistance to sales stems from an “antiquated idea that selling is pushing people to buy something they don’t want, don’t need, or can’t afford.” What should you focus on first? What the Experts Say.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 10, 2020

Your skills remind of me Matt Olpinski, a freelancer/consultant featured in my article on the best consultant websites : Here’s what Matt had to say about his freelancing website: The main reason why I have the website is because I don’t want to waste time, money, and energy on chasing down new clients. Schumacher.

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Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

However, he did receive some puzzling feedback from his interviewers, leading him to contact Jenny Rae to guide him through how to use the input constructively for his final interview on site at BCG. Ramit is a junior at Duke University who successfully aced his on campus interview. Then we jumped into the case, and it was shampoo revenue.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Sumeet Goel, who founded HighPoint Associates , a professional advisory firm that staffs independent consultants at companies ranging from midsize ones to the Fortune 500, agrees that many freelancers often happen into it: “I’d say 90% go down this path because of circumstance. And how do you know how much to charge?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Who figured them out—and passed them on to us? The latter phrase refers to a field of well-trained people with expertise in guiding successful organizational development. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Guest Writer Submissions.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

The same may be true if you go to someone else in the firm, such as HR or your boss’s boss. Never confront your boss alone if you suspect laws have been broken; always consult an attorney first. Six months ago, at your request, your boss agreed to put your name forward for a new position that works directly with the CEO.

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