Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Talk with other consultants, do a web search on typical management consulting rates in your city or state, and/or try converting your employee salary to an hourly rate. I said I could do an assessment, strategy, and plan in three to four weeks and my rate was $225 an hour. Benchmark so you know your rate is reasonable.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Especially if your first job is management consulting as you will be presented with many opportunities to jump into industry. My primary career philosophy is to manage my career like an experiment. When making career decisions, I prioritize myself over the interests of my parents, manager, company, or others.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 11, 2014

Walmart, McDonalds Comparison To be fair, there is a major difference between McDonalds'' employees and Spaniards seeking jobs. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. The McDonalds'' employees demanding higher wages have jobs.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2016

MBA programs for Management Consulting – and the results may surprise you. Kellogg School of Management – Northwestern University. Tuck’s Class of 2015 placed 34% of its students in management consulting, with a vast majority of those going to MBB firms. With that in mind, we compiled the 2016 Top 10 U.S

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Oliver Wyman’s strategy consulting practice has made waves specifically in the financial services sector , and beyond as well. Now a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, Oliver Wyman is known to give MMC its strong reputation as experts over other insurance providers because of the firm’s focus on strategy.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. Although it started as a tiny group, paling in comparison to the bohemoth revenues of the firm’s hardware sales, this group is now known as IBM Global Services (IGS) which is responsible for 50% of IBM’s revenue globally.

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Kraft Kennedy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Lawyers wanting a legal app upgraded, compatibility issues resulting from outdated software, a rollout of the latest release of Windows- these are the common scenarios that prompt Application Managers and IT professionals to review the interdependencies of the application stack unique to each law firm.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 4, 2015

As you’ve been busy popping bottles of champagne, watching the ball drop while fireworks shoot up in the background, or just flat-out ambitiously working through the New Year holiday, we here at Management Consulted have had our version of fun. EY also made a bold move to support its strategy consulting group by acquiring Parthenon.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

To turn those dreams into workplace realities, leaders set strategies. Evidence suggests only 5% of employees understand their company's strategy. This is alarming, given evidence a direct positive correlation exists between employee commitment to strategy and employee involvement in strategy development. Refinement.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Financial asset managers have been out-price-cutting one another in exchange-traded funds in a bid to gain market share. But when managers reduce prices, a fundamental question sometimes goes unasked: Will customers notice and respond as expected? Price wars have broken out in consumer industries around the world.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? By comparison, rivals Amazon and Wal-Mart have continuously adapted and maintain a significant competitive advantage in pricing these products due to scale. What strategy can be implemented to save the company?

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

New ideas and strategies while working on the projects, finding different ways of doing things more effectively; I started feeling enthralled. Then, one day, I fortunately came across the Management Consulted website. ” I started dating the Management Consulted website and began loving it. It was like “Oh!!

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Take Dell Technologies, for example.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

On the one hand, there are many anecdotes suggesting that pressures to manage earnings hold back investment. On the other hand, some of what is done in the name of managing for the long term may be unmonitored waste. Some companies have great ideas, great management teams, and compelling strategies.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 29, 2020

We regularly work with CEO’s that are frustrated with leader behaviors that undermine enterprise strategy. Simple financial measures, like P&Ls, are an effective way to visibly drive leader accountability, yet they frequently do not match the complexity of today’s strategies. Note, each leader is still responsible for one LOB.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. The message for managers is clear: this is the way to outcompete your business rivals; these are the traits that will bring you and your company commercial victory.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Consider the following scenario: A manager wants to purchase some computer software for her business. The manager peruses that company’s website and requests more information by entering data about her needs through a webform. The mounting number of inconsistencies and redundancies confuse and frustrate the manager.

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Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

averting disasters (scheduling an annual checkup at the doctor or creating a crisis management protocol for your business). I’ve put together a list of practical strategies and tips, but know that none of these suggestions is going to lead to your making perfect choices. Anticipate and Manage Feelings of Anxiety.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

General Electric, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Walmart, and CitiGroup — all were businesses led by managers who were experts in efficiency and optimization and who grew their businesses by making them work better than they had previously. A TAP view, by comparison — asking “Who has problems that a mobile phone could address?”

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Granite Leadership Strategies

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The green team reviews not only assure the proposal and executive team that you are compliant and responsive, but also give the top management team a detailed look into the price, the details of the pricing strategy, and the rationale behind your value proposition.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

BLS Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate Comparison BLS: 7.0% Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2018

By comparing those solutions, looking for commonalities or differences across them, and triangulating a new design based on these comparisons, they were able to radically alter the way the rocket was built. As a result, they produced the Falcon 1 for $7 million at a time when the next cheapest rocket on the market was $65 million.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

A recent report in the Journal of Management noted that of nearly 25,000 academic articles on performance, only a fraction include what psychologists call within person variance , which describes ranges, such as that between individuals’ top, average and worst performances. Reality: Although Major League Baseball pitcher R.A.

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Benchmarking Comparison Research Sports 133

Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

This is a classic story of unintended consequences — inadvertently short-circuiting long-term management — to the detriment of companies, investors, and the economy. For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Michael Lucci Director of Jobs and Growth Illinois vs. Wisconsin My slight quibble with the article is Lucci left out Wisconsin for comparison. It looks like Walker picked the right strategy. Lucci may have left out the Wisconsin comparison, but his associate Paul Kersey didn''t. It’s time for officials to get in the game.

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MishTalk

MAY 18, 2014

This post shows the first set, a comparison of April 2008 to April 2014. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 10, 2024

Understanding what the GRE is, how it aids in unlocking master’s programs, particularly MBAs, and effective preparation strategies is crucial for prospective graduate students. Questions cover topics such as algebra, geometry, data interpretation, and quantitative comparison.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The local toy store seemed positively drab in comparison. Now, those endless aisles pale in comparison with what’s available online, and rock-bottom prices can be found at Amazon, Walmart, and Target. The strategy gives Lego a strong negotiating position with mall owners who are in dire need to fill the space.

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Retail Comparison Industry Training 95

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

No strategy is static. Companies can also rent their business applications (for accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing and sales, collaboration, project management, and so forth) on-demand from companies like Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Workday, Hubspot, Yammer, Dropbox, Basecamp and others. Insight Center.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 28, 2014

For comparison purposes, the yield on 10-Year US notes is 2.25%. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

An alarming credit boom in China could trigger a global financial crisis that would make the one in 2008 look mild by comparison, says old gloomy eyes, Marc Faber. “If link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

However, I will suggest that many such comparisons that I have seen are invalid. Thus, all such comparisons are totally invalid. Easy Comparisons. I worked in a grocery store as the night-manager for several years in high school and college. Gasoline is also an easy comparison. Keep up the good work, Mel.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 23, 2018

I learned to navigate projects and client communications by observing how other business owners managed relationships, adapting successful project strategies to my own circumstances. At first, I made classic mistakes. Despite having years of experience in social media strategizing and website design, I priced my services wildly low.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

When I stopped to think about what makes a franchise (the local owner of a big chain) successful, it’s really two things: 1) They follow instructions really well; and 2) They are good at hiring and managing a lot of employees. How to Live an Amazing Life – Sign Up for Free Tips and Strategies for your Career and Life. First Name *.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 12, 2019

Here's my comparison of consulting in a Big 4 Accounting firm and at BCG (note from Victor while this readers experience is specific to BCG it can. Big 4, it's all about working with middle managers and possibly doing. Your work is controlled often, and your manager will also make a significant contribution to it. At BCG on the.

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Bain McKinsey Case Interview Interviews 75

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Individual and group comparisons are available. About LSA Global Founded in 1995, LSA Global is the leading performance consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

That''s what one hedge fund manager believes. I don''t think so, and neither does Tortus Capital hedge fund manager David Salanic. Other than target 2 imbalances (debt owed to other countries), Spain appeared at least as bad in most of the comparison charts. Is Portugal about ready to implode? Here is his overall thesis.

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