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The Importance of Investing in Employee Development During Tough Economic Times

Clarity Consultants

Employing a team of strong workers can help you get through these unknown times, which is why investing in employee development is crucial. Learning new skills and competencies is the bread and butter of a learning and development program. Providing learning and development opportunities does just that.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

As the next installment in our popular Firm Profile series, we take a look at the evolution, reinvention, and current interview tactics of one of the world’s premier consulting firms – IBM. IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting.

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Instructional Design and ROI

Clarity Consultants

While many companies focus on cost when it comes to learning and development (L&D) programs, the quality of any training is another factor that needs to be examined. Generally, high-quality training is focused and targets a clear need, such as an existing skill gap or new technology implementation that improves efficiency.

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Your Consulting Niche vs Jack-of-All-Trades Myth

Successful Independent Consulting

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Conversely, I represent several consultants who are always in demand. Translation: organization design and implementation.

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The Map of Life: How to tell your product story

Tom Spencer

Defining Your Core Purpose No good idea has ever been developed without a reasonor more importantly, a reason people care about. In the Imagine section, you can discuss technological implementations. Its about developing an initial version of the product or service, testing its functionality, and gathering feedback.

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‘Uberization’ of consulting: A major disruption or merely hype?

Tom Spencer

Is this model relevant to consulting ? To answer this question, let us look at a typical consulting business model. In a consulting firm, partners are responsible for bringing in new business. They also typically have no say on the individual consultants who will be staffed on the project.

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How to Capture Value from Collaboration, Especially If You’re Skeptical About It

Harvard Business

Take Maaike, a newly appointed partner in a global consulting firm. I never realized that we have behavioral economists on staff who can apply psychological and cognitive research to help clients with technology implementation projects. ” Be strategic about what projects you take on.

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