Effective Managers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Building High-Performance Cultures with the Effective Point of Accountability As consultants, we don’t have much authority within our client’s organization; we only have the authority that our clients give us. Even more so, how do we help our clients create a culture of accountability? But what about within the organization?

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Culture Finance Resources Energy 133

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In most organizations, culture and strategy tend to be discussed in separate conversations. Executives know that culture is important and that a negative culture can hurt company performance, but they often don’t know what to do about it. But cultures are complicated, with hundreds of disparate elements.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 12, 2025

This strategic intervention allowed the agency to efficiently manage workload fluctuations while enhancing on-the-job performance through engaging and well-designed instructional materials Read the full case study here 2. The training designed by Clarity employed adult learning principles and effective learning designs.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors. This is especially relevant in product management, where decisions often involve cross-functional collaboration.

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Meeting Productivity Management How To 143

Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

Though antitrust remains Bates White’s largest practice area, the firm is recognized as an expert in environmental product liability, healthcare and life sciences, energy, and finance. If you join, you will be directly working with Managers and Principals on projects unlike other firms where you barely get to see senior management.

Interviews 140

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Companies expend untold energy building culture—defining their values, revamping their office space, organizing holiday parties and volunteer outings. And yet many managers don’t seem to realize that while company culture can be really hard to build, it’s incredibly easy to destroy.

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Culture Company Deloitte Energy 134

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The most common conversation I have these days with discouraged employees below senior management levels goes like this: “This company’s bureaucracy is killing me. The energy, commitment, and collaboration among team members was a revelation. I have formally researched management tools and techniques for 25 years.

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Agile Energy Retail Case Interview 134

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Many people believe that being a good manager only requires common sense, and that it is therefore easy to be one. If this were true, good managers would be commonplace at all levels of more organizations, and as a result, employee engagement and retention would be high. In turn, they become lazy managers. Whitney Johnson.

Management 132

Management Energy Tools Resources 132

Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2017

Management teams and organizations that prioritize inclusion attract better talent and perform better. In bringing this mindset to life, leaders wind up embracing a number of unconventional management practices. Hire for talent, not a résumé Inclusive management starts before employees even walk in the door.

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Management Talent Case Interview Culture 134

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

Relationship-heavy cultures are marked by inclusion, personal connection, and relationship-based decision making. We also found that women at the management level were experiencing far greater burnout and frustration than men were, yet they were also more likely to invest their time to establish work practices that would benefit others.

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Culture Study Case Interview Meeting 132

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. In 2005, they acquired Strategic Management Group, Inc; a collection of investment companies with holdings in healthcare and biotech as well as other areas. In addition, BTS Group is managed nine executive vice presidents, each leading a different practice area. Renewable Energy.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

———— History & Culture. The company specializes in enterprise cloud computing applications, particularly customer relationships management (CRM), allowing companies to automate their sales and customer service processes. Are you an employer,recruiter, or hiring manager? vision was born.

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Software Consulting 100

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One of the things we really love to do here at Management Consulted is answer the questions you have for us. After this first success came a string of high-profile engagements in which Alvarez & Marsal provided advisory and crisis management services to troubled and underperforming entities. Regulatory and Risk Management.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

From there, assuming all goes well, you will then become a Manager, then Vice President, followed by Principal and Managing Principal. Clark Kibler – Director of Product Management – MPARTICLE. Jiaona Zhang – Product Manager – Pocket Gems. ANALYSIS GROUP CULTURE. Practice Areas. Internships.

Analysis 100

Analysis Groups Interviews Culture 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Founded in 1989 by three former consultants of the MAC Group (a boutique sales and distribution consulting firm), Cornerstone Research was established to be very different than the general management consulting firm it was birthed from; focused on unique clients, managing delicate client relationships, and offering specialized work.

Interviews 100

Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Records management. Either a Global Practice Leader, Co-leader, Senior Managing Director or Global CEO lead each of these practices. Interim Management. Securities Litigation & Risk Management. Energy & Utilities. Global Risk and Investigations in Asia.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

SIMON-KUCHER & PARTNERS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. This says a lot about the type of firm culture Simon-Kucher has aimed to build. Energy & Utilities. SIMON-KUCHER & PARTNERS CULTURE. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview Automotive 100

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Insight Center. Let’s look at these one by one.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

In fact, The Brattle Group founders we convinced that by getting the firm culture just right, consulting could be the most fun way to make money. Principals, an expert in Litigation and Energy, to serve clients on the West Coast and the Pacific Rim, and so Brattle Group’s San Francisco office was opened. Risk management.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2018

PET supplies fuel, energy, lubricants, and petrochemicals, while TTD is one of the world’s leading suppliers of gas and diesel engines. Both have intransigently masculine cultures but have been committed to increasing their numbers of women engineers. Angelika firmly believed that she could not manage high-level responsibilities.

Engineering 126

Engineering Management Interviews Construction 126

Management Consulted

JULY 15, 2015

This group has a startling 300 companies in its portfolio in sectors ranging from travel, telecommunications, health, financial services, leisure, music, space travel, and renewable energy. History & Culture. Virgin Group has a funky vision, a mission-driven purpose, a clean look, and an impressive culture. Let us help you.

Groups 100

Groups Culture Interviews Travel 100

Brimstone Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2021

Why we need to stop believing that culture and collaboration sit within the four walls of an office. While they recognize that the great work-from-home experiment was surprisingly effective they also believe that it hurt organizational culture and belonging and that it does not support collaboration and innovation. The reason?

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Culture Benchmarking Analysis Research 97

Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

But culturally, it might be time for a purge,” Cam continued. ” “It’s not the people who are toxic,” Joss said, “it’s the culture. ” “Bringing the company back to a high level of operational performance will take the focus and energy of hundreds of employees,” Joss said.

Case Study 132

Case Study Case Studies Study Culture 132

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. Many corporate cultures require collaboration far beyond what is needed to get the job done. That’s a mistake. are just the most obvious impacts.

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Company Energy Tools Talent 134

Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of Booz Allen Hamilton’s finest moments from the early years was in the 1950s when Time Magazine dubbed it “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm.” Acquisition & Program Management.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Case Interview Resumes 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

It seems that not only is it possible to do both things well, but the best leaders are the very ones who manage to do both. Supervisors are much more likely to carry both capabilities than senior managers, we found. In fact, supervisors are twice as likely to do both things well than senior managers. People skills. Is coachable.

Management 134

Management Data Groups Development 134

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2018

The study of mindfulness — often defined as paying attention, nonjudgmentally and on purpose — is a regular part of the creativity and wellness culture at firms around the world. It first influenced business decades ago, through the development of an unmistakably hard skill that senior managers must master: strategic planning.

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Management Exercises Automotive Engineering 136

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Bain’s major industries of importance in the Middle East include Airlines & Transportation, Media, Mining, Oil & Gas, Retail, Private Equity, Social & Public Sector, Technology, Telecommunications, Utilities and Alternative energy (the oil will run out one day!). Kearney may be the place for you!

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It's coming to a place of understanding and respect for the complexity that leaders manage when trying to guide human beings to work together. Consultants do not work harder than their clients – they have to bring the energy and sponsorship of the work. It's our energy that attracts (or repels) potential clients.

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Consulting Energy Leadership System 218

Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Providing safe work conditions, equitable pay and reasonable management should be considered “cover charges” for the privilege of hiring others to work for you. What I find interesting is the degree of emotional energy that they experience when pointing out what might be neutral issues around technology or bad processes.

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System Resources Company Energy 234

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Gemini Consulting was formed in 1991 with the integration of management consulting firms, United Research and The MAC Group. The practice areas with projects that offer the best exit opportunities for business management are Big Data and Analytics, Marketing and Business & Technology Innovation. Random, right? Industries.

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Capgemini Interviews Consulting Accenture 192

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2023

Increased energy improves performance and therefore proves socializing to be even more beneficial than the head down work one might prioritize over fostering those connections with colleagues. Studies show that socializing, despite feeling like a daunting task, can be effective in combating mental fatigue by energizing us.

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Energy How To Study Meeting 183

Harvard Business

MAY 14, 2018

But for global teams to work, team leaders need to make sure all members feel connected and engaged, regardless of their location or culture. For example, they may come from a culture where polite turn-taking is the norm when talking, while the rest of the team uses a much more assertive style and therefore dominates discussions.

How To 133

How To Culture Conference Energy 133

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Since that time, it has become the fastest growing management consulting firm today. In 2007, Mercer Oliver Wyman joined with Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta to become Oliver Wyman groups (also includes Lippincott and NERA Economic Consulting). Wealth and Asset Management. Aviation, Aerospace, and Defense.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Despite these difficulties, it is possible for leaders to activate their employees’ seeking systems without a large overhaul to organization-wide policies and culture. One account manager spent a week out on the street with police officers, for example, trying to understand when and where remote data could help them.

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Management System Metrics Examples 134

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In many company cultures (and in many family, marriage or parent/child relationship cultures), the first order of business is to decide whom to blame. First, deciding whom to blame for a problem consumes a lot of time and energy. Third, having blame be a part of the culture engenders fear. Additional Resources.

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Culture Sports Exercises Conference 74

Harvard Business

APRIL 30, 2018

energy, enthusiasm, and focus), much of the popular narrative has focused on organizational factors such as job design, leadership, or culture. The first type is commonly known as time-management planning, which involves making to-do lists, prioritizing and scheduling tasks, and ultimately managing one’s time.

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Research Time Management Energy Productivity 137