Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Politics gets its bad rap when leaders operate out of self-interest versus the best interest of others. Here's 20 questions to help you uncover your client's true culture and politics (and I promise you - it's not what's posted on the organizational chart or the values hanging in the break room!). DEFINING THE REAL CORPORATE CULTURE.

Culture 184

Culture Exercises System Talent 184

Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2025

For example, if you do change management work on big system implementations, you may lose $50,000 or more. On-Demand by RGP : Specializes in operational and implementation support; projects tend to be longer-term roles focusing on functional expertise like accounting, finance, HR, IT, and supply chain. What makes you stand out?

Cash Flow 195

Cash Flow Consulting Intellectual Property Resumes 195

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images.

System 128

System Management Nonprofit Operations 128

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 7, 2016

We all know that in a foreign culture, one of the most important skills to develop is the ability to translate, to learn to speak the new language — or at least master a few key phrases. You also need to learn to translate your behavior so you don’t end up making cultural faux pas. Do a cultural inventory.

Culture 124

Culture System Policies Operations 124

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2016

We all have the tendency to look at other cultures through the lens of our own. In my experience working and teaching across cultures, I’ve noticed one important area where this frequently causes conflicts: deadlines. Western cultures tend to view time as linear , with a definitive beginning and end. Pamela Hinds.

Culture 132

Culture Efficiency Meeting Ethics 132

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

Over the last decade, industries, academics, and the public sector have turned their focus toward culture and ethics in response to the financial crisis as well as misconduct at a broad range of corporations. But what role does culture play in corporate misconduct, and why do these problematic cultures persist?

Culture 133

Culture Company Financial Banking 133

Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Building a culturally competent workforce is becoming more important as businesses operate in an increasingly globalized world. Organizations that invest in upskilling and reskilling programs will not only help employees remain relevant but will also foster a culture of growth and innovation.

Trends 147

Trends Ethics Emotional Intelligence Tools 147

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Some companies don’t have the systems and technology to segment and profile customers. Others lack the processes and operational capabilities to target them with personalized communications and experiences. To build a customer-centric culture, business leaders should take six actions: Operationalize customer empathy.

Culture 132

Culture Case Interview Sales Company 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Scorecards measuring compliance with a new inventory system are used to punish and sometimes terminate workers. The two companies may have seen value in capitalizing on each other’s strengths, but they failed to investigate their cultural compatibility beforehand. Tight company cultures value consistency and routine.

Culture 132

Culture Operations Efficiency Guidelines 132

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this article, I’d like to share the insights we’ve gleaned from the model’s first full year of operation, which hopefully organizations in health care and many other industries will find useful. Interestingly, despite the number of huddles, the number of action items has never overwhelmed the system.

System 130

System Healthcare Metrics Report 130

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. Where prestige, pay, exit opportunities and culture are concerned, Booz & Company ranks number 4 behind MBB. Operations and Logistics. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? We want you to nail it. Program Management.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Moreover, a strong L&D program enriches company culture by fostering a growth mindset and encouraging innovation. Leveraging technology tools, such as learning management systems (LMS) and eLearning authoring tools, facilitates continuous learning and development.

Metrics 147

Metrics ROI Training Training 147

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Can an established international spirits company digitally transform its systems and integrate artificial intelligence into its operations?

Operations 181

Operations System Company Data 181

Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

When instructional design consulting professionals align stories with organizational goals, they foster a learning culture that promotes innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Simplify Complex Concepts : Narratives break down complicated topics, making them accessible to learners from diverse backgrounds and roles.

Training 130

Training Training Case Studies Case Study 130

Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

To increase productivity, HHI will use a robotic system based on Internet of Things and automation technologies — the first in the shipbuilding industry. This system will be equipped with a high-frequency inductive heating system and a multi-joint arm. HHI’s multi-joint arm for welding, blasting, and painting.

Management 222

Management Cash Flow Industry Real Estate 222

Epicflow

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Engineering projects deal with the design, development, and implementation of processes or technologies; they can be executed in civil, mechanical, software, or electric engineering: e.g., designing buildings, creating new devices, implementing manufacturing automation systems, etc.

Engineering 248

Engineering Management Methodologies Resources 248

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 17, 2020

Understands how the culture and power networks operate within the client system. Helps clients anticipate the Customer/Client, Employee, and Financial/Operational impact of business decisions. Recognizes and understands organizations as dynamic, political, economic, and social systems which have multiple goals.

Methodologies 207

Methodologies System Data Financial 207

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2019

How one Wisconsin health system did it.

Culture 132

Culture System Change Management Healthcare 132

Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The new Proqis BTOES Insights report on operational excellence is out, and by a landslide margin (55% to 37%), the most critical challenge for respondents is “improving the company culture.” Anytime I read that culture is a stumbling block for companies pursuing continuous improvement, I go back to John Shook’s reflections on NUMMI.

Culture 100

Culture Company Leadership Tools 100

Tom Spencer

JULY 28, 2023

Consulting firms play a crucial role in guiding businesses through the integration of AI-powered renewables into their operations. Consulting Services to Facilitate AI-Powered Clean Tech Consulting firms specializing in clean tech can offer invaluable support to companies aiming to integrate AI-powered renewables into their operations.

Operations 78

Operations Energy Data System 78

Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

There are also several opportunities outside these tracks, available in the area of operations that span multiple disciplines to include human resources, finance and accounting, marketing, information systems and technology, administrative support, and corporate services. BATES WHITE CULTURE. Core Values. Empower our people.

Interviews 140

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Effective governance can serve as the bedrock of organizational culture, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and interactions throughout the organisational hierarchy, between departments, and within project teams. This article aims to shed light on the power of governance and how to create a transformative governance structure.

Government 88

Government Culture Ethics Agile 88

Management Consulted

APRIL 24, 2016

To date, it is the leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space, and security systems. ———— History & Culture. Boeing Defense, Space, and Security : Here Boeing combines air, land, sea, and space components to produce world class defense systems. Related posts: Post Consulting Jobs.

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Specializing in economic, financial and market analysis, specifically for cases in litigation, Cornerstone Research touts itself as the one player major law firms turn to when navigating the obstacle course that is the American and European legal systems. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH CULTURE. How exactly does the firm help, though?

Interviews 100

Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014). FTI CONSULTING CULTURE. FTI CONSULTING ORGANIZATION.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. Eastman Kodak Company and IBM completed an agreement hiring IBM to design, build and manage a new state-of-the-art data center for Kodak in Rochester, NY under the brand name Integrated Systems Solutions (ISSC). Finance Risk.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From security projects for the Department of Homeland Security, to working with the FCC to improve public warning systems, and providing intelligence support to military and defence agencies, Booz Allen Hamilton has been around the block a few times. Intelligence & Operations Analysis. Systems Engineering & Integration.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Case Interview Resumes 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

This initial lack of commercial players and interests was critical — it allowed the formation of a network architecture that shared resources in a way that would not have occurred in a market-driven system. We might best understand Bitcoin as a microcosm of how a new, decentralized, and automated financial system could work.

Media 190

Media Banking Financial System 190

Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

When managing remote staff, it is important to engage the team and maintain a sense of wellbeing by creating an accountability culture. We need to learn new strategies for ensuring transparency and building trust through remote communication, to which an accountability culture is key. Communication is Vital. Lead With Accountability.

Culture 130

Culture Operations ROI Tools 130

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Cairo, Moscow, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia, and all over Europe — that there are key ways to building ethical workplaces across cultures. Cairo, Moscow, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia, and all over Europe — that there are key ways to building ethical workplaces across cultures.

Ethics 70

Ethics Culture Education Operations 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

We then plop them into an ICU or operating room and hope that they somehow work together. Preventing complications, errors, and other harm too often depends on the heroism of clinicians rather than the design of safe systems. We need a new approach, one that puts the needs of patients and clinicians first.

Engineering 70

Engineering System Data Research 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Many organizations today are wondering how to get into machine learning, and what it means for their existing analytics operation. Cisco Systems, for example, went from doing tens of artisanal propensity models to tens of thousands of autonomously generated ones.

Operations 70

Operations Construction Sales Data 70

Consulting Success

JANUARY 15, 2018

Global Context was born, and 12 years later he has been working in all aspects of cultural communications — from the challenges within one organization to the cultural differences that are always apparent, and often the killer, of any acquisition or merger. Building A Business on Cross-Cultural Communications.

Marketing 202

Marketing Consulting How To Culture 202

Epicflow

JULY 12, 2022

During the recent decade, companies have been making efforts to transform their business processes and culture to turn into data-driven organizations. . Basic day-to-day operations will be automated, and people will be able to focus more on innovation, collaboration, and communication. . Cultural challenges.

Data 187

Data Analysis Efficiency Survey 187

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The post-scandal scrutiny of Wells Fargo’s culture has so far focused on the high-pressure sales environment that drove employees to create as many as two million fake accounts. Along with fixing the sales culture, the bank will have to address these critical management issues to prevent the next scandal.

Leadership 128

Leadership Banking Ethics Culture 128

Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Now, onto the top 5 personal power skills of an organizational consultant… Skill #1: Systems thinking. Systems thinking is your understanding of the organization and how all the pieces of the organization are connected to one another. All three create the culture and work environment. A good doctor knows human anatomy.

Consulting 156

Consulting System Sales Meeting 156

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. It came from a leader within the practice. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Talent 129

Talent Management Methodologies System 129