Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Facing interconnected operational issues, members of the eight-person senior leadership team were turning against one another. The head of operations chimed in: His five most recent checkouts had complained about breakfast, and the cost of compensating guests for disappointing experiences was getting out of control. Insight Center.

Operations 102

Operations Hotels Case Interview Finance 102

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Call me biased, but I received the best years of business training possible in my time at McKinsey. 3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

Banking 272

Banking Consulting Boston Consulting Group Management 272

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This article delves into the rising importance of ESG metrics, how companies are integrating them into their operations, provides leading examples, and highlights the evolving regulatory landscape. Social Metrics: These focus on a company’s relationship with employees, customers, suppliers, and the broader community.

Metrics 78

Metrics Ethics Government Financial 78

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Public Policy.

Oliver Wyman 201

Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Steve Shu Consulting

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Management consulting projects can span diverse areas from operational to finance to marketing to strategy to IT management, etc. An MBA training provide consultants with some minimum common business language, culture, methodologies, and skills that they can use in the field.

Management 150

Management Consulting Methodologies McKinsey 150

LSA Global

APRIL 21, 2025

Yet too often, organizations f ocus too narrowly on product training and neglect the foundational skills for new sales hires to be set up for success. Foundational business sales training should include a primer on business acumen : key business drivers, financial metrics, and industry-specific trends.

Sales 61

Sales Balance Sheet B2B Training 61

Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

Finance 70

Finance Balance Sheet How To Metrics 70

Chad Barr

JANUARY 8, 2025

” This is not just a tech milestone—it’s a harbinger of a seismic shift in how businesses operate, innovate, and grow. Finance: Predicting market trends with near-flawless accuracy. The Metaphor: The Singularity as a Runaway Train Think of this transformation like a runaway train.

Trends 52

Trends Training Training eBook 52

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. Those divisions are IT Services, Global Business Services, Outsourcing Services, Training, and Additional Services – because it’s super clear to have an amorphous Additional Services bucket, right? Finance Risk.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

The company has also hired hundreds of workers to revamp production processes, train (and retrain) the robots, and swap them out when needed, among other tasks. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Some Training Required. To be precise, my mistake. Adding Humans to the Mix. Adopting AI.

Engineering 130

Engineering Training Training Analysis 130

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. Too often, leaders view such investments as costly training on things that seem to be “common sense” or issues they can afford to get around to later.

Recruiting 137

Recruiting Recruitment Finance Agile 137

Harvard Business

MAY 26, 2016

Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. It secured support from suppliers, offered extensive training to factory management, and inspected production lines for adoption of the new management practices.

Apparel 119

Apparel Development Operations Accenture 119

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. Despite the general trend across schools toward becoming more finance-oriented, there could have been considerable variation in what’s taught. In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools.

Research 132

Research Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 132

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. Neither did I have the communication skills to make it as a salesman.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

Because these systems can be trained to analyze and understand natural language, mimic human reasoning processes, and make decisions, businesses are increasingly deploying them to automate routine activities. It is only as good as the information fed into the system, and the training and context that a human expert provides.

System 111

System Training Training Video 111

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department.

Company 154

Company Survey Finance Engineering 154

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

If you’re an undergrad with a desire to break in to consulting, an economics degree will train your mind to tackle problems and make you an attractive prospect for internships and Masters’ programs. To be successful in Finance and consulting, you don’t need just intelligence, but personality also.

Consulting 100

Consulting Engineering Finance Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

However, today BearingPoint is emerging as a player in the operations and technology scene, especially in Europe, and has re-established an impressive growth trajectory. Now, BearingPoint is operated as a Netherlands-based partnership which consisted of 120 partners in 14 countries throughout Europe. Supply Chain & Operations.

BearingPoint 139

BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In 2000, the group launched its first website, www.bridgespan.org, and started operations from a Boston-based office. Many that serve clients with strategy come from organizations (like Bain or McKinsey) that offer excellent toolkit and skills training pre-Bridgespan; the training at Bridgespan is there, but not as thorough.

Interviews 150

Interviews Culture Bain Consulting 150

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

Three ways to manage the digital transition are: Define where change is needed most: Digital technology affects every company differently, but it tends to create or destroy value in four critical areas of the organization: customer engagement, digital products and services, operational performance, and preparing for disruptive new business models.

Agile 133

Agile Data Development Industry 133

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

Based on the (largely analytical) services they cater to in Boston, the firm has a never-ending supply of interesting work, wonderful benefits, and strong training programs. Lots of things – from strategy, operations, and risk management to organizational transformation and leadership development.

Oliver Wyman 72

Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.)

Management 130

Management Change Management Culture Leadership 130

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 30, 2024

Secondly, they may store data in siloed or proprietary formats, making it difficult to access and retrieve data for AI model training and analysis. Key points to consider: The resulting outputs can be biased if the data used to train a Gen AI model is incomplete or insufficient.

Banking 88

Banking Ethics System Data 88

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. BATES WHITE ORGANIZATION. headed by Chairman & Senior Partner Charles E Bates. Practice Areas. Antitrust & Competition. Intellectual Property.

Interviews 140

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Do you sweat when nervously thinking about how Disney can expand its operations in Brazil? I knew your course focused on strategy consulting – but after reading everything you covered, I figured much of the stuff would overlap with technology and operations consulting too. ” -Giulia, Chicago Booth alum.

Case Interview 175

Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 21, 2023

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) measures the sustainability and ethical impact of a company’s operations. This means ensuring that ESG is integrated into decision-making processes, that employees are trained on ESG issues, and that the company culture reflects ESG values.

Government 14

Government Ethics Leadership Financial 14

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

The report said that 44 percent of companies report that agile practices are widely used within the development team, and 41 percent say the same thing for IT operations, leaving a significant percentage still using it in pockets, or not at all. Production and operations (82 percent). HR, finance, and administration (78 percent).

Agile 86

Agile Survey Company Data 86

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

Data 131

Data Software Tools Travel 131

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. We made a number of operational changes to the call center.

Metrics 133

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 133

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. The cloud is also a common repository for the collection and analysis of new data, and the place where an increasing number of artificial intelligence operations, like image and speech recognition, are conducted.

Change Management 133

Change Management Management Software Productivity 133

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

My perspective and approach to misconduct risk are influenced by my work as a bank supervisor, and by my background and training as an economist. A firm’s cultural capital is a type of asset that impacts what a firm produces and how it operates. The justification for this attention comes from relatively simple economics. .”

Culture 133

Culture Company Financial Banking 133

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2018

You can envision the high-level actions that might follow such as: Design a training program for all staff in made-to-order food handling procedures. A major cause of this is that managers within these teams approach the task from their own functional-management view, e.g. finance, HR, marketing, operations.

System 134

System Strategy& Strategy Strategy 134

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Despite many current applications being small-scale pilot projects, the promise of Gen AI to revolutionise banking operations and enhance customer experiences is becoming clear. The AI model aims to help financial advisors quickly find and synthesize answers to investing and finance queries and offer highly personalized insights on the spot.

Banking 78

Banking Financial Operations Data 78

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 18, 2015

To what extent do the activities contribute to operational performance? If the activity has a low contribution to operational performance it can be eliminated, and if it has a high contribution to operational performance it should be outsourced. Operations. Technology Development. Partner with distribution companies (e.g.

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Interviews Healthcare Operations 60

Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

Training 99

Training Training Leadership Resources 99

Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

The Brattle Group is now considered one of the European Union’s top consulting firms in the areas of energy, finance and competition. In 2013, the New York office was established, providing a home base in one the most important finance and legal markets in the world. Regulatory finance. Commercial damages. Accounting.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials.

Leadership 132

Leadership Handbook Healthcare Case Interview 132