Tom Spencer

JUNE 27, 2013

in Management Consulting. Ashley was previously a Staff Writer for the NYU International Business Journal. Management consulting is a difficult industry to break into, and we look forward to reading Ashley’s insights about the case interview process and other aspects of the consulting industry. Business Strategy.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I have witnessed her remarkable journey from a start-up consulting business owner to an established expert with five published books and author of articles featured in Fast company, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Many management consultants hardly complete two or three years in their jobs before they realize that there’s more to life than consulting. As a former consultant who decided to move from consulting to industry, I would like to share my personal journey on how I landed my opportunity in corporate strategy/M&A. Corporate Strategy.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Preparing for these interviews can be daunting, but with the right strategies and mindset, you can overcome this challenging hurdle. The scenarios can range from market entry strategies to profitability analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Don’t Stress! This will help you identify patterns and track your progress over time.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

While technology can certainly improve operational performance, the idea that it can replace a sound strategy is a dangerous delusion. Tronc bills their new strategy as “the future of journalism,” but if anything it their shiny new digital strategy seems mired in the recent past. The Downside of Data.

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Halo Psych

OCTOBER 25, 2024

then we can be smart and intentional about the strategies we use to influence. Example: Lend a fellow manager who needs help one of your team. These 3% are known as ‘super connectors’ and they are a vital part of YOUR influence strategy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 79 , 730-743. Praise: Charm and disarm. Conger, J.A.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2017

But our research , forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal , suggests a third option: Targets of abuse can flip the script, shifting the balance of power in their favor when bosses make life miserable. Our research reveals two effective strategies. The second strategy is coalition formation.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

employers, advisors, platforms, systems providers, investment managers). ” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 124, no. In the case of Secure Act 2.0, one way to look at this is in terms of an exogeneous event that constituents have to react to (e.g., However, there will also be those that look at this as an opportunity.

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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. Development.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the conversation unfolds, we discuss practical strategies for navigating these liminal spaces during significant life changes. He began his career in sales and sales management with a division of a Fortune 500 company in the aerospace and defense industry. His formal education includes a Ph.D.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

These best consulting blogs offer bite-sized reads packed with actionable tips and strategies for consultants. Whether you are a management consultant, sales consultant, or design consultant, reading these blogs (and most importantly, taking action on their advice) will help you improve your consulting business.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company also offers technology, management, and consulting services. H*Works was the first of many steps the company took towards building its prestigious (in the healthcare consulting world) consulting and managing services. EMR and practice management IT selection and implementation. Supply chain.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2017

Most managers would agree that motivated, productive employees are crucial for organizational success, regardless of company size, industry, or corporate strategy. Sometimes, these incentives work in ways managers intended them to. The question is how to motivate them. We wanted to learn more about this relationship.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

For example, pushing for change without being told to can ignite resistance from supervising managers and fellow colleagues. On the one hand, top managers need to provide autonomy so that middle managers feel comfortable taking initiative. The Critical Role of Top Managers.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 12, 2013

Strategy and framework adapted from Case In Point , a case interview preparation book written by Marc P. For an in-depth look at competitive response in the pharmaceutical industry, take a look at “ Competitive Response to Radical Product Innovations ”, an article in the May 2008 Journal of Marketing. How would you respond?

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Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

In a series of studies recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research , people typically chose to complete tasks that had very short deadlines attached to them, even in situations in which tasks with less pressing deadlines were just as easy and promised a bigger reward. You’re hardly alone. So, what can you do?

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Halo Psych

MARCH 10, 2025

9) Reflective practice might help us manage emotions For example, in a study involving more than 400 military cadets in Italy , researchers found that self-efficacy in managing negative emotions at work was an important resource for workers in managing job-related stress (Alessandri et al, 2018). Barbagallo, M.S.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 25, 2024

Strong manager-employee relationships through great leadership leads to positive outcomes After hearing so many people talking about the Apple TV show Ted Lasso and using it in the context of business leadership, I had to see what caused all the buzz. Workers with great managers tend to perform well and experience higher positive affect.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2018

Our research, recently published in the Academy of Management Journal , finds that a person’s feeling of loneliness does relate to lower job performance. We surveyed 88 different positions in the public municipality, including clerks, truck drivers, managers, engineers, police officers, and many others.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 17, 2024

Leverage effective inquiry tactics to diagnose organizational needs As a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), I belong to the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA) and the IMC Chicagoland Chapter. Here are some strategies: Use Open-Ended Questions: Encourage exploration and discussion.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

Understanding the brand strategy. A Journal of Brand Management paper shows that four in 10 employees struggle to describe their organization’s brand or how they think customers feel their organization is different from competitors. This kind of engagement is missing at most organizations.

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 29, 2019

They think it’s yet another short-term management fad. But when you look at many of the tools and concepts from the lean playbook, they’re really just good management that any leader would want to embrace. The Wall Street Journal recently wrote about Larry Culp’s efforts to turn around faltering General Electric.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Detroit''s emergency manager Kevyn Orr says a pension fund takeover is a "right, if not an obligation" after Orr learned of extra, unwarranted pension payments. Please consider Emergency Manager Weighs Pension-Fund Takeover. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

I also think my article gave Tronc’s management short shrift. They are trying to revive a storied icon of American journalism and should be given some credit. As a former publishing CEO who managed a number of digital and print brands, I know how difficult that can be. No strategy is static. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

In our research study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Cheri Ostroff and I found that by focusing on these relationships, senior leaders can improve the degree to which employees in the organization view them. Frontline leaders serve a vital role in interpreting and enacting organizational policies and practices for employees.

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Management Journal Study Leadership 71

Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

Why you need a workplace stress reduction strategy Managing long-term stress can lower your risk for conditions like heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and depression. The app will send you a simple daily prompt asking you about what you are grateful for, and it stores your responses in a private online journal.

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MishTalk

MARCH 12, 2014

The two firms'' collaboration, first reported last month by The Wall Street Journal, marks a milestone in the evolution of bitcoin out of a retail-oriented, loosely regulated low-tech environment to one that is open to the high-volume and strictly regulated activities of Wall Street. Wall Street has officially embraced bitcoin. And why not?

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MishTalk

JULY 21, 2014

Email from Ukraine Portfolio Manager Ilya Porkalov, a Ukraine pottfolio manager writes: This allegation about the billboard has already been disproved. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Russia denies that claim.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 17, 2017

.” But Julie from the London office, who has focused on designing public buildings, countered, “Sure, it is a bit off topic, but the area was mentioned in our R&D strategy last year. This story is fictional, but it is based on our observations of managers deciding whether to fund new projects. Is that OK?”

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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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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Of course, people do use existing comms and social software to manage quality information and close relationships — the beloved chat app Slack is widely used by couples and families, for example. Similarly, Facebook doesn’t specialize in purveying journalism, even though almost every news company posts articles on Facebook. .”

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Effective Communication Strategies: Transparent and consistent communication helps in aligning everyone towards a common goal. link] Kotter, J.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2016

Firms are constantly exhorted to set strategies in place to collect and analyze big data, and warned about the potential negative consequences of not doing so. For example, the Wall Street Journal recently suggested that companies sit on a treasure trove of customer data but for the most part do not know how to use it.

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MishTalk

APRIL 28, 2014

The Wall Street Journal reports Pending Home Sales Up 3.4% 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

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Wall Street Journal, the FT or The Economist. Business Strategy consulting Management Consulting news noise personal development story telling time management' IF you are like most hard working professionals, then you probably make a habit of reading the news each day. There are many titles to choose from.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2017

As a result, tech hiring managers are now racing to recruit from a very small pool of domestic candidates. But there is one strategy that could have an even bigger impact, one that HR pros don’t seem to be using: leveraging civic data insights to build more-targeted hiring and recruitment programs. Putting Data to Work.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

There was the woman who had a master’s in journalism and now managed global technology projects; the guy who handled multimillion dollar contracts during the day and was an astrophotographer at night; the pilot in the Air Force Reserve who regularly flew congressional delegations overseas.

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