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Consulting 101: Operations, Hierarchies, and Types of Firms

Tom Spencer

Learning how consulting firms operate can help you better understand what you would do as an analyst. These firms have international presence, wide knowledge bases, and reputations of success across many industries. How do Consulting Firms Work? Imagine you are a CEO of a Fortune 500 business in the technology industry.

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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

The physical strength of men was no longer needed to accomplish knowledge based work and so the bonafide job qualifications were leveled. Yet we are not there because we are still operating in corporate cultures that are aligned towards how man think and operate vs. how women are wired.

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Could Your Business Use an Advisory Board?

IMC USA

Do you need a fresh perspective to help expand your operations? Advisory boards focus on "big picture” issues--such as compensation, market strategy, and succession planning--rather than day-to-day operational difficulties. As usual, the answer seems to lie in your company’s unique needs. Use the Pluses.

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Risky Business: ChatGPT in the Workplace

Kraft Kennedy

When you enter something into ChatGPT, it becomes part of the global ChatGPT knowledge base. Wondering how you can safeguard your operations against AI risk? While AI platforms such as ChatGPT are transforming the way we communicate, learn, and do business, they also pose major security risks.

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Consultant Marketing Listen or Lead?

Jerry Fletcher

The length of time a consultancy has been operating makes a difference as does the size of client. They are expected to bring that proficiency to bear on client’s problems that fit nicely into their knowledge base. The requirement to understand a prospect’s operations will continue. Yes and no. Ask and Choose.

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Using the Right Performance Metrics: Watch out for P&Ls

Kates Kesler

For example, one LOB is best suited to acquire a broad customer base, even if this means operating at a loss. To deliver on the strategy, each LOB must play a unique role in which it is best positioned to contribute.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

However, extensive energy can be spent learning the political dynamics, internal processes, and even standard operating procedures for software tools. I joined consulting to learn new things constantly, but over time I also realized I wanted to gain depth rather than persistently add breadth to my knowledge base.