60 Posts found for Industry: Consulting

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Ian Davis, managing director of the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., in a wide-ranging View from the Top lecture sponsored by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

Marcus Buckingham is coauthor of the bestselling books First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, and he is a well-known voice challenging business leaders to operate in new ways.

MCNews talked to Buckingham about his research on what separates the best leaders and managers from all the rest.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Management Consulting News | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

Companies hiring management consultants have more choices than ever before, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to find a bargain.

Content: Article | Author: Eric Krell | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

Jay Conrad Levinson’s Guerrilla Marketing revolutionized the way marketers do business by defying the conventional wisdom that effective marketing means spending big bucks. He devised highly successful marketing strategies that rely on creativity, imagination, and energy-instead of money-to get the job done. Now, Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants applies the power of guerrilla marketing to the hypercompetitive business of consulting.

Editor’s Note: take a look at … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Jay Conrad Levinson, Michael W. McLaughlin | Subjects: Industry Specific, Marketing / Sales | Industry: Consulting

Many management fashions’ advocates look around for examples of corporate practice that seem to work, and then sum up the “lessons learned,” with all the carelessness and arrogance that comes with intuitive philosophizing – instead of asking, in some robust theoretical way, why these principles would work and others would not.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Miscellaneous | Industry: Consulting

When companies retain consultants to help implement strategic initiatives, they often fall into the trap of giving up too much control and overpaying for solutions that don’t work. Here’s how to strengthen consulting engagements and get your money’s worth out of expensive hired muscle.

Content: Article | Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Industry Specific, Management | Industry: Consulting

If you know one (of anything), that’s it: You know one. But if you know two, you know much, much more than two. With two computer languages, not only do you know both languages, but you also know what makes them similar, what makes them different, what you like best and least about each, and how each is better suited for certain tasks.

Call it … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Consulting / Analytical Tools, Learning | Industry: Consulting

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the demise of the IT consultant have been exaggerated.

Traditionally, two roles have been associated with consultants: Superman, the expert who can do it faster and/or better than anyone else; and Prometheus, who brings the fire of innovation to the ambitious enterprise. In the realm of information technology in particular, neither of these roles is going to disappear. Indeed, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Glover T. Ferguson | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Industry Specific, Trends / Analysis | Industry: Consulting

Tom Tierney was worldwide CEO of international consulting firm Bain & Company from 1992 until he began to focus on the Bridgespan Group, Bain’s non-profit affiliate, in 2000. Under Tierney’s leadership, Bain grew its revenues six-fold, expanding from 12 to 26 offices worldwide. He has now captured what he learned from the experience in the book Aligning the Stars (Harvard Business School Press), written with … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Stuart Crainer | Source: Bain & Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

A must read for any consultant or more importantly any one who works with or hires consultants. Perhaps most importantly from a financial perspective, Romaine lays out a new conflict within the nexus of contracts: the shareholder vs. the consultant. While not necessarily against each other, the consultant has a much shorter time frame and hence differing incentives and we know that incentive … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Steve Romaine | Subjects: Industry Specific, Miscellaneous | Industry: Consulting

Organizations spend billions of dollars for impractical or incomplete data, ineffective or inappropriate interventions, and poorly thought-out or implemented recommendations. This article can help you select a qualified consultant.

Content: Article | Author: Victoria A. Hoevemeyer | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Industry Specific, Miscellaneous | Industry: Consulting

Charan has written or cowritten 10 books, including the top-selling Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Crown Business, 2002), with Larry Bossidy, and his latest offering, Profitable Growth Is Everyone’s Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning (Crown Business, 2004). Unlike most consultants, he has no Web site, newsletter, or marketing team. His business comes by word-of-mouth referrals.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

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co-author of Reengineering the Corporation, author of X-engineering the Corporation: Reinventing Your Business in the Digital Age, and chairman of Perot Systems’ $1 billion-plus consulting practice

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

Chris Argyris, professor emeritus of education and organizational behavior at Harvard University, argues that most business advice given to managers by experts is impossible to execute. By becoming better judges of the limitations and value in business advice, managers can get more value from it. This book is not easy reading, but is well worth the effort.

Content: Book | Author: Chris Argyris | Subjects: Consulting / Analytical Tools, Management | Industry: Consulting

This book looks at the enormous benefits to companies and independent consultants of the booming “free-agent” marketplace. It clarifies the dynamics of the transaction, including how companies can leverage this highly experienced breed of professionals on a project or interim basis, and how consultants can better position themselves for success. It gives plenty of case studies and practical advice, and explains how this new brand … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Dennis Russell, Marion McGovern | Subject: Career | Industry: Consulting

Short artilce on breaking into the field of management consulting.

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Author: Jennie S. Bev | Subject: Career | Industry: Consulting

Jay Abraham, marketing guru, is interviewed by a guru of a different sort, Tony Robbins.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Abraham.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

Fed up with the failure of consultant-led enterprise software projects, CIOs are demanding more (and less) from the big consultancies or doing without them altogether.

Content: Article | Author: Christopher Koch | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Industry Specific, IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Consulting