Sometimes it’s good to poke a little fun at ourselves. Dilbert holds a special place in the hearts of many business-people because it makes jabs at some of the things we deal with on a daily basis.
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3 Ways Consultants Don’t (but should) Leverage Employee Engagement
Leveraging employee engagement of clients during an engagement is one of the most underestimated tools within the consulting industry. After all, for every 1% increase in employee engagement companies experience a 9% increase in operating profit.
7 Key Stages of a Consulting Project
So, you’ve impressed the client with your proposal during the RFP process and received the green light for the consulting project. Now comes the difficulty of actually starting the process of gathering information, compiling data, and discovering insights which will drive value for the client.
The Best Consulting Firms and Thought Leadership
One of the deciding factors separating the best consulting firms from the rest of the pack is their adeptness at creating in-depth, thoughtful content: Aka thought leadership. Initially, thought leadership may not earn significant short-term value, but in the long-term, it can cement a firm’s reputation and legitimacy. Typically, content for thought leadership is relevant and backed up with data.
Measuring Account Health Through Organizational Intelligence
In a hyper-connected world, leaders at large enterprises still struggle to maintain alignment between strategy and operations while keeping the customer at the forefront of every decision.
Disruption in Consulting – Strike First
Google “consulting” and one of the first articles that will come up is the Harvard Business Review’s “Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption.” Dig a little deeper and you will find a host of articles and blog posts discussing the imminent disruption in consulting.
Infinitive uses 9Lenses to Accelerate Client Discovery
We’ve written previously about why it is imperative for consultants to accelerate their client discovery methods in order to meet evolving client expectations. Clients today are expecting consultants to be able to reach results more quickly, while consultants face difficulties such as personnel constraints and maintaining quality while working with shorter timelines.
Rapid and Insightful Client Discovery for IA
In today’s fast-paced business world, the expectation that businesses can perform more rapidly is ubiquitous. The consulting industry is no exception; with a plethora of digital tools available to enhance traditional business functions, consulting clients are demanding greater ROI at greater speed.
CSC Transforms Executive Assimilation with 9Lenses
We’ve talked a lot about the difficulties new executives face when they enter into organizations or new roles. Barriers that prevent new executives from thoroughly understanding their new positions and the new people they will work with in their new positions result all too frequently in costly executive turnover.
Independent Boutique Consultant Quickly Positions Client for Success
We’ve talked a lot about how the top consulting firms are turning to digitization and asset-based consulting to find success, but the principle applies to smaller firms, too, all the way down to boutique consultants working independently.