Consulting Ideas

Internal Consultants as Agents of Change

Internal consultants have a number of benefits over the external kind.

Where’s your feedback ?

The excellent TED video below shows why primary school children do better than business school graduates when it comes to some forms of team-working. There are many things worth further exploration here, especially around the ‘over-confidence’ of many MBA students. However, one thing I want to stress which is important to consultants is the issue [...]

UK Consulting Market: long term trends

After a bit of digging around, I discovered some historical data on the UK consulting market from the Office of National Statistics (No of Enterprises, Employment, Turnover, Employment Costs). I adjusted these figures for inflation, so the figures are in real terms, and then derived a few interesting ratios that give some indication of how [...]

Launch of The Consulting Resume & Cover Letter Bible

It’s been a long time coming.  It was worth the wait. Introducing…. Our 98-page guide on applying to consulting jobs — power-packed with specific action steps for you to create a stand-out consulting resume and cover letter.  We’ve already published The Consulting Bible, which is the best-selling resource on the market for consulting interviews.  So [...]

New Pastures.

Things have been a bit quiet recently. I was busy being a consultant and then making the decision to leave consulting and try for something a little more grounded, as nice as those air miles were they don’t buy happiness. I still haven’t stopped writing, however and expect more soon….

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