http://www.consultingmag.com en-us http://www.consultingmag.com N/A ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:08:54 -0400 20 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/781/1/Advice-to-a-Young-Professional/Advice-to-a-Young-Professional.html From personal goals to career objectives,  these tried-and-true suggestions won’t steer you wrong.By David MaisterBack when I was teaching MBA students, they often asked me for advice on everything from career direction to whom to date. I finally found it much easier to compile my favorite pieces into one list, which I offer to my fellow consultants today: david@davidmaister.com (David Maister) Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/737/1/Whats-Your-Recession-Response/Whats-Your-Recession-Response.html So now comes the test. You’re a consulting firm, and business is down (or is forecast to be down). What do you do? Let’s assume that the obvious first action is to exhaust all possible avenues of generating new revenues. What’s left? david@davidmaister.com (David Maister) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/721/1/KSAs-International-Play/KSAs-International-Play.html In consulting, mergers and acquisitions can be rough business. There’s no shortage of firms—both the acquired and the acquirers—that have fallen victim to the M&A minefield. To hear Mark Wietecha tell it, consulting mergers have been, in a word, “brutal.” jkornik@kennedyinfo.com (Joe Kornik) Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/711/1/Seeing-Green/Seeing-Green.html Sustainability means opportunities for those firms acting globally to help meet their clients’ demandsMarc Epstein likes to talk about the Toyota Prius. Not the car itself, but more Toyota’s strategy behind the development and the delivery of the first mainstream electric/gas hybrid car. In an incredibly forward-thinking moment, Toyota’s leadership brought together a team to develop what it was calling “the car of the 21st century” way back in 1993, long before it was fashionable to think of an automobile’s impact on the future. Even more innovative, perhaps, was the team Toyota assembled to work on the car. The traditional hierarchal model was replaced by what Epstein calls “an equal-access system of communication,” which included leadership, designers, engineers, marketers and production plant crew chiefs. jkornik@kennedyinfo.com (Joe Kornik) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/704/1/Passion-People-and-Principles/Passion-People-and-Principles.html This column is excerpted from David Maister’s latest book: Strategy and the Fat Smoker, which was released by The Spangle Press in January.By David Maister david@davidmaister.com (David Maister) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/675/1/Lets-Stay-Together/Lets-Stay-Together.html In a competitive market, firms pull out all the stops to retain employeesThese quotes from our 2007 Best Firms to Work For survey sum up one of the primary obstacles to retention: employee dissatisfaction. And from the looks at these quotes, and plenty others that were in our annual Best Firms report, there’s a lot of work to be done if firms want to keep what they’ve got in an ever-tightening talent market. Companies can put all the effort into human capital objectives they want—in fact, according to a McKinsey & Company survey released in December, 46 percent of business executives report that their companies will be investing more over the next six months into training and recruiting efforts. But at the end of the day, if employees are don’t feel valued, they aren’t going to stay. jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/671/1/Out-of-the-Box/Out-of-the-Box.html In an industry where consistency and standardization reign supreme, confusion sparked by a rapidly tilting playing field has thrown a wrench into North American manufacturers' game plans. And now companies – and consultants – are adjusting their thinking for manufacturing's new global reality. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/670/1/Seven-Small-Jewels/Seven-Small-Jewels.html Each year, Consulting magazine recognizes the Seven Small Jewels of the industry. But our annual celebration of the little firms that could has evolved from simply a way to recognize those often overlooked firms to a testament to the impact that all small firms are having on the industry. They are helping shape and redefine the consulting marketplace. In many ways, the seven firms featured this year represent a snapshot of the new consulting landscape. Smaller firms are no longer flying under the radar. Rather, they are playing in the big leagues and challenging the legacy firms by going after their clients and their talent. And, in many cases, they are winning. The 2008 Seven Small Jewels—ranging in size from $3 million to $52 million and from just 13 billable consultants to 200—are leading the charge of the resurgence of the small, niche, consulting firm that plays a major role in the profession today. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/664/1/How-to-Make-Management-Training-More-Effective/How-to-Make-Management-Training-More-Effective.html Business, as a subject, is about things of the logical, rational, analytical mind: concepts such as “the value chain” or the numerous P’s of marketing. Even when it’s analyzing and discussing people, business is often treated as an intellectual process of analysis and discussion: advanced financial analysis, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the characteristics of great leaders, etc. Business, at least as it is taught in our business schools and most in-house training programs, is about understanding and knowledge. david@davidmaister.com (David Maister) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/650/1/Welcome-to-the-informal-workplace/Welcome-to-the-informal-workplace.html How a client engagement led Katzenbach Partners to put the power in the people's hands. jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett) Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/641/1/30-under-Thirty/30-under-Thirty.html They're young. They're talented. And they're consultants who are changing the world. That's why Consulting is honoring our inaugural batch of 20-something standouts. Read on to find out how each member of this professionally engaged and socially conscious group is making a difference at their companies and in their global neighborhoods. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/629/1/Leading-by-Example/Leading-by-Example.html When asked to describe the mentorship program at Towers Perrin, Anne Bodnar, manager of human resources, points out there isn’t just one employee development program at the Stamford, Conn.-based firm. There are three. jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/628/1/Know-Thy-Customers/Know-Thy-Customers.html A recent Wall Street Journal article bid farewell to the “Wal-Mart Era.” The piece, which highlights a significant shift in the industry, identifies three ways rivals are luring consumers away from the retail giant: greater convenience, larger selection and higher-quality service. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/625/1/Breaking-Barriers-Women-Leaders-in-Consulting/Breaking-Barriers-Women-Leaders-in-Consulting.html Consulting magazine honored five standout women leaders in the industry on Nov. 1. Read on to learn the personal and professional stories of these exemplary role models, as well as what they have to say about where the profession is going. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/619/1/Finding-the-Cure/Finding-the-Cure.html Healthcare consulting tackles today’s high costs and uneven care, while developing strategies to combat growing competition. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Stacy Collett) Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/586/1/BearingPoints-Credit-Tools-Aid-Lenders-in-Housing-Market-Downturn/BearingPoints-Credit-Tools-Aid-Lenders-in-Housing-Market-Downturn.html With the subprime mortgage crisis all over the news and reports of lenders such as Countrywide announcing layoffs, consultancy BearingPoint decided to take on the problem headfirst. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/514/1/Seeing-is-Believing/Seeing-is-Believing.html How Business Intelligence is Helping Global 2000 Companies Gain New Visibility into Their Data Throughout the 1990s, large enterprises spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build data warehouses, data marts, OLAP (online analytical processing) capabilities, ad hoc query and reporting, data mining, and more. Clients engaged consulting firms repeatedly for everything from building the data warehouse to populating it to maintaining it. They would do enterprise data modeling, data cleansing, data normalization, and more. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/511/1/Detouring-Doom-Loops/Detouring-Doom-Loops.html As the automotive industry's road map to profitability becomes increasingly convoluted, can consultants navigate the way? kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/509/1/Specialty-has-a-New-Name/Specialty-has-a-New-Name.html Mercer Management Consulting, Mercer Oliver Wyman and Mercer Delta Organizational Consulting Unite Under Oliver Wyman Brand ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/478/1/The-Age-of-Archstone/The-Age-of-Archstone.html It is the age of no big ideas, an age when less is more and small is better, an age when good listeners hold sway over serial advice givers. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/469/1/Leading-a-Second-Life/Leading-a-Second-Life.html Fast-Moving Firms Seek out Innovation Inside 3-D Virtual World   kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/452/1/Patricia-Hubbell---New-Years-Next-Steps/Patricia-Hubbell---New-Years-Next-Steps.html Patricia Hubbell offers some pointers on how to focus on the next stage of your consulting career. pathubbell@openingdoorsadmissions.com (Patricia O. Hubbell) Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/448/1/The-Trouble-with-Travel/The-Trouble-with-Travel.html Facing long lines, cost-averse clients, and procurement czars — among other obstacles — consultants cry out for change. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/447/1/Julie-Howard---A-Generational-Divide-Escalates-Professions-Recruitment-Challenge/Julie-Howard---A-Generational-Divide-Escalates-Professions-Recruitment-Challenge.html Julie Howard, President and COO of Navigant Consulting, explains why growing workforce attrition numbers may have little to do with supply and demand economics. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/433/1/A-Wide-World-of-Risk/A-Wide-World-of-Risk.html Financial Services As financial services firms look to secure their global footprint, consultants building their firms’ financial services practices show little signs of losing their extra swagger along consulting’s many byways. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/416/1/Business-Schools-Look-to-Secure-Global-Footing/Business-Schools-Look-to-Secure-Global-Footing.html Where will your firm’s future talent come from? kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/379/1/Capgemini-America-Rekindles-the-Affections-of-its-Wayward-Parent/Capgemini-America-Rekindles-the-Affections-of-its-Wayward-Parent.html Having survived 12 months as head of Capgemini's North American operations, Salil Parekh has alread served longer than any of this five predecessors. Now comes the hard part. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Editor) Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/380/1/Better-Talent-Management-Practices-Tops-CFO-Wish-List/Better-Talent-Management-Practices-Tops-CFO-Wish-List.html Sam Silvers, global leader of Deloitte's financial management practice, says that talent is now foremost on the minds of finance officers. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Editor) Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/371/1/Dont-Try-This-at-the-Home-Office/Dont-Try-This-at-the-Home-Office.html In a post-ironic era, terms such as “corporate celebrations,” “workplace rituals,” and even “organizational culture” sound ripe for parody. Movies like Office Space and television programs like The Simpsons and both the U.K. and U.S. versions of The Office routinely take familiar stabs at workplace morale-boosting. There’s a reason that the comic strip “Dilbert” remains funny. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/368/1/Tribute---James-H-Kennedy-1924-2006/Tribute---James-H-Kennedy-1924-2006.html Jim Kennedy clicked the consulting world’s lights on. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/351/1/Firm-Snapshot-Mercer-Oliver-Wyman/Firm-Snapshot-Mercer-Oliver-Wyman.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/350/1/Firm-Snapshot-Mercer-Management-Consulting/Firm-Snapshot-Mercer-Management-Consulting.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/352/1/Firm-Snapshot-Diamond-Management---Technology-Consultants/Firm-Snapshot-Diamond-Management---Technology-Consultants.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/353/1/Firm-Snapshot-Huron-Consulting-Group/Firm-Snapshot-Huron-Consulting-Group.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/358/1/Reporters-Notebook-A-Visit-with-Mercer-Oliver-Wyman/Reporters-Notebook-A-Visit-with-Mercer-Oliver-Wyman.html Inés Peschiera visits Mercer Oliver Wyman in NYC. Slide Show included. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/357/1/Reporters-Notebook-A-Visit-with-BCG/Reporters-Notebook-A-Visit-with-BCG.html Inés Peschiera visits Boston Consulting Group in NYC. Slide Show included. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/356/1/The-Best-Firms-to-Work-For-2006---Defining-Talent/The-Best-Firms-to-Work-For-2006---Defining-Talent.html The results of Consulting Magazine’s “Best Firms to Work For” survey reveal an overwhelming amount of detail about the kinds of demands talent can expect to make, and precisely how firms are acquiescing. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/349/1/Firm-Snapshot-PRTM/Firm-Snapshot-PRTM.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/348/1/Firm-Snapshot-Kurt-Salmon-Associates/Firm-Snapshot-Kurt-Salmon-Associates.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/347/1/Firm-Snapshot-Monitor-Group/Firm-Snapshot-Monitor-Group.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/346/1/Firm-Snapshot-The-Boston-Consulting-Group/Firm-Snapshot-The-Boston-Consulting-Group.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/345/1/Firm-Snapshot-Point-B/Firm-Snapshot-Point-B.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/344/1/Firm-Snapshot-McKinsey--Company/Firm-Snapshot-McKinsey--Company.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/343/1/Firm-Snapshot-Bain--Company/Firm-Snapshot-Bain--Company.html editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/323/1/A-Firm-Thats-Got-Game/A-Firm-Thats-Got-Game.html How 11 Bainies and a cup turned friendly rivalries into a competitive Advantage. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/279/1/Best-Places-to-Stay-2006/Best-Places-to-Stay-2006.html In an age when bottled liquids are all that’s needed to strike fear into the hearts of seasoned road warriors, consultants have continued to buckle up and journey whenever their clients deem it necessary. Once again, you shared with us your hard-earned wisdom about life on the road. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Inés Peschiera) Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/251/1/Five-Thousand-Strong-Avanade-Boasts-of-a-Singular-Achievement/Five-Thousand-Strong-Avanade-Boasts-of-a-Singular-Achievement.html Having established a global footprint, CEO Mitch Hill says that his firm has earned the distrinction of being called the first global startup. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/291/1/Wachovia-Builds-a-Wellness-Culture/Wachovia-Builds-a-Wellness-Culture.html Wachovia’s Donna Shenoha and Mercer’s Amy Grondahl recount the engagement that allowed Wachovia to advance its wellness strateg kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Editor) Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/277/1/A-Hospital-Gets-Intensive-Care/A-Hospital-Gets-Intensive-Care.html Crouse's Dr. Paul Kronenberg and Horon Consulting's David Speltz recount the engagement that turned around one of the New York State's most troubled hospitals. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Writer) Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/276/1/Pfizers-Look-at-the-Future-quotBeyond-1quot/Pfizers-Look-at-the-Future-quotBeyond-1quot.html Pfizer’s Bob Orr and Katzenbach’s Niko Canner recount the engagement that helped the pharma giant look to the future. Corresponding audio interview, powerpoint presentation, and written article are included. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Writer) Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/275/1/Client-View-Healthcare--Life-Sciences---Three-Engagement-Narratives/Client-View-Healthcare--Life-Sciences---Three-Engagement-Narratives.html Katzenbach Partners teams up with Pfizer, Huron Consulting turns around a struggling hospital, and Mercer Human Resource Consulting helps Wachovia establish a wellness culture. Corresponding audio interviews, powerpoint presentations, and written articles are included on Katzenbach-Pfizer and Huron-Crouse interviews. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Writer) Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/257/1/Retails-New-Horizons/Retails-New-Horizons.html As information empowerment gives consumers a new swagger at home, consultants help to globalize an industry in which local business savvy determines whether companies live or die. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/44/1/The-Deep-End-of-the-Pool/The-Deep-End-of-the-Pool.html In today’s competitive pricing environment, firms of all stripes are diving in where the most talent resides. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/43/1/Getting-Plugged-In/Getting-Plugged-In.html Two of the consulting world’s hiring gurus explain how to make sure that the new senior hires get charged up instead of turned off. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Bob Chrismer and Michael Thompson) Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/193/1/EMR-The-Inside-Story/EMR-The-Inside-Story.html The U.S. healthcare sector suffers from a painful visual impairment: Doctors, nurses, and specialists cannot get a quick, accurate, or cost-efficient read on a patient’s problems because the sector remains mired in paperwork. The consulting profession believes that it can help deliver a cure in the form of electronic medical records (EMR).  kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/190/1/Whos-Afraid-of-SaaS/Whos-Afraid-of-SaaS.html No one doubts that the technology mantra known as Software as a Service will bring forth enormous opportunities for the consulting world's extended family. The only question is whose cousin will be on the menu? kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/46/1/Consultings-Covert-War/Consultings-Covert-War.html It’s no secret that IBM and EMC have become one of the tech sector’s most combative rivalries. What is not well known is that consultants are now throwing the hardest punches. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/479/1/Tracking-Technology---Points-of-Contact/Tracking-Technology---Points-of-Contact.html In the future, client relationships will be built upon numerous connections — each one energized by a wireless, officeless, billable consultant. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/250/1/Arkadiy-Dobkin---EPAM-Systems/Arkadiy-Dobkin---EPAM-Systems.html Back in the late 1980s, Arkadiy Dobkin remembers, he envied the freedom with which Indian programmers were able to commute between their U.S. clients and their start-up consultancies inside India. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/249/1/Gary-Neilson---Booz-Allen-Hamilton/Gary-Neilson---Booz-Allen-Hamilton.html So when does he have time to author and co-author books and a stream of 25 articles on organizational design? “Mainly, I write when I am on planes,” he says. He can’t stop working with clients; the flow of innovative ideas to write about might dry up. “The only time I get good ideas is when I’m working with clients. Otherwise, you’re left with just reading about clients in magazines,” he says. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/248/1/N-Chandrasekaran---Tata-Consultancy-Services/N-Chandrasekaran---Tata-Consultancy-Services.html Feature kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/247/1/Peter-Walsh---Mercer-Management-Consulting/Peter-Walsh---Mercer-Management-Consulting.html Peter Walsh had no interest in the aviation industry until 1991, when, as a specialist in restructuring troubled companies, he was given the job of restructuring America West Airlines. He quickly discovered how intellectually stimulating the aviation industry actually was. “It is like trying to solve all of the world’s most complex industrial problems. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/246/1/Ronald-Nicol---Boston-Consulting-Group/Ronald-Nicol---Boston-Consulting-Group.html After seven years of active U.S. Navy duty spent aboard a ballistic-missile submarine, Ronald Nicol returned to the surface and soon plunged into the consulting profession. He hasn’t come up for air since. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/245/1/Ashish-Singh---Bain--Company/Ashish-Singh---Bain--Company.html Singh, a Bain & Company partner, is opening the firm’s first full-fledged consulting office in India; although the doors to the new Gurgaon office don’t officially open until July, Singh’s team began serving multinationals and India-based clients from the office earlier this year. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/243/1/Michael-Mankins---Marakon-Associates/Michael-Mankins---Marakon-Associates.html In the consulting profession, there has been a (gradually) growing sense that diversity is an important issue. Rather than waiting for that notion to be fleshed out, Tonie Leatherberry began guiding Deloitte Consulting toward a better understanding of diversity — and its value in the marketplace — three years ago. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/242/1/Atul-Vashistha---neoIT/Atul-Vashistha---neoIT.html As a senior vice president with Cardinal Health in the mid-1990s, Atul Vashistha came up with a distinctly consultant-esque realization. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/241/1/Phil-Parr---Hitachi-Consulting/Phil-Parr---Hitachi-Consulting.html Phil Parr spent the bulk of his 20+-year consulting career at top-tier consulting firms, mainly the Andersen/Accenture combination. So, it isn’t surprising that when he arrived at Hitachi Consulting, then considered a middle-market player, he was determined to drive it into the top ranks. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/240/1/Tonie-Leatherberry---Deloitte-Consulting/Tonie-Leatherberry---Deloitte-Consulting.html In the consulting profession, there has been a (gradually) growing sense that diversity is an important issue. Rather than waiting for that notion to be fleshed out, Tonie Leatherberry began guiding Deloitte Consulting toward a better understanding of diversity — and its value in the marketplace — three years ago.  kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/239/1/Kaz-Uchida---Boston-Consulting-Group/Kaz-Uchida---Boston-Consulting-Group.html When Kaz Uchida was being recruited by McKinsey & Company’s Tokyo office in the mid-’80s, a friend tried to dissuade him from pursuing a career in consulting and encouraged him to first speak to a consultant he knew at the Boston Consulting Group. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/238/1/David-Fine---McKinsey--Company/David-Fine---McKinsey--Company.html In the realm of towering ideas, “leadership acceleration” stands a story or two above the rest. It’s a notion capable of advancing not just one company or one nation, but the world, and its origins can be traced not simply to a classroom, laboratory, or business best-seller, but to a handful of consultants from McKinsey & Company. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/237/1/Richard-Spitzer---Accenture/Richard-Spitzer---Accenture.html Richard Spitzer spends a lot of time on planes to help his clients build and sell better cars and automotive equipment.Richard Spitzer spends a lot of time on planes to help his clients build and sell better cars and automotive equipment. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/236/1/Ravin-Jesuthansan---Towers-Perrin/Ravin-Jesuthansan---Towers-Perrin.html Towers Perrin Managing Principal Ravin Jesuthasan’s clients are grateful that he “gets under the skin” of their company. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/235/1/Bridget-Van-Kralingen---IBM-Corp/Bridget-Van-Kralingen---IBM-Corp.html Bridget Van Kralingen believes that changing the world is hard — and a little soft, too. Equipped with a business degree in organizational psychology, the U.K. native spent two years conducting organizational development research in South Africa during the 1980s as the country and its institutions were in the throes of shedding apartheid. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/234/1/Don-Rippert---Accenture/Don-Rippert---Accenture.html As his firm’s chief technology officer, Don Rippert wields a stubborn confidence when it comes to reading the technology world’s tea leaves. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/233/1/Julie-Howard---Navigant-Consulting-Inc/Julie-Howard---Navigant-Consulting-Inc.html When describing the value proposition clients seek, Navigant Consulting President and COO Julie Howard offers an equation that resides outside most mathematicians' comfort zones: 1 + 1 = 3. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/232/1/Jay-Norman---DiamondCluster/Jay-Norman---DiamondCluster.html Jay Norman likes what he sees from his new position. Promoted to president and chief operating officer of DiamondCluster International in April, Nor-man envisions his firm doubling in size during the next five years. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/231/1/Bill-Pulleyblank---IBM-Corp/Bill-Pulleyblank---IBM-Corp.html Top 25 Consultants of 2006, Bill Pulleyblank of IBM Corp. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/161/1/Chris-Formant---Bearing-Point/Chris-Formant---Bearing-Point.html Christopher Formant is not the type to back down from challenges. Three years ago, Formant took over BearingPoint’s global financial services practice, which was at the time the worst performer of the firm’s three business units. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/160/1/David-Speltz---Huron-Consulting/David-Speltz---Huron-Consulting.html Don’t expect David Speltz to take the money and run. He sold Speltz & Weis to Huron Consulting a year ago. But far from racing off to a golden retirement, the 60-year-old health industry turnaround specialist sees the fun just beginning. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/159/1/Paul-Sailor---Buck-Consultants/Paul-Sailor---Buck-Consultants.html Consultants usually like to hear a client call them by their last name: The informality suggests familiarity, camaraderie, and a certain degree of trust. Buck Consultants’ Paul Sailor appreciates that his clients call out his surname frequently. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/158/1/Mary-Sue-Rogers---IBM-Corp/Mary-Sue-Rogers---IMB-Corp.html Given that Mary Sue Rogers is herself an aging or — as she quickly point out — a maturing baby boomer, you could not be faulted for suspecting that she had a closely vested interest in her current area of focus — the implications of an aging workforce on companies, governments, and social policy. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/157/1/Michael-Gibbons---Unisys-Corp/Michael-Gibbons---Unisys-Corp.html When you come down to it, Michael Gibbons is a cop. He just happens to be a top-notch consultant, too. “I spent a long time in the FBI, but even there, most of the time I was doing consulting work. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/156/1/-A-Talk-With-McKinseys-David-Fine/-A-Talk-With-McKinseys-David-Fine.html In the realm of towering ideas leadership acceleration stands a story or two above the rest. It’s a notion capable of advancing not one company or one nation, but the world, and its origins can be traced not to a classroom, laboratory or business bestseller, but a handful of consultants from McKinsey & Company. editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/155/1/Lee-Dittmar---Deloitte-Consulting-LLP/Lee-Dittmar---Deloitte-Consulting-LLP.html Four years ago, the governance and compliance consulting marketplace featured a radioactive mix of overburdened clients, risk-averse auditors, angry investors, and active regulators. Deloitte Consulting Principal Lee Dittmar dove into the fray, figuring that the challenges couldn’t be any more difficult than nuclear physics. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/427/1/Firm-Snapshot-BPM-Partners/Firm-Snapshot-BPM-Partners.html The key measures of BPM Partners’ success? Expertise, independence, and understanding. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/426/1/Firm-Snapshot-Acme-Business-Consulting/Firm-Snapshot-Acme-Business-Consulting.html Two years after leaving the consulting world, the founding principals of ACME Business Consulting asked a question that would launch their firm: “How do we roll up our sleeves and build a consulting model that is better than the one we grew up with?” kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/425/1/Firm-Snapshot-EBPartners-EBP/Firm-Snapshot-EBPartners-EBP.html As Simon Baker sees it, managing a high-growth consulting firm is similar to running a systems implementation unit within a Big Four consulting practice. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (News Staff) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/424/1/Firm-Snapshot-Pcubed/Firm-Snapshot-Pcubed.html Twelve years ago, Paul Driver’s boss warned him not to leave Andersen Consulting to help launch a small project-management firm. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/423/1/Firm-Snapshot-Anderson-Performance/Firm-Snapshot-Anderson-Performance.html As a girl growing up on a farm, Louise Anderson dreamed of jockeying cattle. “Sometimes a cow is worth more in Colorado than it is in the Midwest,” explains Anderson, the CEO of Anderson Performance Improvement Company (APIC). “You take the cow to where the audience has a need, and the perceived value of the cattle is greater.” kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/422/1/Firm-Snapshot-Point-B/Firm-Snapshot-Point-B.html Any important, cross-functional project begins at Point A and thencollides with obstacles that impede its progress. That’s when — and why — Point B enters the picture. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/421/1/Firm-Snapshot-Monitor-Networks/Firm-Snapshot-Monitor-Networks.html Late last year, Chris Meyer gave himself a hefty goal: To describe his new firm’s mission using 10 percent less time with each successive month kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/37/1/Adopting-a-Global-Mind-Set/Adopting-a-Global-Mind-Set.html Al Berrios argues that the Global Ambitions of firms should be judged not by how many Offshore Offices they open, but by how they Learn and Advise. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Al Berrios) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/35/1/How-IBM-is-Applying-Science/How-IBM-is-Applying-Science.html Having morphed into one of the largest suppliers of professional services in the world, a technology giant believes that a healthy dose of science will someday turn a portfolio of low-margin, labor-intensive activity into high-margin, billable services kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/42/1/The-Flights-of-the-Phoenixes/The-Flights-of-the-Phoenixes.html From Andersen's Ashes, a Flock of Consulting Contenders has taken off. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/41/1/Engagement-of-the-Century/Engagement-of-the-Century.html In 1946, a Vienna-born political science professor published a book discussing the findings of a study he had recently completed for the management of General Motors Corp. There would be no return engagement.   editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/34/1/Leaders-Tout-Global-Credentials/Leaders-Tout-Global-Credentials.html Top consultants from Mercer Oliver Wyman, Navigant Consulting, Deloitte Consulting, and others met in real time to convene the consulting sector’s first daylong interactive event. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/33/1/The-World-Is-Flat-and-Other-Offshore-Myths/The-World-Is-Flat-and-Other-Offshore-Myths.html While client demands may vary widely, the challenge for consultants is to more quickly harvest performance insights and make them actionable. And nowhere are those insights more plentiful today than along the organization paths plowed by the steel-tooth dictums of Sarbanes-Oxley. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/494/1/Three-Milestones/Three-Milestones.html Any consulting firm worth its salt regularly conducts projects that propel client organizations to performance breakthroughs. But how many of those projects represent a turning point for the consulting firm itself? kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric Krell) Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/40/1/How-SOX-Is-Giving-Rise-to-a-BPM-Bumper-Crop/How-SOX-Is-Giving-Rise-to-a-BPM-Bumper-Crop.html While client demands may vary widely, the challenge for consultants is to more quickly harvest performance insights and make them actionable. And nowhere are those insights more plentiful today than along the organization paths plowed by the steel-tooth dictums of Sarbanes-Oxley. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (James B. Lane) Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/39/1/Lets-Swing-Baby/Lets-Swing-Baby.html SOA promises to bring back the demand for IT professional services just like the good ole days, like client/server computing, like the e-business frenzy. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/36/1/Softwares-Great-Divide/Softwares-Great-Divide.html In the land of open source computing, some consultants see only trees where a forest now grows. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/491/1/How-Recruiters-Work/How-Recruiters-Work.html As the search for talent becomes ever more global, recruiters for leading firms are answering their firms’ staffing needs with a growing menu of talent supply options. Whether they’re seeking seasoned talent or recent grads, recruiters are uncovering new talent pools and venturing deeper in existing ones.   ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/490/1/Cover-Feature---China/Cover-Feature---China.html As Management Skills Trump Knowledge in the World’s Hottest Economy, the Profession Embraces a Grand New Mission.  editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/489/1/Oh-The-Places-We-Will-Go/Oh-The-Places-We-Will-Go.html It’s arrival time for the results of our annual best places to stay survey, in which we once again set out to find out everything we could about your life on the road. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/282/1/Best-Places-to-Stay-2005/Best-Places-to-Stay-2005.html Consultants on the road name the Best Places to Stay. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Writer) Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/48/1/Observations-on-Evolving-Business-Designs/Observations-on-Evolving-Business-Designs.html CEO of Mercer Management Consulting and group executive for Mercer’s specialty consulting businesses. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (David J. Morrison) Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/47/1/The-RFID-Land-Grab/The-RFID-Land-Grab.html It was once a wilderness suited best for those who thrive along the bleeding edge of technology. But where there was once only a few, now there are many. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/52/1/Consultants-and-Nation-Building/Consultants-and-Nation-Building.html Written by Chairman & CEO, BearingPoint kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Rod McGeary) Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/51/1/Lessons-from-the-Road-Tips-for-Long-Distance-Parents/Lessons-from-the-Road-Tips-for-Long-Distance-Parents.html The time you spend away from the ones you love doesn’t all belong to the client —and doesn’t always have to come at a high price. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Mina Landriscina) Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/50/1/The-Paperless-Chase/The-Paperless-Chase.html Courage, conviction, and a willingness to make tough choices may advance Booz Allen and other firms to information-sharing's winner’s circle. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/49/1/How-IBM-Is-Making-Innovation-Matter-Part-2/How-IBM-Is-Making-Innovation-Matter-Part-2.html The Soul of a New Consultancy (Part 2 of 2). editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/486/1/Getting-IT/Getting-IT.html Be it a whack on the side of the head, or some other form of inspired enlightenment, firms of all sizes are finally leveraging the powers of application software. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/133/1/Going-the-Distance/Going-the-Distance.html A new year has arrived, and the passions behind the profession's offshoring debate have shown little sign of subsiding. kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Alan Radding) Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/132/1/The-Soul-of-a-New-Consultancy/The-Soul-of-a-New-Consultancy.html Inside a Wall Street-wary world, can IBM put clients first? editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney) Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/498/1/The-Return-of-the-Body-Matchers/The-Return-of-the-Body-Matchers.html A mix of seasoned human capitalists and hard-core technologists discuss how consulting firms can better leverage technology to manage talent more effectively. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/497/1/The-Talent-Wars-Next-Big-Battle/The-Talent-Wars-Next-Big-Battle.html Having remedied their overcapacity blues with some strong medicine, consulting firms are opening a new front in the war for talent — one where mean and lean competitors battle with fine-tuned utilization applications instead of stock options, and leverage offshore capabilities instead of signing bonuses. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Fri, 06 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/495/1/The-Origin-of-Species/The-Origin-of-Species.html Having evolved from the past, Accenture morphs into the firm of the future. ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine) Sun, 04 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500