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					  <title>Former MOW Partner Goes Back to School</title>
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					  <description>When former Mercer Oliver Wyman partner John Haigh recently returned to the firm to speak about his career experiences, he wrote the terms &#8220;strategy,&#8221; &#8220;organizational structure,&#8221; &#8220;business processes&#8221; and &#8220;organizational culture&#8221; on a white board. </description>
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					  <title>Deltek CEO Says New Industry-Specific Offering 'Trying to Put an End to the Spreadsheet Jockey'</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/774/1/Deltek-CEO-Says-New-Industry-Specific-Offering-Trying-to-Put-an-End-to-the-Spreadsheet-Jockey/Deltek-CEO-Says-New-Industry-Specific-Offering-Trying-to-Put-an-End-to-the-Spreadsheet-Jockey.html</link>
					  <description>In April, Deltek launched the Consulting Edition of Deltek Vision, its enterprise solutions software that&#8217;s been customized for consultancies and includes functionality around human capital management and workforce optimization. Deltek CEO Kevin Parker sat down with editor-in-chief Joe Kornik to discuss the industry and the product. </description>
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					  <title>McKinsey Diagnosis: Medical Travel Not Healthy</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/773/1/McKinsey-Diagnosis-Medical-Travel-Not-Healthy/McKinsey-Diagnosis-Medical-Travel-Not-Healthy.html</link>
					  <description>What does the future look like for the medical travel industry? It&#8217;s a question that McKinsey &#38; Company has been looking at for the past eight months, says consultant Ceani Guevara, who worked on a report with colleagues Tilman Ehrbeck and Paul D. Mango. </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
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					  <title>Out of Office, Donna Jarmusz</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/772/1/Out-of-Office-Donna-Jarmusz/Out-of-Office-Donna-Jarmusz.html</link>
					  <description>Donna Jarmusz, senior vice president of business development with Alter+Care, a national business and facility development firm, saw a need in her own family. So she started We Grow Dreams, a not-for-profit greenhouse that helps young adults with disabilities get job training, a little more than three years ago. &#8220;It&#8217;s a whole different level of interaction with people,&#8221; Jarmusz says. &#8220;You&#8217;re really getting more involved with people&#8217;s personal lives. And it helps you to become a better listener, a better communicator.&#8221; Consulting spoke with Jarmusz about her work. </description>
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					  <title>Sapient Launches Business Intelligence Offering</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/771/1/Sapient-Launches-Business-Intelligence-Offering/Sapient-Launches-Business-Intelligence-Offering.html</link>
					  <description>Earlier this year, Sapient announced the launch of its new business intelligence (BI) offering. The goal of these new services is to allow SAP clients to fully realize their BI capabilities. </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
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					  <title>Breaking the Gender Barrier</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/770/1/Breaking-the-Gender-Barrier/Breaking-the-Gender-Barrier.html</link>
					  <description>Clifton Gunderson&#8217;s McMasters poised to be only female CEO of a Top 25 public accounting firmWhen Krista McMasters assumes the role of CEO one year from now at Clifton Gunderson, she will become the first and only female to have ever held the title among the U.S.&#8217;s top 25 public accounting firms. </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
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					  <title>Navigant: Old S&#38;L Scandals Similar to New Subprime Mess</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/769/1/Navigant-Old-SL-Scandals-Similar-to-New-Subprime-Mess/Navigant-Old-SL-Scandals-Similar-to-New-Subprime-Mess.html</link>
					  <description>Do parallels exist between the savings and loan scandals of the early 1990s and the subprime mortgage and credit crisis of today? </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
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					  <title>Deloitte CEO: We Can't Rest on Laurels</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/768/1/Deloitte-CEO-We-Cant-Rest-on-Laurels/Deloitte-CEO-We-Cant-Rest-on-Laurels.html</link>
					  <description>By any measure, Deloitte Consulting&#8217;s had a pretty good year. Even with a slowing economy, the firm grew at an 18 percent clip for the fiscal year ended May 31, and is forecasting low double-digit growth for this year. Consulting&#8217;s editor-in-chief Joe Kornik sat down with Doug Lattner, Deloitte Consulting chairman and CEO, to discuss what lies ahead for the firm, the market and the industry. </description>
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					  <title>How a Towers Perrin Consulting Career Took a Dive</title>
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					  <description>Todd Barber&#8217;s experience as a compensation consultant helped him find a career that was right on the money&#8212;and under the sea. </description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric  Krell)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Oracle Exec: Non-linear Growth, Strategic Workforce Management Key for Firms</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/728/1/Oracle-Exec-Non-linear-Growth-Strategic-Workforce-Management-Key-for-Firms/Oracle-Exec-Non-linear-Growth-Strategic-Workforce-Management-Key-for-Firms.html</link>
					  <description>Sonny Singh, senior vice president of Oracle&#8217;s Products and Industries Business Unit, says resource management is the biggest issue facing consulting firms today. And as the driver of Oracle&#8217;s go-to-market strategy in the business consultant unit&#8212;and as a former vice president of Oracle Consulting&#8212;Singh knows a thing or two about what makes consultants tick. Joe Kornik, Consulting magazine&#8217;s editor-in-chief, sat down with Singh to discuss the industry&#8217;s biggest challenges. </description>
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					  <title>Lessons from the Campaign Trail</title>
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					  <description>Deloitte: Presidential tactics can translate to corporate success </description>
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					  <title>New Proudfoot President's Goal: Growth</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/726/1/New-Proudfoot-Presidents-Goal-Growth/New-Proudfoot-Presidents-Goal-Growth.html</link>
					  <description>Melgarejo wants a 25 percent staff increase by next yearHugo Melgarejo doesn&#8217;t fear a recession.&#8220;I actually see a tremendous opportunity for growth,&#8221; says Proudfoot Consulting&#8217;s new president of North America operations. &#8220;Companies are more willing to invest in things that will allow them to manage their customers effectively. Historically, when you look at the history of Proudfoot, [when] recession comes, it&#8217;s actually a boom for our organization.&#8221; </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
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					  <title>On a Roll: From Booz Allen to Bowling Alley</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/687/1/On-a-Roll-From-Booz-Allen-to-Bowling-Alley/On-a-Roll-From-Booz-Allen-to-Bowling-Alley.html</link>
					  <description>Sharon Joseph Co-Founder and CEO, Harlem LanesThe competitive analyses Harlem Lanes co-founder and CEO Sharon Joseph churned out as a consultant in Booz Allen Hamilton&#8217;s financial services practice helped get a community-oriented entrepreneurial venture rolling. Joseph and her aunt, Gail Richards, were struck by the same thought as they walked through Harlem in late 2001: Why is there so little interactive, family entertainment in rapidly revitalizing Harlem? </description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric  Krell)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Short Takes News Briefs March/April 2008</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/682/1/Short-Takes-News-Briefs-MarchApril-2008/Short-Takes-News-Briefs-MarchApril-2008.html</link>
					  <description>Parry out as CEO of MCGKevin Parry has resigned as CEO of the London-based Management Consulting Group. His resignation is effective immediately. As of press time, a new CEO had not been appointed to lead MCG. MCG, which rose out of Proudfoot Consulting in 2001, currently owns seven consulting firms: CBH Consulting, Ineum Consulting, Kurt Salmon Associates, Parson Consulting, Proudfoot Consulting, Salzer Consulting and Viaduct Consulting. </description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Out of Office - Fred Thomas-Dupuis</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/679/1/Out-of-Office---Fred-Thomas-Dupuis/Out-of-Office---Fred-Thomas-Dupuis.html</link>
					  <description>Fred Thomas-Dupuis used his signing bonus from Oliver Wyman to defer the start of his employment. It wasn&#8217;t that he wasn&#8217;t thrilled to be joining the firm&#8212;but he had a movie to finish. Thomas-Dupuis, now an associate at OW, and his brother Marc&#8217;s work &#8220;Places Everyone&#8221; wasn&#8217;t wrapped and delivered to the Montreal World Film Festival until five years after commencement. </description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>On The Money</title>
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					  <description>Nascent firm, Milestone, is successfully navigating a tricky financial landscapeJess Varughese sure picked a tough time launch a firm focused on global financial markets industry. But Varughese, managing partner of New York-based Milestone Advisory Services, doesn&#8217;t see it that way. &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing like tough market conditions to validate whether or not you&#8217;re in the right business, and whether that business has staying power,&#8221; Varughese says. &#8220;Actually, we feel pretty good that our business model has been validated.&#8221; </description>
					  <author>jkornik@kennedyinfo.com (Joe Kornik)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>At Landor, Brand Building is the Name of the Game</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/657/1/At-Landor-Brand-Building-is-the-Name-of-the-Game/At-Landor-Brand-Building-is-the-Name-of-the-Game.html</link>
					  <description>What&#8217;s in a name? A lot, if you ask Hayes Roth, chief marketing officer at Landor Associates. His consultancy has been looking at not only what the hot brand of the moment is, but also what brands have built considerable equity with audiences. </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>DataWatch: Strategic Decisions: Are You Informed?</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/656/1/DataWatch-Strategic-Decisions-Are-You-Informed/DataWatch-Strategic-Decisions-Are-You-Informed.html</link>
					  <description>Are you in the know when it comes to your firm&#8217;s overall business strategy and direction? While it certainly makes business sense for all consultants to be on the same page, our data shows that isn&#8217;t always the case. The following charts on company strategy and direction are compiled from our 2007 Best Firms to Work Survey of 9,000 consultants representing some 190 firms. The survey was conducted in July 2007, and the key findings were published in the September/October issue of Consulting magazine. </description>
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					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Columbia Students Have Their Eyes on the A.T. Kearney Prize</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/655/1/Columbia-Students-Have-Their-Eyes-on-the-AT-Kearney-Prize/Columbia-Students-Have-Their-Eyes-on-the-AT-Kearney-Prize.html</link>
					  <description>While consultancies fight over fresh MBA grads, A.T. Kearney is winning them over before graduation day. Through the A.T. Kearney Global Prize, students can make a strong first impression at a top consultancy before even submitting a resume. </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Huron Hires Focus on Academic Medical Centers</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/654/1/Huron-Hires-Focus-on-Academic-Medical-Centers/Huron-Hires-Focus-on-Academic-Medical-Centers.html</link>
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					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
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					  <title>Out of Office</title>
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					  <description>When Lee Dittmar enters a room, others immediately ask:When is he going to sing? As a principal at Deloitte Consulting and the leader of its governance, risk and compliance practice, Dittmar has been known to liven up a lagging training session with song or even make a guest appearance at a party. He recently spoke to Consulting about his ability to carry a tune.</description>
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					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Picking Up The Pace</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/652/1/Picking-Up-The-Pace/Picking-Up-The-Pace.html</link>
					  <description>Pace Harmon&#8217;s aggressive growth plan includes doubling its workforce&#8212;and revenue&#8212;by 2010 </description>
					  <author>jkornik@kennedyinfo.com (Joe Kornik)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Giving New Meaning to Transformational Work</title>
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					  <description>Highlighting the work of those who've left the profession </description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Eric  Krell)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Employee Profiling: I&#39;m Lovin&#39; It</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/646/1/Employee-Profiling-Im-Lovin-It/Employee-Profiling-Im-Lovin-It.html</link>
					  <description>McDonald's uses psychological testing to find future stars </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Is the Cable Industry Broken?</title>
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					  <description>Dr. Imran Shah, co-founder of broadband specialist IBB Consulting, doesn't think so. </description>
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					  <title>Managing the 2R Way</title>
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					  <description>One of my favorite books is called The 2R Manager, [Jossey Bass, 2002]. It was written by Peter Friedes, the former CEO of the HR consulting firm Hewitt Associates. (Full disclosure: I liked the book so much, I wrote the foreword.) </description>
					  <author>david@davidmaister.com (David Maister)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Don&#39;t worry: They&#39;re happy ... and spending</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/565/1/Dont-worry-Theyre-happy--and-spending/Dont-worry-Theyre-happy--and-spending.html</link>
					  <description>Ask a client about his or her satisfaction with a given consultant, and the answer is likely to come with a smile. That&#8217;s according to a new American Management Association/Institute of Management Consultants survey that polled executives about their client-consultant experiences. Eighty-two percent rated those experiences as positive. </description>
					  <author>jdurett@kennedyinfo.com (Jacqueline Durett)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Mobilizing Minds the McKinsey way</title>
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					  <description>Lowell Bryan is a senior partner at McKinsey &#38; Company and co-author of the new book Mobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth From Talent in the 21st Century Organization. Bryan sat down recently with Consulting magazine to discuss the book. </description>
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					  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Capgemini eyes North American growth with BPO</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/562/1/Capgemini-eyes-North-American-growth-with-BPO/Capgemini-eyes-North-American-growth-with-BPO.html</link>
					  <description>Last month, Capgemini unveiled new services and enhancements as part of an expanded Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solution portfolio. This expansion is focused on growth in North America. </description>
					  <author>ConsultingMag@kennedyinfo.com (Consulting magazine)</author>
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					  <title>Three Questions for Oliver Wyman's Adrian Slywotzky</title>
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					  <description>The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs (Crown Business, May 2007), this Oliver Wyman director says that companies should be on the lookout for big risks that can kill their business model.</description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Stacy  Collett)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Three Questions for Deloitte Consulting's Michael E. Raynor</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/518/1/Three-Questions-for-Deloitte-Consultings-Michael-E-Raynor/Three-Questions-for-Deloitte-Consultings-Michael-E-Raynor.html</link>
					  <description>In his latest book,&#160;The Strategy Paradox, this Distinguished Fellow at Deloitte Research discusses how to reduce risk without sacrificing returns.</description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Stacy  Collett)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Like Beauty, Opportunity Lies in the Eye of the Beholder</title>
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					  <description>The Unique Boutique - Like Beauty, Opportunity Lies in the Eye of the Beholder </description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Diamond Leverages Wealth, Targets Health</title>
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					  <description>Healthcare Practices - Diamond consultant Patricia O'Brien Rossiter spotlights a health-wealth convergence. </description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Writer)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>LEK Decodes the Hide-and-Seek Value Game</title>
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					  <description>Thought Leadership - Stuart Jackson, a partner at LEK, explains why greater market share doesn&#8217;t always lead to higher profitability.</description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Writer)</author>
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					  <title>Oxford Lecturer&#39;s Book Tweaks Profession&#39;s Soft Spot</title>
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					  <description>The Bookshelf -&#160; Oxford lecturer Chris McKenna offers the profession some insightful history lessons.</description>
					  <author>kechols@kennedyinfo.com (Senior Editor)</author>
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					  <title>Short Takes - Patricia O&#39;Brien-Rossiter, Diamond Consultant</title>
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					  <description>Diamond consultant Patricia O&#8217;Brien Rossiter spotlights a health-wealth convergence. </description>
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					  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <description>Stuart Jackson, a partner at LEK, explains why greater market share doesn&#8217;t always lead to higher profitability.&#160; </description>
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					  <description>Oxford Lecturer&#8217;s Book Tweaks Profession&#8217;s Soft Spot&#160; </description>
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					  <description>Personal Finance - For many consultants, the chance to spend time living abroad is a welcome opportunity to explore a new part of the world often implies plumper paychecks.  </description>
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					  <title>A New Tableau for Consultants</title>
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					  <description> 			Desktop Technology - If the folks at Tableau Software were looking to have their graphical desktop computing tool capture the attention of the consulting world, they might want to consider borrowing the words of Neil Armstrong (with some minor modifications, of course): &#8220;Tableau is one small step for desktop computing, one giant step for the consulting world.&#8221; </description>
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					  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Infosys Helps Interns Get "InStep" with India</title>
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					  <description> 			Recruiting - As part of Infosys Consulting&#8217;s quest to get employees to &#8220;Think Flat,&#8221; the company has just wrapped up one of its first summer internship programs targeted at students from nearly everywhere but India.</description>
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					  <description>  Technology Partnering - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer may have seat on Accenture&#8217;s board, but Oracle CEO Larry Ellison now owns the roof over the heads of Accenture consultants &#8212; or rather, the roof now over the heads of those Accenture consultants who last month joined the firm&#8217;s latest innovation center, located on Oracle&#8217;s Redwood Shores, CA, campus.</description>
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					  <title>Three Questions for Steven Myers</title>
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					  <description>The Consultancy Query - Steven Myers of SM&#38;A boasts that 88 percent of his clients win the government business they pursue together. </description>
					  <author>editor@kennedyinfo.com (Jack Sweeney)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/201/1/Keeping-an-Eye-on-the-Holy-Rollers/Keeping-an-Eye-on-the-Holy-Rollers.html</link>
					  <description> 			Industry Focus - If you had come across Willow Creek Community Church&#8217;s enormous 40-acre parking lot in South Barrington, IL, on Father&#8217;s Day this year, you may have wondered where church members were supposed to park their cars. That Sunday, not a single space was available for any of the church&#8217;s 22,000 weekend attendees.</description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Patience Paul, Patience!</title>
					  <link>http://www.consultingmag.com/articles/200/1/Patience-Paul-Patience/Patience-Paul-Patience.html</link>
					  <description> 			Firm Management - Sometime this fall, Salil Parekh could accomplish that which has eluded the five other executives who preceded him as leader of Capgemini&#8217;s North American operations: He could keep his job.</description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Accenture&#39;s Mini-MBA Takes Shape</title>
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					  <description> 			Firm Management - It&#8217;s no secret that every year consulting firms lose their most promising employees to business schools. </description>
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					  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <description>Among MBA students, McKinsey &#38; Company is still king. But the esteemed firm, which has had a 12-year-reign as the most popular place to work for MBA students, has a new competitor nipping at its heels for the crown: Google. </description>
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					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <description>Bill Albert, the academic-turned-consultant who helped establish Marakon Associates and supply the brash start-up with some intellectual edge, died at the age of 81 this past March. </description>
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					  <description>Unlike its two largest Indian offshore rivals &#8212; Infosys and Wipro &#8212; Tata Consultancy Services says that it currently has no plans to operate a separate consulting subsidiary within North America. </description>
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					  <description>For any leader struggling to lead a team through a period of change, Charles Fleetham has a novel approach for getting teams back on track. </description>
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					  <description>David Nadler is chairman of Mercer Delta Consulting. He is the author or editor of 14 books, including the recently published Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance. </description>
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					  <description>Case Team Leader, Bain &#38; Company, Shanghai, China </description>
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					  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <description>Offshoring - When IBM Corp. recently announced its plan to invest $6 billion in India over the next three years, it further strengthened India&#8217;s hand in the consulting world&#8217;s high stakes global game, and at the same time stoked the growing talent competition&#8194;with&#8194;India&#8217;s home-grown global contenders: Tata&#8194;Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies and Wipro Technologies. </description>
					  <author>editor@kennedyinfo.com (In&#233;s Peschiera)</author>
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