10. Kurt Salmon
Kurt Salmon believes in investing in its people and takes great pride in its culture, says Madison Riley, Managing Partner, North America. To maintain it, the firm specifically looks for consultants with an entrepreneurial bent who will also mesh with the tight-knit group of passionate employees, who the firm describes as intellectually curious and committed to excellence.
The result, Riley says, is a strong team that can stand toe-to-toe with much larger competitors.
"We prize our culture of collaboration and the deep industry specialization/expertise that drives results-oriented approaches—the key to Kurt Salmon's longstanding client relationships," he said.
After a strategy reboot in 2011, Kurt Salmon is clearly hitting its stride—2014 marks the third consecutive year the firm has been a Best Firm to Work For. This year, the firm excelled in the Culture and Career Development categories.
Given the specialized nature of the firm, it's crucial that all of its consultants be equipped with deep industry knowledge. So at Kurt Salmon, new consultants are client facing from their very first day. This results in a confident, forward-looking workforce prepared to engage with clients and colleagues and take on the myriad challenges a consultant faces on engagements.
"In our space, we're committed to and known for building the market leaders of tomorrow—whatever tomorrow might look like—by crafting agile solutions that solve the problems of today while anticipating the challenges of the future.
We believe that the organizations that will find success today and tomorrow have to have the strategy, infrastructure and people in place that allow them to respond quickly and innovatively to any changes that come their way. And that's what we deliver. The most successful organizations integrate strategic insight, operational excellence and a deep understanding of their customers. They take an integrated approach, refusing to compromise between these key components of competitive advantage. So do we."
Riley says being named a Best Firm to Work For sends a clear message that the investment they make in their professionals as well as their client service is working.
"Such rankings also provide third-party validation of what we know to be true—that our teams are among the best in the business. We prize our culture of collaboration and the deep industry specialization/expertise that drives results-oriented approaches—the key to Kurt Salmon's longstanding client relationships. The recognition also showcases our strengths and unique value proposition to potential new colleagues, a high priority as we continue recruiting at all levels."
What's your top priority the next 12 months?
Madison Riley, Managing Partner, North America, says: "Our top priority is continued investment in growth. We believe that together we can double the size of our business in the next few years, and we are committed to doing so. We will grow both organically and through strategic acquisition. Organically there is still plenty of opportunity in our core existing service/capability areas; but we also see growth coming in areas where we have traditionally not been known and in which our clients have strong needs. Areas such as: analytics, digital strategy and execution, and marketing. All three of these growth opportunity areas are highly linked and related. What is driving marketing today is the ability to leverage large quantities of data through analytics and to employ digital means to interact/engage with customers."
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