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What makes a good leader? It's a difficult question to answer but it's a code Deloitte has been working hard to crack. Consulting caught up with Deloitte Principal Jason Geller, National Managing Director of Deloitte's Human Capital Practice, to talk about the dire need for leadership development at all levels.

Every firm talks a good game about their culture, but when you have the stats to back it up like Infinitive does, culture is much more than a buzzword. In the second half of 2015 alone, the Ashburn, Va.-based firm has racked up considerable recognition as a top employer.

Over the last few years, Alvarez & Marsal has greatly expanded its roster and borders to encompass most regions of the globe. Today it has more than 1,000 operating professionals around the world, making it the largest global tax firm outside of the Big 4, according to Paul Aversano, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader of A&M's Transaction Advisory Group.

Technology researcher Gartner projects there will be 25 billion "connected things" by the end of the decade. Tata Consulting Services' 2015 Global Trend Study focused in on this new wave of transformative tech, the Internet of Things (IoT). We spoke to Dr. Satya Ramaswamy, VP and global head of TCS Digital Enterprise.

It's been a big couple of years for Point B. The firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary and just last year completed its transition to 100 percent employee ownership. Since then its stock price has risen 69 percent and earnings 111 percent, so it's safe to say firm morale is high, which Chuck Ritter, President of Consulting for Point B, attributes to the quality of its people.

A changing of the guard is underway in corporate America as Baby Boomers begin to reach retirement age in droves. The resulting generational difference is just one force disrupting longstanding perceptions of what work and employment are.