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ACME Consulting's growth is showing no signs of slowing down. Co-founder and Senior Manager and Principal David Kelleher says the firm is still looking at an annual compounding growth target of 30 percent as it expands into new geographies to help clients solve their most pressing problems. 

Consulting firm compensation is a hot button issue these days. While the industry overall enjoys solid growth, compensation at consultancies has actually remained somewhat flat. This has resulted in more consultants staying put at their firms, and lowering industry-wide attrition. Is that necessarily a good thing?

“Effective” and “government” are rarely words uttered in the same breath, especially these days. So needless to say, making government work better is a big business. It’s why BCG has hired operations expert Scott Hefter as a Partner. He sat down with to discuss his new role and his plans for growing the practice.

It’s no secret that analyzing and parsing through the massive pile of data companies accumulate through the natural course of doing business has become a huge industry. To bring all the parts together, North Highland recently launched its Social Insight Lab to harness the power of social to make sense of the data. Alex Bombeck, President of Sparks Grove, North Highland’s marketing division, sat down to explain how it works.

Assuming the role of President and Owner of a well-established consulting firm is a unique challenge. Kirsten Kuhlmann recently did just that at Oakland, Calif.-based Cliff Consulting.

Accenture has appointed Stephen Rohleder to lead its North America business, the firm’s largest market. sat down with Rohleder to talk growth opportunities, talent strategy and how the firm plans on grooming the next generation of consultants.