Category: Consulting skills

How To Get Along With Coworkers

Learning how to get along with coworkers is one of the most important things we can do on the job. After all, we spend a third of our lives at work – doesn’t it make sense to get along with the folks we work with? It’s not always easy. Learning how to get along with…

Developing Your Leadership Voice

Developing your leadership voice – what does this mean? No matter what industry you are in – from consulting to finance to tech and beyond – leadership voice is a topic that concerns every leader at every level. Having an effective leadership voice influences not only your interactions with others, but also the direction of…

Mass Customization

Whether you are a small business owner, or a consultant tasked with helping your client find ways to increase revenue, mass customization is a helpful tool to have in your toolbelt. In the modern market, customers have increasingly shown that they want options in what they buy. To satisfy the demand of the market, mass…

What Is Perfectionism & How to Overcome It

Perfectionism might seem - if you’ve spent a lot of time working in competitive schools, industries, and organizations - like a good thing. And this makes sense given the public values in those kinds of spaces. Our culture exalts achievement to the point of valuing work more than leisure, and even health and wellness. We…

Getting Passed Over for Promotion: Does Remote Work Make It More Likely?

Getting passed over for a promotion is something most people experience at some point. Of course, this is disappointing. But if you’re not careful, that disappointment can fester into resentment and insecurity. Better to transform the disappointment into motivation as you reorient to your long-term goals. That said, if you’re motivated by advancing within your…

Vaccine Distribution Plan: A Lesson in Operations Management

Vaccine distribution promises to be the silver bullet that stops the spread of Covid and ends the pandemic. But the distribution of Covid vaccines is just one step in a complex supply chain. Packaging, transporting, storing, and administering vaccines all represent stages of the process that create headaches at scale. The development of Covid vaccines…

Cybersecurity: From A Business Perspective

Cybersecurity is no longer just a buzzword. Frequent cyberthreats call for a proactive approach to cybersecurity from a business perspective. In late 2020, dozens of companies fell victim to a cyberattack orchestrated through a network monitoring software called SolarWinds. Like a trojan horse, hackers hid malicious code inside the SolarWinds program to gain access to…

4 Guidelines To Excellent PowerPoint Storytelling

We've all been there - sitting in that long, boring presentation after lunch, holding on for dear life to make it to the end awake. Where was this presentation when I needed to put my kid to sleep last night? To help you avoid this same fate, and not be that guy or girl, Management Consulted…

Business Analysis: Steps To Identify Problems

Business analysis roles are becoming increasingly popular. Why? They are the bridge between the business model (aka enterprise strategy) and the business functionality that is necessary in organizations. Business analysis involves aligning the expectations of various stakeholders when one or more wants a change, a new strategy, or a new policy that affects other stakeholders.…

Upskilling: Exploring How and Where to Learn New Skills Quickly

Upskilling has become a deep fascination for much of the consulting and professional worlds. As the world and the workplace continue to change at a breakneck pace, more and more workers are using upskilling to advance their training/specialization, and to deepen their arsenal of professional tools. In this article we’ll look at what, exactly, upskilling…