Kennedy Corner
»The New War For Talent
When a meteorite blazed through the morning skies of central Russia in mid-February and exploded, the news media described it as a rare event. And it was. Fast forward one month and just about every government in the world is looking at the potential for a "rare event" to visit their borders, and wringing their hands over how to prepare for it.
»Here Comes Patient-Centric Health
U.S consumers are accustomed to choices. We often take for granted our ability to select products, price points and preferred channels. Why, then, do we as patients expect anything less from our healthcare providers?
»The Market Always Finds a Way
In the 1993 Steven Spielberg film Jurassic Park, the protagonists discovered at one point (to their horror) that the island’s dinosaurs, which had all been created the same gender, had somehow managed to reproduce. “Life always finds a way,” muttered Sam Neill’s character Dr. Alan Grant.
»2012 in Review, and a Look Ahead
Looking back, several market forces propelled global consulting demand, causing firms and clients to undertake larger and more ambitious engagements than in recent years. The rapidly changing nature of client needs and the continued evolution of provider capabilities converged around some key themes.
»Change and Collaboration—The Rx For a Healthy Life Sciences Industry
For many of us in the U.S., it’s time to update healthcare benefit selections and learn of new or revised healthcare insurance plan offerings, options, and features. In many ways, the change and complexity we face as end users reflects the upstream challenges facing the healthcare industry at large.
»Kennedy Corner: Change Management; Easier Said Than Done
Business leaders have an arsenal of management tools at their disposal ready to deploy for almost any business need, from boosting revenues to increasing efficiencies and managing risk.
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Travel Advisory
»Hilton’s Building Boom
Coming off a whirlwind 2012, Hilton Worldwide is the fastest growing global hospitality company by number of rooms.
»Extended Stay America Serves Up Free Breakfasts With ‘Grab and Go’
Extended Stay America launched a new Grab and Go Breakfast program, which is available seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at all of its more than 600 locations.
»Homewood Suites Survey: Comfort is King
A new survey of frequent business travelers found that they want more room to spread out, the ability to maintain a normal routine and opportunities to interact with business associates and fellow travelers.
»Furnished Quarters Wins CARTUS Award
Furnished Quarters was awarded the CARTUS Global Network’s Commitment to Excellence Award for the third consecutive year.
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Book It!
»Excerpt: Finding Your Firm’s Growth Engine
The following is an excerpt from Leading Firms: How Great Professional Service Firms Succeed & How Your Firm Can Too by David C. Kuhlman. In the book, Kuhlman distills 25 years of
experience advising senior management at some of the world’s most prominent consulting firms. This excerpt from Chapter Six: “The Growth Engine” explores two of the key factors driving growth in the most successful firms.
»Excerpt: The Online Marketing Revolution
The following is an excerpt from Online Marketing for Professional Services, a thought-provoking and practical approach to online marketing by authors Aaron E. Taylor, Sylvia Montgomery, Sean T. McVey and Lee W. Frederiksen.
»Review: Tipping Sacred Cows
We all have those sacred cows at work, but these nuggets of advice, in practice, can lead to career-limiting unintended consequences.
»Review: Playing to Win
If strategy is about creating a competitive advantage that allows a firm to win, then pinpointing your strategy to just a few choices will dramatically increase your chances of success.
»Review: Seeing the Big Picture
According to Kevin Cope, founder of Acumen Learning and author of Seeing the Big Picture, all companies are driven to success or failure by the same five simple drivers—cash, profit, assets, growth and people
»Review: Get Lucky
As the pace of change accelerates and the volume of information explodes, everyone is under great pressure to connect with the people and ideas we need to thrive.
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»Despite Job Market, Deloitte Finds Talent Still Top Priority
Despite high unemployment, with recent reports of job gains showing a modest decline in the U.S. unemployment rate, HR professionals have continued concerns about attracting and retaining top talent.
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»Buck Rolls Out Private Health Exchange
Buck Consultants plans to launch RightOpt, a private health exchange for employers with 3,000 or more benefit-eligible employees.
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»One on One With PeopleFirm’s Tamra Chandler
Annual performance reviews are a time-honored tradition within consulting firms of all sizes, but innovations like crowdsourcing and social media are rapidly making the standard supervisor-employee model of performance reviews obsolete. Tamra Chandler, CEO of talent and change management consulting firm PeopleFirm says the old way of doing things is changing and that some companies are already ahead of the curve.
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»The 2012 Women Leaders in Consulting: Nicola Russell
After a dozen years in a client-facing role, Nicola Russell wanted to try something different. So she did. Russell is now Slalom’s Director of Talent Management, a group that develops and grows employees across Slalom through learning and development, career management, leadership, performance, and employee systems.
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»The 2012 Women Leaders in Consulting: Holly Collins
Holly Collins is a Partner with Mercer’s Health & Benefit Practice in Newport Beach, Calif. She joined the firm 11 years ago and has over 15 years of experience in the employee health and benefit field. Collins specializes in strategic benefit plan program development for complex organizations.
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»The 2012 Women Leaders in Consulting: Barbara Adachi
Barbara Adachi, National Managing Director for Deloitte’s Human Capital Consulting Practice, came to consulting by accident. She began her career as a secretary at a health insurance company. “Lucky for me, I had an incredible mentor that showed me the ropes,” she says.
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»Deloitte Acquires HR firm Bersin & Associates
Deloitte has acquired substantially all of the assets of Oakland, Calif.-based Bersin & Associates, a provider of research-based membership programs and advisory services in the human resources (HR), talent and learning market.
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»Make or Buy Rainmakers?
Professional services firms have long sought the Holy Grail of control over revenue flow. At firms receiving much of their income from projects, cases or engagements, talk of evergreen services and evergreen clients reflects a longing for the security of reliable and predictable sources of revenue.
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»One on One With CEB’s Tom Monahan
Over the last three decades, CEB has seen tremendous, steady growth and double-digit profitability, advising a diverse client list on how to best keep up with an ever-changing industry and constantly shifting demands and expectations. CEB’s success in this arena has Chairman and CEO Tom Monahan call his firm, “The Most Influential Company You’ve Never Heard Of.” And they’re just getting warmed up.
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»Mercer: 40% of Organizations Will Expand Workforce
According to Mercer’s 2012 Attraction and Retention Survey, more than 40 percent of organizations are expanding their overall workforce in 2012 compared to just 27 percent in 2010.
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