In December 2017, an 81-year-old Air Force veteran who fought in Vietnam hobbled into a hospital in Oregon seeking treatment. According to The New...Read more about The billable hour kills your firm’s values – what are the alternatives?
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The Pelorus – March 2019
We know that many of our clients would like to stay on top of recent thought-leadership but struggle to discover new content because they...Read more about The Pelorus – March 2019
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Posters from IBM’s ‘Quest for Quality’ Exhibition, 1985
Posters from IBM’s ‘Quest for Quality’ Exhibition, 1985. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, when I was delivering introductory ‘Consulting Skills’ training worldwide...Read more about Posters from IBM’s ‘Quest for Quality’ Exhibition, 1985
Is it worth it? At the beginning of this Special Report we asked, is it worth it? Is the dominant ‘always-on’ culture in professional...Read more about Is it worth it? Is the ‘always-on’ culture in professional services worth the cost?
The first four suggestions we outlined earlier in this Report are strategies – tangible rules or steps that firms and individuals can take to...Read more about Challenging the ‘always-on’ culture – lead from the front
Managerial pressure, technology, economic incentives and psychological drivers: it’s easy to understand why the ‘always-on’ culture continues to dominate in professional services. As Sarah...Read more about The costs of the ‘always-on’ culture to individuals and firms with important caveats
Sarah Green Carmichael, an Executive Editor at Harvard Business Review has outlined three key reasons why the ‘always-on’ culture continues to dominate in professional...Read more about Why the ‘always-on’ culture continues to dominate in professional services
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Special Report: Is it worth it? Examining the ‘always-on’ culture in professional services
A Special Report examining the prevailing ‘always-on’ culture in professional services, its impact, and what can be done by individuals and the firm’s leadership....Read more about Special Report: Is it worth it? Examining the ‘always-on’ culture in professional services
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The Paradox of the Poisonous Performer
Anyone who has ever played 6-a-side football will know there are certain personalities found in most groups. Typically, on the pitch you’ll find there’s…...Read more about The Paradox of the Poisonous Performer
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Our Top 10 Most Read Articles of All Time
An insight into the key issues facing professional services leaders I am delighted that The Openside Group have been shortlisted for the “Best provision of...Read more about Our Top 10 Most Read Articles of All Time
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The ‘Enquiry Strategy Remote Control’ for Consultants
In a previous Point of View article, we wrote about the consultant’s Achilles heel – saying “I understand” too quickly. We described how, when...Read more about The ‘Enquiry Strategy Remote Control’ for Consultants
By Debbie Dudley, Openside Tutor Isn’t it disheartening that we still face a situation where women aren’t getting to the top of their respective...Read more about Why are there so few women at the top of Professional Services Firms?
