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  Thursday, 3rd July, 2008
Ernst & Young - Process Transformation Consultants - London

Our Process Transformation team brings operating model implementation, process management and improvement capabilities to bear in delivering sustainable improvement across all functions within our clients' organisations.
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Business & Consultancy News
Cheap advice is bad advice
"We provide McKinsey (or Big Four) quality advice at much lower prices," they tell me. But that can't be. It might be the same advice, but all advice is worthless if it's not taken. So by making it more expensive we really do make it better. Full article >>>
Forthcoming events

PIPC
Telecoms and Media practice seeks fresh thinking, fearless consultants to deliver business performance improvement
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Current position SAPping your energies? Maybe time for a CHANGE?
Fantastic opportunities for SAP consultants within the Change Management and Business Transformation fields.

Currently Requiring Motivation? CRM opportunities waiting for you.
Fantastic opportunities for CRM consultants within the Change Management and Business Transformation fields.

Project and programme management consultants
Find out about career opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting
Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central London

The Art of Selling Consulting Services
Our most popular seminar ever!
10 July 2008 - London (Hyde Park Corner)

Elevation Learning -
Summer School Conference at Latimer, Buckinghamshire
Our summer conference offers busy consultants an opportunity to keep up to date with the latest thinking across a broad range of subjects.
17 & 18 July 2008

Revealed: How to Ace your Case Study Interview
Monthly workshops -- limited places available

Dynamic Facilitation - A brand new tool for your toolbox
Be one of the first people in the UK to learn and use this stunning form of facilitation with your clients. Register now for a once only 4 day course which will be run by Jim Rough from the USA.
27 - 30 October 2008 - Regents College London
Finance Transformation & Performance Improvement Consultants Required
- Substantial salary increase & promotion offered by global consultancy with a very busy pipeline! (£50,000- £500,000+)

Consultants right through to Partner level required with skills in: Finance Transformation, Budgeting, planning, forecasting, Reporting, Finance Shared Services, Business Intelligence (Hyperion, Cognos, Business Objects) Activity Based Costing, CFO Advisory work, Decision Support Analysis, benchmarking, SAP/ Oracle strategy & effectiveness. Regions: London/ UK, Dubai, Sydney/Melbourne, Paris & Frankfurt.
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Accenture reports record revenues in Q3
Accenture reported strong financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, ended May 31, with net revenues of $6.10 billion, a year-over year increase of 20 percent in US dollars and 12 percent in local currency and the highest quarterly net revenues in the company's history. Full article >>>
Atos Consulting: Changing demographics of the workforce is top challenge for global business
A new report explains, among other themes, that businesses face a dual challenge: they need to ensure that critical knowledge does not leave the organisation as key staff retire or change to less stressful jobs, while at the same time preparing for the new generation of younger more technologically-aware digital natives - the so-called Generation Y. Full article >>>
Are you a fast track consultant looking to accelerate your consulting career?

Mindbench works with the best consultants in the market and is retained by the top firms for prestigious roles. Opportunities across sectors including telecoms, financial services, media, manufacturing, consumer goods, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, and public sector. Click here for details.
Ernst & Young Irish partners vote for all-Ireland integration
The Irish partners voted unanimously for the change, which from 1 July will see more than 1,200 people including 50 partners working together in 6 offices across the island, based in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Belfast. Full article >>>
UK business leaders say engaging employees is key to implementing change
Over half of UK business leaders say they find winning the hearts and minds of employees the most difficult aspect of delivering change within companies, new research commissioned by Celerant Consulting reveals. Full article >>>
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Thought Leadership
Principle based regulation in Financial Services in the UK
Tracy Harvey-Bussell, a Director and Fellow of the Compliance Institute, takes a look at the changing role of compliance consultancy in this evermore tightly regulated sector and highlights the need for all practitioners to accept the reality of principle based regulation.
(Tracy Harvey-Bussell - TCC Recruitment LLP)
What to do when you don't have references or testimonials
Becoming a freelancer or starting a new business can be tough especially when you have no references or testimonials. Bernadette Doyle shares some creative ideas for overcoming this stumbling block on the way to your success.
(Bernadette Doyle - Client Magnets)
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Consultants' Forum
Stay or go to make consultant?
"It doesn’t look like I'm going to get promoted at the 2 year mark, which means I’ll have been an analyst for 2 1/2 years before making consultant. Is this bad or normal? Should I try and get a job as a C1 elsewhere now, [so that I only do 2 years as analyst?]"
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Management Consultants' Blog
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    - TCS receives innovation award from Ferrari

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