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Strategy Consultants – Revealed:The Ego Index
Introduction
Over the last few months I’ve been analysing the competitiveness of strategy consultants in the UK. I’ve been using my proprietary techniques for analysing numbers (the past) and words (the future). This article really needs to be read in the context of the whole exercise which shows:
1. each company’s overall competitiveness rating
2. their competitiveness for staff, [...]
Strategy Consultants – Can You Spot The Difference?
Background
I’ve been analysing the competitiveness of UK strategy consultants by checking out their published numbers using my proprietary analytics.
It’s been a while since I’ve published but since that time I have spoken to several consultants. In answer to the question ‘does this analysis reasonably reflect the market that you know well?’ there has been [...]
Strategy Consultants – What They Do, How and Why.
And What Do You Do Exactly?
Many conversations contain a question similar to the above. And the way the answer is phrased can make a significant difference to the views of the person asking it. There’s a thin divide between a barrier being raised, “Oh that means that you…” to exploration being invited, “Oh right…how do [...]
28 Strategy Consultants – One Line Descriptions
This article is part of my search to identify the competitiveness of, and competitive differentiation between, strategy consultants in the UK. It should be read in conjunction with previous articles but in particular 22 Strategy Consultants – 2 Big Questions.
You Compete For the Future With Words
In previous articles measured and ranked relative competitiveness based [...]
Total Competitiveness: Strategy Consulting’s Winners and Losers
Look Beneath the Headlines
The reasoning behind this analysis of strategy consultants is contained in the first posting: 22 Strategy Consultants – 2 Big Questions.
The competitiveness rankings in this article are the aggregation of 8 separate measurements that reflect the four competing arenas of:
Staff
Customers
Partners
Investors
By reading the separate articles you will see the specific [...]
Competing for Investors: Strategy Consulting’s Winners and Losers
Business is all About Competitiveness
In my view the whole purpose of business is competing. And therefore the whole of every business should be competitive.
The basic premise of my competitive analysis is that all companies operate in four competitive arenas: customers, staff, partners and investors. I’ve developed a series of competitive analytics tools to measure competitiveness. [...]
Competing for Partners: Strategy Consulting’s Winners and Losers
Introduction
This article is one of a series and should be read in conjunction with previous articles. It uses both short and long term analysis of strategy consultants’ financial health (used to determine credit ratings). It is highly revealing of a malaise within the industry.
Of the 20 companies with 5 years of data published there are [...]
Competing For Staff: Strategy Consulting’s Winners and Losers
Competing for Staff Put into Context
This article is part of an holistic assessment of competitiveness within the strategy consulting industry in the UK. It should be read in conjunction with the previous blog entries on strategy overview and competing for customers, (and with those to follow). The next two articles will show you the winners [...]
Competing For Customers: Strategy Consulting’s Winners and Losers
The UK Strategy Consulting Market – It’s Tough
As part of my analysis of the competitiveness of UK strategy consultants I’m going to show you how well they compete for customers. I’ve already demonstrated (see previous blog entry) that generally margins are low (close to 4%) but that sales have been booming – up nearly 20% [...]
22 UK Strategy Consultants – Two Big Questions
Over the last few years I’ve spent a lot of time studying explanations for the continuing productivity problems of the UK economy.
Over the last few months I’ve spent a lot of time studying those companies that should be expected to drive productivity change. Over the next few weeks I shall be demonstrating the competitive abilities [...]
