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The Vault’s Prestige Rankings

September 14, 2010

As a blogger, I sometimes get press releases about a site or author who’s written something… “interesting.” I can toss most of them away after reading the first sentence. Last week, I got one from vault.com; they thought I’d be interested in their rankings of consulting companies within the HR space. I’m not. But what [...]

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It’s a known factoid that consultants love “needs assessments.” The question is, does anyone else? Behind closed doors, what clients call “Phase 1 Needs Assessments” (as if they are part of the ongoing project) go by a less euphemistic term: “paid business development.” Companies regularly pay between $20,000 and $500,000 for needs assessments, depending upon [...]

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The other night, my wife made dinner: homemade bread, pasta with homemade tomato sauce, homemade butternut squash soup. It was delicious. Yes, I am very appreciative. And that’s the point. There was a moment right after dinner when she wondered aloud how best to store the bread. I suggested a cake plate, and she liked [...]

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