CONSULTING
Volume Ten: Issue Two
Inside
features
COVER STORY:
14/Seven Small Jewels
Each year, Consulting magazine recognizes the Seven
Small Jewels of the industry. This year, they are helping
shape and redefine the consulting marketplace. Small
firms are no longer flying under the radar. Rather, they
are playing in the big leagues and challenging the legacy
firms by going after their clients and their people. And,
in many cases, they are winning. And the bigger firms
are starting to notice. The 2008 Seven Small Jewels are
leading the charge of the resurgence of the small, niche
consulting firm
that plays a
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COVER PHOTO BY MARK SEGAL PHOTOGRAPHY
26/Out of the Box
In an industry where consistency and standardization
reign supreme, confusion sparked by a rapidly tilting
playing field has thrown a wrench into North American
manufacturers’ game plans. And now companies—and
consultants—are adjusting their thinking for
manufacturing’s new global reality.
32/Let’s Stay Together
With the war for talent as hot as it’s ever been,
consulting firms are pulling out all the stops when it
comes to keeping their best employees. In the new rules
of the retention game, there’s plenty for employees to
like—everything from extended maternity leaves to
mentoring programs to comedian Stephen Colbert
speaking at a company-wide meeting.
4/Editor’s Note
Smallville
8/Short Takes
New firm jumps right into a tricky financial landscape
Out of Office: Oliver Wyman
associate has a film career on the side
Huron Consulting Group tops
$500 million for 2007
Where They Are Now:
From Booz Allen to Bowling Alley
36/The Travel Advisory
A Jet All Your Own/BA’s OpenSkies to
launch in June. In Road Warrior, it’s the
latest in electronic book readers.
40/Book It!
Four new books are reviewed, plus
an excerpt of Deloitte Consulting’s Cath-
leen Benko and Anne Weisberg’s Mass Ca-
reer Customization: Aligning the Workforce
with Today’s Nontraditional Workforce.
44/ConsultantsOnConsulting
A New Approach to ERP
Implementation
The Importance of Mentoring
48/Smart Management
Consulting columnist David Maister offers
his thoughts on what’s necessary to succeed in his latest column: Passion, People
and Principals.
