The Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group's incredible run contin-
ues: Make it three consecutive years as the No. 1 firm on
Consulting’s Best Firms to Work For annual ranking. And
before that a string of second-place finishes. And never,
since the survey debuted in 2001, out of the Top 5.
Simply astounding. And there’s no
denying that BCG is simply the
very best management consulting
firm to work for. It’s as simple as
that. “Our highest priority—one
driven by our entire leadership
team—is making BCG the very
best employer for top talent and
the best place for professional
growth,” says Tom Reichert, BCG’s
Chairman of North America. “It is
critical to our ability to tackle our
clients’ toughest challenges and de-
liver the performance improvement,
superior value and sustainable ad-
vantage they expect.”
Being recognized as the best
employer in the industry is a val-
ued acknowledgment that BCG is
on the right track and that leader-
ship has created a highly desirable
work environment, which helps
staff develop the skills and capa-
bilities to be leaders throughout
the world. “We’re constantly
striving to make it even better,
honing our culture, furthering
our development programs and
ensuring each employee’s oppor-
tunities to do truly high-impact
work,” Reichert says. “Our culture
is truly unique. We’ve known this
for a long time, but it’s further
validated by senior people joining
us from other consulting firms.”
Meanwhile, Reichert says morale
remains high because BCG contin-
ues to grow at a healthy double-digit
rate, as it has for a number of years,
offering an ever-expanding set of
options and growth opportunities.
“There’s a further strong sense
of opportunity as we broaden and
deepen our capabilities in a range of
areas and open new offices around
the world,” Reichert says. “Our
team members know that they can
forge their own career paths here,
continuously learning and gain-
ing valuable leadership skills and
experience that will serve them in
whatever they go on to do. On a
day-to-day basis, our culture, our
collaborative apprenticeship model,
and the satisfaction that comes from
doing high-impact work are all core
elements of our team’s deep com-
mitment and engagement.”
Meanwhile, that “high-impact”
work includes partnering with
leading social-sector organizations
worldwide to apply the best of
BCG to critical social challenges.
Last year, BCG completed some
300 social impact projects, collab-
orating with approximately 150
leading local, regional, and global
organizations to increase their ef-
ficiency and effectiveness—and
ultimately their impact.
To that end, Reichert says he
sees major opportunities to help
clients succeed in virtually every
industry, and the firm is very ener-
gized by the breadth of those op-
portunities. The global economic
environment has put pressure on
all companies to find growth, to
drive to higher levels of produc-
tivity, to embed technology dif-
ferently into their offerings and
business models, and to strengthen
their organizations, Reichert says.
“At the same time, elements of
the global environment add un-
certainty, which we’re helping our
clients to think through and pre-
pare for,” he says. “We’re excited
to pursue a wide range of engage-
ments in the public and social sec-
tors—spanning the environment,
development, health, education
and many other areas.”
Ask Reichert what sets BCG
apart form other management
consulting firms and he’s quick
to point out that BCG is unique
in its ability to provide highly
customized insights to clients and
work collaboratively to translate
those insights into lasting impact
and value. “Across both industry
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