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Leading the Change

Driving Innovation in How Your Organization Manages Talent

We know the challenges of agile talent are on the rise.1 According to Plunkett Research, global revenues for established consultancies (combining HR, IT, strategy, operations, and business advisory services) totaled $431 billion in 2014, up 4 percent from 2013.2 That agile talent is a global phenomenon is shown in the fact that the US share of these revenues is $180 billion, less than half the global total. The data only includes revenue figures reported by consulting firms with more than one person. Plunkett mentions the one-person businesses in the summary to its 2014 research report: “In contrast to the size and infrastructure of the leading management consulting ...

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