This collection of clichés, laced with breathless examples of consultancy-speak such as "triple bottom line" and "blended value", are intended to draw attention to a new study of "corporate sustainability" reporting by big firms, published on November 18th.
A salient example of Reputation Consultancy's work in action is their monitoring of public perception of UK utilities companies: "For energy companies, tracking disgust against brands and pricing allows us to better rank the emotions of customers towards each provider.
As the housing crisis intensifies, the bureau found repeated examples of housebuilders and property consultancies winning council permission to significantly reduce the number of affordable homes using economic viability assessments based on projections which state that schemes will only be marginally profitable.
The NAO also discovered instances in which departing managers were given large pay-offs even after they had found work elsewhere, and examples of staff who were offered consultancy roles at the time of their departure.
A recent event in Cambridge, for example, featured a talk by Stephan Stanislawski of consultancy and research firm Analysys, who gave an overview of the telecom sector.
It found instances in which former senior managers were given big payoffs even after they had found work elsewhere, and examples of executives who were given guaranteed consultancy and other work at the time of their departure.
It found instances in which former senior managers were given big payoffs even after they had found jobs elsewhere, and examples of executives who were given guaranteed consultancy and other work at the time of their departure.
(See Learningng to Lead a Lab" for examples of current or recent courses and consultancies in the United States and Europe).
Examples of relevant activities include; advisory board membership, consultancy, presentations at company-funded meetings, travel bursaries and conference attendance support.
"Germany is more exposed," says Jonathan Loynes of consultancy Capital Economics.
The end of history was the birth of consultancy.
