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An overview of news, trends and research in Management consulting in the UK:

Boardrooms largest banks lack technology experience Less than 6% of boardroom members of the world’s largest banks have professional technology experience, research from Accenture shows. Of the more than 100 banks surveyed across the globe, 43% of boards had no member with professional technol
03 December 2015
CEO succession plans often more talk than action While many companies are doing some form of succession planning for their CEOs, most are not doing enough to ensure a successful transition. In light of recent high-profile CEO transition failures, boards and human resou
01 December 2015
Corporate governance is constraining CEOs in China CEOs of the Chinese arms of multinational companies are facing an increasingly challenging business environment.
30 November 2015
R&D and innovation spend increasingly moving to China International businesses are increasingly choosing to move their R&D capacity to locations in Asia, with China emerging as the regions hotspot.
17 November 2015
Average CEO of Eurotop 100 company earns 5.5 million The median actual total direct compensation received by CEOs across the Eurotop 100 has remained stable this year at €5.4 million, research by Towers Watson finds. Considerable variation exists between countries, with CEOs in Spain, Switzerlan
09 November 2015
Billions in training & talent management down the drain Talent management and leadership schemes, at the cost of tens of billions, are often failing to achieve their desired goal, a recent BCG survey highlights. Programmes often fail to take into consideration business object
05 November 2015
Women on boards of FTSE 100 firms increases to 26% The number of women on boards in the UK has increased from 12% in 2011 to 26% this year.
04 November 2015
Schouten Global supports leadership track at Huishan Huishan Dairy Products, one of China’s largest producers of dairy products, has hired Schouten Global to support it with the design and deployment of a leadership development programme.
02 November 2015
Strategy&: Innovation spending grows 5% to 680 billion R&D spending by the largest companies around the world has increased 5.1% since last year to reach $680 billion, research by Strategy& shows.
02 November 2015
Innovation failures cost UK companies 65 billion a year Innovation failures are costing UK organisations up to £64.7 billion per year, and further depress what is already considered the productivity puzzle in the UK.
29 October 2015
Opportunity choice is complicating growth strategies Growth remains the number one priority for most medium to large global businesses.
27 October 2015
Top CEOs are male, 60 years old and insiders, says HBR Last week Harvard Business Review released the 2015-edition of its top ‘100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World’, this year topped by Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Rebien Sørensen. The list includes both financi
26 October 2015
Net income corporates increases fivefold in 30 years Corporates have seen their net income increase by more than 500% in the past 30 years, from $1.1 trillion in 1980 to $5.6 trillion in 2013, research by McKinsey & Company shows.
12 October 2015
Lack of female leaders costs US, UK and India $655 billion The domination of men in executive boards comes with a massive opportunity cost to corporates and society, reveals a new study by Grant Thornton.
05 October 2015
Performance cycle needs tech and capable managers In a series of four articles on Consultancy.
30 September 2015
More than half of CHROs not career HR professionals 53% of Chief Human Resources Officers are not career HR professionals and many switched industries at least twice, research by Aon Hewitt shows. Although more importance is placed on functional skills than behavioural skills, the study shows that n
24 September 2015
The evolution from startups to scale-ups and unicorns It is without a doubt the main question that gravitates throughout the startup industry: what does it take to beat the odds and create a scale-up, or even a unicorn? New research from Deloitte and TH
15 September 2015
McKinsey & Gallup start Organisational Science Initiative Businesses are increasingly coming to question all elements of their existence as new techniques arise through which businesses can be quantified.
09 September 2015
Middle East businesses must prepare for Generation Z Generation Z will, according to PA Consulting, be hard to engage by traditional Middle East employers – as the generation has grown up with the technology and what it makes possible.
09 September 2015
EY: CFO-CMO cooperation increases, but barriers remain The changing business landscape in which competitors are rapidly bringing new products and services to the market combined with advanced digital analytics is forcing companies to rethink their market
08 September 2015
Accenture to overhaul annual performance review cycle Accenture will replace its old bell-curve form of performance review by a more people friendly form of assessment. The consulting firm cites that the traditional performance review itself has been shown to be underperforming. It often selects narci
08 September 2015
The evolution of talent and performance management In a series of four articles on Consultancy.uk, Angel Hoover, EMEA Regional Practice Leader Talent Management & Organizational Alignment at Towers Watson, reflects on key trends and developments in the human capital space. In this article Hoove
08 September 2015
Culture impacts strategy and corporate governance Board members remain a key source of cultural influence within corporate entities, a recent Grant Thornton report highlights.
24 August 2015
Book Managing the Networked Organization launched Rik Aalbers, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Radboud University and former consultant at Deloitte, has together with Wilfred Dolfsma, Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the Uni
05 August 2015
Female leaders aged 55+ best at wicked transformations Strategic thinking is sometimes needed to help businesses deal with the most wickedly difficult issues, such as transforming to meet radically disruptive challenges.
31 July 2015
IoD names Emily Groves Young Director of the Year Emily Groves, Managing Director of Indigo Swan, has been named ‘Regional Young Director of the Year’ by the IoD, one of UK’s leading business networks. As part of her triumph, Groves will progress to th
29 July 2015
Right incentive system crucial for Financial Services Complexity is in the nature of the financial services beast, however, with the right incentives, it can be managed. New rules around bonuses, according to Oliver Wyman, may have the opposite of their intended effect, incentivising generalised centr
21 July 2015
A.T. Kearney: Execs say strategy harder to formulate Companies that have a long term business strategy still outperform companies that don’t, research by A.T. Kearney shows.
20 July 2015
Capita: Three in four employees experience work stress Three in four UK employees are experiencing work related stress, with especially young employees affected, Capita’s latest employee survey shows.
20 July 2015
Strategy&: Dutch Chief Executives safer in their seats The percentage of changing/departing CEO’s in public Dutch organisations has in the past year declined 12%, the lowest level since 2000.
13 July 2015
Bain: Management tool use remains solid around globe With business trends showing that companies are moving forward in terms of revenue and competitive advantage, the kinds of management tools deployed by executives may give an insight into their long
10 July 2015
Family businesses trust in the power of female CEOs Family businesses are more likely to appoint female leaders as they believe in the power of women on top, research by EY shows.
30 June 2015

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