In our experience most professional services firms are capable of doing great work for their clients. It isn't the inability or lack of the desire to do better work for better clients while being paid more. It is the quality of business decisions made that has most impact on outcomes.
Sixty five percent of top-level managers believe their decisions became more complex. Less than half believe they are timely. And 60% percent think that half of the time is being constantly wasted.
In these articles we explore ways of managing your Professional services practice better than an average firm.
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