Strategy consulting

It looks like a good match.  Deloitte, like all the Big Four firms, would like to expand its footprint in the strategic consulting space, giving it greater sight of, and input to, the type of issues and decisions which drive organisations and their use of consultants.  Strategy work continues to command higher fees so there’s important margin to be won here too.

By Fiona Czerniawska

Occasionally, very occasionally if I'm honest, a piece of thought leadership comes along that stops me in my tracks. Booz's Empowering the Third Billion, Women and the World of Work in 2012 did just that.

September seems to have been a good month for most consulting firms in Europe.  This summer, unlike that of 2011, didn’t see a crisis of confidence and many clients came back from their vacations keen to get things moving. For the moment the run up to the end of the calendar year is looking fairly positive.  Inevitably, firms’ thoughts are turning to next year: will 2013 be a good year for the consulting industry?  Vintage or vacuous?  Boom or bust?