新しいテーマとしてコンサルタントをテーマに記事を書いていきたいと思います。
私も新卒でコンサルタント職として6年目に入り、何となく見えてきているもの、一方でまったく見えていないコンサル業務もあります。
この記事ではあまり背伸びをせずに、新卒6年目コンサルから見たコンサルの世界を皆さんに紹介していきたいと思います。
早速最初のテーマですがアメリカではコンサルという仕事は一般的に認知されているようで、専門のサイトもあります。
毎年トップ25のコンサルタントを発表していますが、2011年の25名が発表されました。
ここに掲載されている企業がコンサル企業の中でもトップ層と言えるファームかと思います。
（私が知らないファームもいくつかあります）
日本で有名なファームだと他に、
戦略系：マッキンゼー、モニターグループ
総合・IT系：アビーム、日立コンサルティング
人事系：マーサー
などがあるかと思います。
The 2011 Top 25 Consultants
It’s May and that means one thing: Time for the Top 25 Consultants issue.
Each year, the Top 25 seems to grow in popularity, and this year is no different. We received some 400 nominations from the largest enterprise firms right down to some of the smallest niche firms, undoubtedly doing great work. As usual, the nominations were inspiring, but there were a few differences this time around. For starters, we always love to hear from clients and this year, it seems, we heard from more of them than we have in previous years. Several clients submitted nominations, while many were included as part of the overall nomination.
And in another welcome change of pace, lots of clients went on the record in the Top 25 articles this year. It’s always nice to be able to identify the companies that are the recipients of our award winners’ efforts.
Another change this time around is the seniority of our winners. Their names appear in the center of this page and their stories are told on the following 22 pages. This year, we have eight CEOs or firm founders on the list. We, of course, are thrilled about that. In what’s perhaps a sign of the times, we have several winners who have recently launched brand new practices—from scratch—in the last few years, including BCG’s Joe Davis, who is on our cover. We also have consultants that have been with their current consulting firms for more than three decades and others that just wrapped up their first year at their new firm.
Their individual stories are as unique as they are, but several universal truths are consistent. One, they never intended to be a consultant. Two, they absolutely love their jobs and their clients. Three, they did not expect to win The 25 Award and aren’t entirely comfortable with the recognition. And finally, every single one of them says they couldn’t have done any of it without the support of their teams, co-workers, families and firms.
A consulting mantra if there ever was one.
T
he 2011 Top 25 Consultants:
Joe Davis, The Boston Consulting Group
Fred Balboni, IBM
Teresa Bozzelli, Sapient
Jay Burkett, Grant Thornton
Omar Chane, Capgemini Consulting
Mike Connolly, Booz & Company
Fred Crawford, AlixPartners
Sean Culbert, Capco
Steve Cummings, Hewitt EnnisKnupp
Jim DeLoach, Protiviti
Linda Gallagher, KPMG
Laura Gurski, A.T. Kearney
Surya Kant, Tata Consultancy Services
Susan Kanvik, Point B
Bill Kracunas, McGladrey
Dana Mcilwain, PwC
Aaron Mitchell, ZS Associates
Bob Patton, Ernst & Young
Gene Procknow, Deloitte Consulting
Andrew Rees, L.E.K. Consulting
Jim Roth, Huron Consulting Group
Hernan Saenz, Bain & Company
Janet Crenshaw Smith, Ivy Planning Group
John Tobin, Slalom Consulting
Pallavi Verma
