A great resource for consultants is the “Consultancy.org” network. This global network of consulting industry platforms (including North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America and Australia) provides the latest in consulting news, market information, and more. Consultancy.org launched its US platform earlier this year. View it here.
In June, the Charlotte Regional Partnership announced that it was launching a new quarterly economic activity report to capture an overarching look at capital investment, job growth and other important business data across the 16-county Charlotte region. We read the published report and learned that the vast majority of companies that located or expanded in the region are manufacturers. The report also reinforced that financial services is not the largest employer among the region’s industry sectors (it is healthcare by a large margin). Read the new report here.
Because Croixstone agrees with experts that blockchain has the potential to “change the world” (think of it as the “Internet of Value or of Money”), we believe in the value of repeatedly spotlighting this technology. The Enterprisers Project (a community of CIOs who discuss the future of business and IT) recently shared 5 real world examples across 5 industries where blockchain projects are showing tangible progress. Learn more here.
Going against the grain is something many of the greatest minds really like to do. Francesca Gino (Harvard Business School professor and author) was interviewed by BBC recently and shared her perspectives on rebels and how they break the rules to thrive in both business and their personal lives. Learn the benefits of showing your true colors to the world here.
Consulting Magazine is a digital monthly publication known as the “flagship publication of the consulting profession featuring the latest information on consulting, thought leadership, and corporate strategies.” The magazine’s website, Consultingmag.com, offers a rich selection of articles and more. View it here.
LinkedIn publishes a monthly analysis of employment trends in the USA workforce. The report is divided into two sections: a National section that provides insights into hiring, skills gaps, and migration trends across the country, and a City section that provides insights into localized employment trends in 20 of the largest USA metro areas. In its newly-published July report, LinkedIn shared that Charlotte ranked among the top 10 cities in two different categories. Learn more here.
The Croixstone team looks forward to celebrating with 2018’s “CFO of the Year Finalists” at the Charlotte Business Journal’s CFO of the Year Awards this evening. Congrats to Ryland Beard of Clean Juice, Tod Creech of Edifice Inc, Jessica Dorsett of Siemens, Dan Gotte of ImagineSoftware, Steve Hennen (formerly of DyStar), Steve Klueg of Wastequip, Richard Linneman of Carolina Water Service Inc. of North Carolina, Alex Pease of CommScope, Richard Russell of #FuelSportsManagementGroup, Cass Ward of Spiracle Media, Joel Wilhite of AvidXchange, Inc., Mark Zeidman of Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing, and Jean Zoutewelle of WFAE – University Radio Foundation, Inc.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released the 2017 Contingent Workforce Supplement, its first since 2005. The report estimates that in May 2017, 3.8% of the U.S. workforce, or 5.9 million workers, held contingent jobs. Is the contingent workforce growing? Well, it depends on who you ask. Learn more here.
Croixstone’s business model is firmly founded in the “expert economy” as an “on demand” provider of highly-experienced, well educated consulting professionals. According to a recent article published by Forbes, the growing on-demand model offers many companies access to a diverse talent pool that doesn’t exist in-house and would never make sense to build. Read more here.
Although pancreatic cancer is the 3rd leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., most people know little about the disease. Croixstone Consulting is a huge supporter of the Charlotte Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting the world’s toughest cancer on all fronts: research, clinical initiatives, patient services and advocacy. So why does Croixstone passionately fight to rewrite the future of this disease? Patti Weber lost her father in 2005 to pancreatic cancer, and Mark Weber lost his mother to the same disease in 2012. We invite you, your friends and loved ones to join us at PurpleStride Charlotte, the walk to end pancreatic cancer, on September 15 in Uptown Charlotte. Join our team here.