As many of you may know, I recently left a very long "industry-side" career in marketing and operations management to join the consulting ranks at North Highland. Last week, I received tremendous validation for this decision as North Highland was ranked #4 in Consulting Magazine "Best Firms to Work for in 2007". In a year when the competition for this honor is more difficult, North Highland is sitting with the classic consulting powerhouses of Bain, BCG and McKinsey. Wow!
It was a long and difficult decision to leave a career path I have been cultivating since becoming a marketing major at Texas A&M, but one that got easier as I discovered and learned more about North Highland. As I became more "mature" in my career, I found that I truly enjoyed and had passion for helping people and organizations overcome problems that hindered performance. Incidentally, this is also why I started this blog.
What I found in North Highland was a company purpose and a lot of mature consultants and leaders that wanted to do the same thing I wanted to do. In addition to a culture that supports a holistic approach to work and life (i.e. no travel, employee owned, eat dinner with the family, go to the school play, etc.), there is an overriding passion to change the way people think about consulting. No consulting glitz or glamor. Simply mature, very real, highly skilled people with a strong desire to help companies and help people.
I spoke with Dan Reardon a few weeks ago on how strategic decisions get made at North Highland. He stressed the importance of assessing decisions through the lens of culture impact. Growth is good, but not at the expense of culture...not at the expense of what makes us who we are. Great effort has been made to build the North Highland caring, relationship-based culture; and great care is being taken to ensure its sustainability...something far too many leaders forget as their companies enter high growth phases.
Earlier tonight, I had to help my daughter with kindergarten project to "describe the type of work her parents do". How do I describe my new job as a consultant? Wow! There are some great $50 words that are often used to describe consulting (most of which end in "ize") -- I really wanted to impress the 5-year olds! Finally, I went back to North Highland's idea of changing the way people think about consulting and told her "I help sick companies get well". She said, "Oh, you're a doctor." In a way, yes.
Congratulations to all the people of North Highland that came before me, and thank you to the current leaders who put their faith and confidence in me to help carry this torch forward.
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