US cross-cultural training providers

Who are the consultancies in the U.S. that provide cross-cultural training and coaching, especially for India and China?

Consulting in France

Bryan from Top-Consultant. Just seen another anonymous request for a thread. This time we've been asked for comments on market trends in France:

"I'd be interested to see a thread on the consulting market evolutions in France : trends in market size by segment (strategy/organization/IT/HR, etc.), by type of clients (big corporations, middle market, public clients), trends in recruiting, etc."

Can anyone help?

Consulting in the Middle East

Hi again - Bryan from Top-Consultant. I was just browsing through the blog (it's been a long and busy day once again) when I saw this request for a thread:

"I would like to know some details regarding Consulting business in Middle East and Saudi Arabia. Who are are the key players and what type of talent they look ? Any suggestions for the companies / recruiters currently hiring from North America for the assignments in Middle East or Saudi Arabia."

In response to this anonymous posting, I'd suggest she/he has a look at Serco Middle East - who've recently been running a campaign on the site. Good luck!

BPM thread

Hi everyone - Bryan here from Top-Consultant. Stephen Hamilton has suggested we start a thread on BPM..:

"I would like to see a thread on the different points of view related to BPM. Many of the industry analysts only look at BPM from the IT perspective, while not mentioning the Business perspective. The client market is more and more confused from all of the Software hype. Many do not realize the steps they must undertake as an enterprise prior to deploying a BPM technology solution."

What are your thoughts?

Capgemini expects strong growth rebound in 2005

Capgemini have just released their latest results and the picture looks encouraging. The second half of 2004 represented a considerable strengthening over the first half of 2004 - and revenue growth of 10% is being predicted for 2005. Retention rates have deteriorated a little, so this should point to quite a few career opportunities for Top-Consultant readers in the coming months. There's a video interview with CEO Paul Hermelin on Capgemini's site, discussing these results and the prospects for the next 12 months. Click here to view the webcast interview with CEO Paul Hermelin

Tony