Corporate Executive Board Reviews

Pros

Fun group of people; young crowd; intelligent and helpful; good work/life balance

Cons

lack of clear advancement possibilities; upper management was ineffective and clueless

Advice to Senior Management

Make it more clear about advancement possibilities

Pros

Good growth opportunity for people interested in research.

Cons

Too many young people in the firm that creates a very casual work environment

Pros

Great opportunity to learn from senior executives, and build professional capabilities. Work with some great people.

Cons

Senior leaders are sometimes short-sighted in how they run the business.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop and ask employees what they think and listen to what they are saying. Lots of good input from employees.

Pros

-Continuous learning opportunities
-As an employee, you're surrounded by smart and talented peers and managers
-Spirit of generosity is a core value
-Exceptional office building and work environment
-Strong career pathing
-Tons of learning and development

Cons

-Challenging work
-Competive work environment
-Strong attention to metrics and reporting

Pros

Exposure to high level business issues, meaningful work that actually makes a difference, emphasis on learning and development, solid career pathing, great managers.

Cons

Upper management been there too long, feedback not always honest to all people, new ideas a listened to but not acted on.

Advice to Senior Management

Many employees hate it when upper management brags about "how long they've been at CEB". It makes everyone think that tenure is of utmost importance, which it is not. It also gives the appearance that upper management wants to remain separate from the rest of the emplolyee body.

Pros

Strategic research topics are fun, new
Generally talented people
great c-suite access
unparalleled career upside

Cons

vague research process hard to manage as a production environment
stalled strategic vision
silos

Advice to Senior Management

running too thin on research side/trying to get people to do too much. better prioritization. say no sometimes.

Pros

-Conveniently located, affordable living area

Cons

- Employees are underpaid- CEB does not allow for negotiation
- Management highly unorganized
- "Fluff" work

Pros

* Some smart people; some very smart people
* Generally good product; intellectual sale
* Good process and sales tactics training
* Seems to have matured

Cons

* Can be VERY political
* Used to be very "rah-rah"
* Still trying to work itself out of the current 2009/10/11 economic situation

Advice to Senior Management

* Continue investing in people and preventing non-regretted attrition
* Continue investing in relevant product
* Find ways to embed yourself into client workflow and work processes

Pros

There ia a lot of room for advancement and you can get promoted fairly quickly. It just depends on your manager. There are a lot of bad managers so if you get stuck with one of them then there is NO hope.

Cons

Inexperienced managers who used to be researchers.

Advice to Senior Management

Train managers

Pros

entrepreneurial, steep learning curve, meritocracy

Cons

managers inexperienced and not great at professional development, internal politics exist, hours can be long depending on which part of the company you're in, advancement based upon how well your manager pitches for you