North Highland Reviews

Pros

Fantastic clients, impactful high value work and outstanding colleagues. Truly a culture of care. The combination of our strong account model and the expertise of so many is working.

Advice to Management

Stay the course, but hurry and finish some of the internal projects. Celebrate the wins (external - both BD and delivery and internal ). Keep the focus on our people and their development.

Pros

North Highland has smart, caring people - some of the best I have worked with in my entire career. Pay is generally lower than other management consulting firms, but there is better work-life balance (travel is limited, unless you are a more junior consultant). Good local office leadership. Flexibility in assignments (not pigeonholed into one offering or area as in other firms where I have worked). Opportunity to work on thought leadership even if not an industry SME. Progress in the right direction on initiatives like Knowledge Management and L&D (though slow going).

Advice to Management

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. NH is at an inflection point, where many talented, smart people have left or are looking to leave. Focus on retaining your people -- they are your greatest asset and the biggest draw for your clients.

Pros

Flexible work schedule and an unlimited PTO structure.

Advice to Management

Be more transparent. Think things through completely before executing them firm wide.

Pros

No out of town travel unless you sign up for it

Advice to Management

Change is inevitable and a must. However, change fatigue is real. Our clients pay us heaps of money for that advice but senior leadership ignores that internally, to their detriment. Celebrate the new blood but don't forget the people who have stuck around and given it their all. NH used to pride themselves for long tenure - which defined us in the consulting industry - but that no longer seems to be the case. That is a shame as the new blood and old should be celebrated equally, with the latter being essential to continuous success

Pros

Great people, great to be able to do consulting work without travel, strong client base. Was able to do some really meaningful work here. Entrepreneurial in the sense you can go after what interests you and build a team.

Pros

Highly team-oriented and friendly work environment. Genuine interest in getting input from all levels

Pros

Smart, passionate employees. 100% employee-owned. Room to grow and learn. Entrepreneurial spirit. Decent base pay. Limited travel, but only compared to other firms.

Advice to Management

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Do unto yourself as you would vehemently do unto your clients.

Pros

I can no longer, in good conscience, recommend this firm to anyone other than someone looking for an interim paycheck while finding something else.

Advice to Management

None anymore because management does not take advice. They have been advised and it is clear that senior management is not trusted or regarded as leaders, and have not been for some time now. The Board buries its head in the sand to things that are obvious to so many and has failed to operate in the best interest of its employee owners.

Pros

Employee owned. Incentives based on individual performance and contribution. Great for local consultants who don't want to be on the road all the time.

Pros

Branding, resources on the website, blog, thought capital etc. Some great work is being done on the East Coast & London. We have good ideas and people who think big!

Advice to Management

Figure out how to supply the work sold and support the people who are DOING the heavy lifting.