5 tips to become a succesful freelance consultant

The diversity of roles that consultants can have in organisations is what often attracts young people to the consulting profession. A consultant often has the opportunity to have access to a wide variety of assignments in a single year, or even to share his or her daily life...

Carve In / Out: How to manage better these transformation projects?

A Carve Out project is the sale by a company or a group of companies of a branch of its activity; the Carve In is the opposite operation, which consists of absorbing a new activity. It is an eminently important project, both for the seller and the buyer, because it has a...

Would you choose Central Finance over a Greenfield SAP S/4Hana?

Today, many companies have complicated multi-ERP landscapes that involve several different ERP source systems. They most often require the installation of applications for business planning and consolidation. These architectures force functional teams to use many different...

CSR & Transformation programs : the Program Directors essential guide

The second season of the Program Director Lab (PDL) was dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a topic of great importance that we wanted to put at the heart of our discussions. We took this opportunity to mobilize the entire FocusTribes community and tap into its...

Talent shortage: could freelancers be the solution?

Since the health crisis, it has become increasingly difficult for companies to recruit. The numerous lockdowns have forced us to rethink our way of life, many employees have become more demanding, and some have even quit to join a company that is more in line with their values....

Excellence, a pillar of the FocusTribes consultants' quality label

The talent shortage is not a myth! Since the beginning of 2022 in particular, many companies have had to deal with numerous resignations. In several sectors, they are now finding it difficult to recruit and are therefore increasingly turning to the freelance market. In...

The 3 advantages of a good project management partner

Whether you are an SME or a large group, transformation is part of the life of a company and requires the right partners. Due to purchasing policies aimed at optimising the supplier panel, managers are often limited in their choice of service providers. Selecting the right...

How to grow professionally as a freelance consultant?

At FocusTribes, we attach a great deal of importance to the quality of the consultants who join our Label, of course, but also to the relevance of the missions we offer them. Our objective is to understand the expectations of our consultants beforehand, so that we can then offer...

Leading a successful change with the ADKAR methodology

In a constantly changing world, companies must be agile and create a dynamic of change to ensure their sustainability. Transforming an organisation is a complex and expensive process. Beyond the technical specifics, it is essential to consider the human dimension. According to...

How to select the right people to carry out transformation projects?

Finding the right resources to lead transformation projects, whether large or small, is always the main challenge for Managers and Programme Directors. Beyond the internal teams, it is often necessary to find transversal skills during the different phases of the project to...

CSR & Employee Engagement : 4 key ideas

Corporate transformation has become an unavoidable necessity, whether to meet the environmental challenges of the Paris Agreement or society's growing expectations in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, an effective transformation can only be achieved if it...

Freelance consultants : how to stop feeling isolated?

At FocusTribes, we are committed to creating a strong collective so that independent consultants can share their experiences and feel supported. Our quality label, based on the high level of expertise of its members, also places great emphasis on the collaborative aspect. The...

Sustainability & Performance: 3 key ideas

For several years now, environmental issues have been at the heart of corporate transformation projects. The major challenge of today and tomorrow is to put in place effective tools to measure and support these transformation projects as effectively as possible. A group of...

CSR and Business Transformation: 4 key ideas

In recent years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a crucial issue for companies. Not only must they comply with new regulations, they must also meet the growing expectations of their stakeholders. Against this backdrop, FocusTribes brought together a group of...

IS Audit and Roadmap: Client Testimonial

Whatever their size, organizational transformation is a real challenge for top management. Finding the right experts to guide them and help them ask the right questions upstream is a real challenge for companies. And that's where FocusTribes' added value comes in! Chuck Walter,...

Successful Transformation Programmes: The Essential Guide

Transformation and optimization are fundamental concepts in the business world. Each transformation project has its own specificities, and it can sometimes seem like reinventing the wheel every time. However, it's essential to learn from the experiences of others, and to share...

ERP upgrade: how to federate the teams and lead the change

On international projects and in very specific human contexts, experience, mastery of the business and a sense of humour are key elements that really make the difference in bringing teams together and achieving objectives. This is what FocusTribes is sensitive to in its...

5 tips for successful Agile projects

The Agile approach, popularized in the early 2000s, rapidly replaced more traditional V-cycle project management. Initially designed to improve software development, it has since been applied to many other types of project. However, it can prove ineffective or even...

Towards a Data Driven Organisation: 3 key ideas

Data management has become a major challenge for companies wishing to understand the precise needs of their customers and improve their offering. Data analysis, particularly through process mining, offers a unique opportunity to examine the efficiency of internal processes in...

ERP Implementation in retail : Main points to watch out for

The implementation of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) has become a necessity for many retailers, spurred on by changes in the sector, particularly with the arrival of giants such as Amazon and Ikea. These players have imposed new rules of the game, forcing retailers to...

What do we mean by digital transformation and what are the challenges?

What do we mean by digital transformation and what are the challenges? When we think of digital transformation, many notions come to mind: economies of scale, 0 Touch, service, mobility, strategy, outsourcing to the cloud, improving back office functions, dematerialization,...