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The concept of shared services—with back-office functions organized on an enterprise-wide basis to deliver higher quality and lower cost—has transformed how companies organize their administrative and support functions over the last 20 years.

It’s time for providers of market intelligence and databases to make a formal commitment to their clients that every one of their data points is current and as accurate as possible.

It’s hard not to laugh when recalling the sixteen German violinists who sued for higher pay on the grounds that they played more notes than musicians who toot trumpets or blow oboes. Judging the value of a performance based on the number of notes played is obviously absurd.

Legacies are fragile and constantly under surveillance, especially in the unforgiving and highly ambitious world of consulting. From the clients we choose, and who choose us for their hardest problems and the direction of their future, your legacy is shaped by years of experiences, continual learning, and a record of results, and a digital Rolodex of relationships.

While women don’t yet rule the world, plenty of people wish they did.

Why do some companies achieve exceptional performance while so many others struggle to survive? That’s the question Deloitte’s Michael Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed—along with an international team of dozens of researchers at Deloitte—set out to answer with their book .