From its 18 offices across the U.S., business consulting firm Embark aims to shake up a "tired" $300 billion industry by replacing the reigning "rise-and-grind culture" with a focus on happiness. With an ad in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal and mini-coffins on the way to CFOs nationwide, the firm is looking to kill it—in more ways than one.
Dallas-based Embark is killing it—literally. By which we mean figuratively.
The business consulting firm says it aims to shake up a “tired” $300 billion industry by looking at companies in “a radically different way than the rise-and-grind culture that has long been consulting’s hallmark.”
Instead of telling companies to grind their teams even harder, Embark says it’s set a new standard for industry growth by focusing on “happiness” from its 17 offices across the U.S., which bring “deep expertise” in accounting & finance, technology, M&A, IPOs, HR, and operations to clients across the country.
But first, it’s putting the old consulting model to bed—permanently—by launching a rebrand and marketing campaign called “Consulting Is Dead.”
Embark took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday, seeking to “grab the attention of clients and consultants alike” by proclaiming the death of the traditional consulting model.
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