The Future Workplace for

Consulting Professionals

Consulting after Corona

by Prof. Dr. M. Kreutzer, S. Hartmann, S. Kaufmann

published in full in Harvard Business manager 3/22

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 60% of firms plan
>50% of virtual
client work
post-covid

Source: Kreutzer, Hartmann, Kaufmann – “Consulting Nach Corona” in Harvard Business manager Nr. 3 2022; 2
statistics based on EBS study by Prof. Dr. Markus Kreutzer et al. on ‘Trends in professional services’
with 53 participants from 40 consulting firms across Germany
 Virtual delivery drives improved
flexibility and speed in
response to client needs
fully agree 42%

partially agree 25%

partially disagree 8%

fully disagree 17%

no answer 8%

Source: Kreutzer, Hartmann, Kaufmann – “Consulting Nach Corona” in Harvard Business manager Nr. 3 2022; 3
statistics based on „Virtualisierung der Unternehmensberatung“, Whitepaper by Apadua and EBS
University, 2021
 >75% use
webinars and
virtual classrooms
to educate their
professionals
Source: Kreutzer, Hartmann, Kaufmann – “Consulting Nach Corona” in Harvard Business manager Nr. 3 2022; 4
statistics based on EBS study by Prof. Dr. Markus Kreutzer et al. on ‘Trends in professional services’
with 53 participants from 40 consulting firms across Germany
 Expected
Office
Time 0-20% 21-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100%
expected time in the office (vs. at home)

Source: Kreutzer, Hartmann, Kaufmann – “Consulting Nach Corona” in Harvard Business manager Nr. 3 2022; 5
statistics based on EBS study by Prof. Dr. Markus Kreutzer et al. on ‘Trends in professional services’
with 53 participants from 40 consulting firms across Germany
 80% to increase
investments in
digital delivery
and collaboration
tools
Source: Kreutzer, Hartmann, Kaufmann – “Consulting Nach Corona” in Harvard Business manager Nr. 3 2022; 6
statistics based on EBS study by Prof. Dr. Markus Kreutzer et al. on ‘Trends in professional services’
with 53 participants from 40 consulting firms across Germany
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