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Market trends, sector studies, and best practices for leaders and managers at consulting firms, IT services COMPANIES, and audit departments.

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Resource management
5 min

How to control the resource management of your consulting firm or ESN?

Resource management is complex and yet essential for the proper functioning of any consulting firm or ESN. Here are the 3 parameters to master it.
Resource management
2 min

How to choose your staffing software: top 7 essential criteria in 2023

Discover the 7 essential criteria to keep in mind when choosing your new staffing tool and getting rid of your staffing Excel!
Resource management
4 min

How much does a resource management tool cost and what ROI can you expect?

Staffing is crucial for NSEs. Discover the price and the return on investment of resource management tools for optimal management of your staffing.
Resource management
3 min

How does staffing software contribute to the reduction of turnover in ESNs?

Discover how the use of staffing software can help ESNs significantly reduce their turnover rate and guarantee their performance.
Resource management
4 min

How does staffing software allow you to optimize your performance?

Discover how staffing software can improve the commercial performance of your IT services company by optimizing your resources and maximizing your project success.
Resource management
6 min

How do you set the goals of your Resource Management?

In order to optimize its performance and gain growth, NSEs and consulting firms must define specific objectives. Discover the method to follow.
Resource management
Project planning
5 min

Your staffing tool should do more than allocate resources. Here's why

From taking into account the skills and aspirations of employees to the profitability of the project, the staffing tool becomes a 360 operational management tool.
Project planning
5 min

Workload plan: a powerful tool to manage your business

Take advantage of all the possibilities of your workload plan, to manage your activity with dexterity: management of resources, schedule and employees.
Change Management
Resource management
Project planning
4 min

Why is Napta staffing software the best alternative to your Excel files?

Why choose Napta staffing software over Excel? If you thought that the latter was a good alternative, it is high time to change it!
Resource management
Project mode
Project planning
5 min

Why IT Services Firms Must Rethink the Balance Between Time & Materials and Fixed-Price Models to Meet Evolving Client Expectations?

Should IT services firms go full fixed-price? Discover why hybrid delivery models are key to better margins, client value, and strategic flexibility in 2025.
Project planning
Project mode
3 min

What is project planning?

Project planning consists in setting up a method to achieve an objective and in organizing group work within a defined time.
Project planning
3 min

The tools you need to know for your project planning

Napta invites you to discover some essential tools for your project planning: HRIS tool, CRM or ERP software and staffing software.
engagement
Project mode
5 min

Why should we still choose between commitment and performance in 2024?

Discover how the voluntary commitment of your employees in your company allows you to improve your business performance and to carry out more projects.
Resource management
Project mode
5 min

Why and how to implement cross-staffing in 2023?

Discover all the steps to set up a project planning process that allows cross-department staffing, with complete peace of mind.
Project mode
4 min

Why and how to adopt the project mode?

Why is project mode a strategic lever in the competitive world of NSEs and consulting firms? How our staffing software can help you
Resource management
Project mode
Project planning
5 min

Why IT Services Firms Must Rethink the Balance Between Time & Materials and Fixed-Price Models to Meet Evolving Client Expectations?

Should IT services firms go full fixed-price? Discover why hybrid delivery models are key to better margins, client value, and strategic flexibility in 2025.
Project planning
Project mode
3 min

What is project planning?

Project planning consists in setting up a method to achieve an objective and in organizing group work within a defined time.
Resource management
Project planning
Project mode
4 min

Project planning and skills management: how do you allocate the right resources to your projects?

How to combine project planning and skills management to build the most motivated project teams. Discover all our tips.
Resource management
4 min

Data, the backbone of your Resource Management

Planning, programming and allocating the resources of your consulting firm or your ESN to the right projects require mastering your data. Here are some keys:
Resource management
5 min

Cross-Staffing Strategies for Global Growth: Lessons from Grant Thornton Germany

How Grant Thornton Germany leverages cross-staffing and Social Talent Planning to boost agility, engage talent, and scale operations across borders.
Project planning
Resource management
7 min

Charging plan software, yes but for whom? Part 1: operational users

Charging plan software is an indispensable tool for consulting firms and NSEs. In this first article: discover operational users.
Skills development
Resource management
5 min

Building a personalized skills framework in 6 steps

Having a skills map and an adapted framework is imperative to guarantee the effectiveness of your activity and your projects. Find out why.
Skills development
engagement
Resource management
5 min

Beyond the Numbers: The Qualitative Levers Professional Services Should Activate

Discover the 4 human levers driving sustainable performance in 2025: cross-staffing, skill anticipation, upskilling and turning bench time into opportunity.
Change Management
Resource management
5 min

Accountants: link skills management and operational challenges!

We give you the keys to respond to new trends in the audit and accounting market. You will have all the cards to stay competitive.
engagement
Resource management
4 min

How to have an effective staffing and a high level of employee engagement

Learn how to optimize staffing and employee engagement for increased productivity. From proven methods to the use of tools...
Resource management
Skills development
engagement
5 min

Why upskilling is critical for IT services companies in 2025: building future-ready workforces

Learn why upskilling is a strategic priority for IT services firms in 2025. Stay ahead of the rapid evolution in skills demands with actionable strategies and tools like Napta.
engagement
Project mode
5 min

Why should we still choose between commitment and performance in 2024?

Discover how the voluntary commitment of your employees in your company allows you to improve your business performance and to carry out more projects.
Skills development
engagement
5 min

Unlocking Success in 2025: Why Professional Services Must Embrace a Skills-Based Approach

In 2025, consulting, audit and IT services firms must embrace a skills-based approach to boost agility, retention, and value. Discover Napta’s key insights.
engagement
Skills development
5 min

Training vs. recruitment: which AI strategy is best for your service business?

Discover winning strategies to integrate AI into professional services companies: external talent recruitment, internal training, or a hybrid approach. Explore Napta's AI insights to maximise impact and drive success.
engagement
Resource management
7 min

Top 5 employee dissatisfactions in consulting

Discover the results of our discussions with former consultants in this ranking of the 5 dissatisfactions they faced in their consulting firm!
Resource management
Skills development
engagement
5 min

Why upskilling is critical for IT services companies in 2025: building future-ready workforces

Learn why upskilling is a strategic priority for IT services firms in 2025. Stay ahead of the rapid evolution in skills demands with actionable strategies and tools like Napta.
Resource management
Skills development
3 min

What is the place for skills mapping in staffing?

Napta takes stock with you in order to better understand the place of skills mapping in the staffing process in service companies.
Skills development
engagement
5 min

Unlocking Success in 2025: Why Professional Services Must Embrace a Skills-Based Approach

In 2025, consulting, audit and IT services firms must embrace a skills-based approach to boost agility, retention, and value. Discover Napta’s key insights.
engagement
Skills development
5 min

Training vs. recruitment: which AI strategy is best for your service business?

Discover winning strategies to integrate AI into professional services companies: external talent recruitment, internal training, or a hybrid approach. Explore Napta's AI insights to maximise impact and drive success.
Project planning
Skills development
5 min

The future of auditing: integrating ESG and AI in financial oversight

Discover how ESG and AI are reshaping auditing practices. Learn about the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), interdisciplinary audit teams, and AI-driven insights that redefine financial oversight in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Resource management
engagement
Skills development
9 min

The employee, an actor in his staffing

Staffing management and talent retention are the priority challenges for companies, it is imperative to put the employee back at the heart of strategies.
Change Management
5 min

Client expectations in 2026: how professional services firms must rethink their value proposition

In 2026, clients of IT services firms and consulting firms expect greater impact, transparency and trust. Discover the key insights from the Napta study on evolving client expectations.
Change Management
Resource management
Project planning
4 min

Why is Napta staffing software the best alternative to your Excel files?

Why choose Napta staffing software over Excel? If you thought that the latter was a good alternative, it is high time to change it!
Resource management
Change Management
7 min

Why can Excel no longer be your staffing tool in 2024?

Excel has proven itself, but once the thirty or so employees have passed, it is imperative to use software dedicated to the management of staffing.
Change Management
4 min

What are the mistakes not to make in order to successfully manage change?

There are mistakes, often forgotten, that should not be made when you are managing change. Discover our tips for managing this stage in the best possible way.
Resource management
Change Management
4 min

The criteria that prove that it is time to equip yourself (and no longer use Excel as a staffing tool)

Is Excel limiting? Opt for a staffing management platform to see immediate time savings and an obvious return on investment.
Skills development
Change Management
3 min

Skills mapping: the challenges of digitalization

Competency mapping is starting the digitization of work tools, a step that some companies are struggling to take. Find out why!

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