Management Consulting January 2026
~0.9m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~70
Organizations
These insights represent ~0.9m questions answered from ~70 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Management Consulting
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
33%
Europe
31%
Asia
21%
Oceania
13%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
60%
Female
40%
Non-Binary
0.1%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
71% of Management Consulting employees are engaged
This is in the top 45% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 42% compared with other industries.
How does Management Consulting compare?
People in Management Consulting were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
On the lower side, people in Management Consulting had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity and Inclusion.
People working in Management Consulting are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Management Consulting are less engaged than Computer & Network Security, Civil Engineering, Investment Management, and Legal Services.
The highest scoring question for Management Consulting had 90% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Management Consulting were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 20% of people disagreeing (-3% below average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Management Consulting organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
32%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
12%