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7 Essential Rules for Consultants’ Emails

David A Fields

Which of the following is more useful: reading about how consultants should write emails, or listening to a flight attendant instruct you in buckling a seat belt. But even if you’re strapped in tight, chances are your emails need some help. Consultants mess up emails [ ]

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Consulting Survival Guide

Tom Spencer

You’ve passed your interviews and you’re now a consultant. Being a consultant is a constant challenge and struggle. That being said, we want to help you better navigate the consulting world by teaching you now what you can only otherwise learn through repetitive trial and error. The essentials. Congratulations!

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Consulting Survival Guide

Tom Spencer

You’ve passed your interviews and you’re now a consultant. Being a consultant is a constant challenge and struggle. That being said, we want to help you better navigate the consulting world by teaching you now what you can only otherwise learn through repetitive trial and error. The essentials. Congratulations!

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Getting The Best Out of Your Team

Tom Spencer

Establish ground rules with consensus. Having ground rules to handle common responsibilities is a good way to establish discipline and avoid confusion. For example, a simple ground rule of responding to clients within 24 hours of receiving an email can go a long way towards increasing the efficiency of the team.

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How to Tell Someone They're Totally Wrong

CaseInterview.com

In a recent article , I wrote about an interesting application of the 80/20 rule as it applies to musical songwriting. In business, and especially in consulting, anytime there is a miscommunication, assume it is your fault. this email is so wrong on so many levels! I had no idea it would generate so much backlash.

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McKinsey Experienced Hire Job Offers

CaseInterview.com

Success Story: Thanks for your emails. While I enjoyed receiving your insights, I will no longer need them as I have begun my new life as a consultant with McKinsey! The emails you send were the cherry on top. These success stories come from readers who secured offers with McKinsey as an experienced hire. Worth every penny.

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MECE

CaseInterview.com

MECE (pronounced "me see") or Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive is a principle often used by management consulting firms such as McKinsey to describe a way of organizing information that is "Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive". Some consultants prefer this approach since it’s easier to manage fewer categories.