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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before.

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Business Book Review: The McKinsey Way

Management Consulted

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at The McKinsey Way , a book written by a former Associate at McKinsey, Ethan M. Although the book is fun and well structured, the book skims the surface on a wide variety of topics and doesn’t go into great detail. 3 interesting book insights.

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Women Book Business Travel Earlier, Saving Companies Millions

Harvard Business

The demand for business travel is gender-independent, but men and women demonstrate different travel habits that impact the bottom line. We know from previous research that women react more strongly to unforeseen events and are more stressed than men when traveling for work. But what about when planning travel?

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Business Book Review: The 4-Hour Work Week

Management Consulted

If you want to submit a review on a book you’ve been reading, follow the same format, target 600+ words and send it over by email! This is not your typical time management book. Quick overview This book serves as an opportunity for a paradigm shift of how people perceive life, career, money and retirement. Why read it?

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Business Book Review: Start-Up Nation

Management Consulted

Today is an interesting book review on Start-Up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer. Dan lives in New York and has studied in Israel and lived, worked and traveled in the Arab World. This book is a fantastic summary of creative ideas, innovations, startup and entrepreneurial genius that have been churned up by Israel.

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60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for March 1, 2024

Johanna Rothman

This week, the 60 seconds is from the as-yet-untitled speaking book. This excerpt is from the speaking book. Everyone was leaving the conference, and some people left my talk early so they could manage their travel. Sure, the conference had gone well, but this was my first talk offering content from my new book.

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Time travel is exhausting

Seth Godin Blog

Writing a book (all caps, WRITING A BOOK) or preparing for a TED talk (already in all caps) can paralyze an ordinarily productive person. On the other hand, a book feels permanent. And so, when you sit to write your book (or your blog, for that matter), you imagine who’s going to read it, one day in the future.

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