Rick Conlow

MARCH 7, 2021

Whether we fly overseas, make a phone call, or interact through a virtual conference. Accepting the differences among people comes from within, not from a law or policy. It is obvious to almost everyone. A respectful leader welcomes the richness of that diversity and always treats all people with esteem and dignity.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

I chatted with Drew McManus from UpStage CRM a few weeks back as I was about to fly to Ft Lauderdale for the Protect Ticket Rights event. We talked about all things arts/culture and the challenge of relevance. People’s lives have changed. The day-to-day circumstances of people’s lives are different. Give the full podcast a listen.

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Management Consulted

JULY 31, 2016

The way I view the world often paralyzes me. And while I love all that my training as a consultant gave me, please don’t fall into the trap that says “thinking like a consultant” is the best way to approach every area of your life. I exhibited the one dark downside of thinking like a consultant: paralysis by analysis.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

JANUARY 14, 2019

When I started at my new firm, I was thrilled to be given the leeway to take time to fly to conferences, present my work, and reap admiration far and wide. Hell, they even let me reschedule billable business and sales calls so I could fly to Vegas! The Big Boss started coming with me. Not all bosses are great.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 17, 2020

First, I ask them to explain the business to me in qualitative terms — Who is the customer? For me, the far bigger issue is that we don’t have the data to make a well-informed decision. Let me give you another example. When I work with a new CEO client, I do two things. What problem do you solve for them? I see a story.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Could the consultant fly to Texas to work with the presentation team the next week? His colleague needed an HR expert to help with the final oral presentation to win a big piece of business. I knew just the person — a former “Big 4” consultant who had experience implementing HR systems. More lame excuses. Another month goes by.

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Kai Davis

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

When someone new joins this list, they get an email from me asking about their positioning. All this comes around to the idea of a Laser-Focused Positioning Statement. All this comes around to the idea of a Laser-Focused Positioning Statement. But THEN, you come across another might-be-valid expensive problem.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

Here is where the life balance thing comes in. This leads me to my next point -- deciding which industry or practice area to focus on. This leads me to my next point -- deciding which industry or practice area to focus on. You are flying to Houston a lot. You are flying to New York every week (or often).

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Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

Read on for some insightful answers as to how interviewers perceive your answers, how to communicate personality and relatability without coming across too informally, and developing rapport with your interviewer. I have to fly out to DC at about 7:40 PM, so I’m pretty excited about that. Hi, it’s Jenny Rae.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It reminds me of something about 10 years ago in my Rotary Club. Get help – pilots don’t fly solo the first time out and neither should any of us with a (new) business. As always, it often comes down to paying attention to the basics. So, what can and should businesses do?

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 4, 2013

This is a transcribed phone interview between Rachel (name changed) and Jenny Rae – enjoy her insights about failing the first time around but coming back for consulting success and landing an offer with McKinsey in her senior year. Okay, so let me ask you a couple of follow up questions based on that. That’s true, that’s true.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

When I stumbled into it, it made so much sense to me. At 22, six months into my tenure in the profession, he put me in charge of business development for this independent ad agency that also owned a public relations firm. My answer depends on the day you ask me. I’m very excited to have Blair Enns joining us.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 7, 2016

VC, how your fit within the different industries can be related to your personality type, and some of Jenny Rae’s own wisdom as to how to make difficult decisions and come out with no regrets. _. That seems really exciting to me. Okay, so let me deconstruct it a little bit and understand some of the background.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A part of inner peace comes from accepting who you are and celebrating who you are. A part of inner peace comes from accepting who you are and celebrating who you are. Tell me about your experience by commenting below. Other than a few exceptions, this is how the world works. Some things are simple (although not always easy).

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Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

” Consulting seemed like it would fit me really well because it lets you try out a lot of different industries and functions. I didn’t cram like a lot of people do; I spaced out my studying out over a couple of years and that was really helpful for me. I tend to get bored with a given topic quickly. That was rough.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Now, the question becomes how can I be linear and analytical (so that I have neat structure and the interviewer can follow me easily) and also show some creativity as well? Let me elaborate. Do I emphasize creativity at a specific part of the case process? There IS a time to be creative in a case interview.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 16, 2020

Living in the Seattle metro area in Washington state, much of my attention has been focused on the coronavirus. With the media, stock markets, and social media going crazy over the topic, I spent a lot of time digging into the data to develop my own conclusions. Only 164 cases, that's not bad compared to other countries."

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MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2014

The Venezuelan state-run carrier Conviasa had no plane available to fly its scheduled Caracas-to-Buenos Aires route, and other airlines servicing Argentina had sold out their flights. Some travelers are left taking the bus, with trips to Lima, Peru, a five-day journey, now packed with middle-class Venezuelans who used to fly.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 25, 2019

Below is an email I received from a CaseInterview.com student that has final interviews with McKinsey and BCG coming up asking for advice on how to prepare for the final round and my response with the best way to prepare for MBB final round interviews. The videos you posted on your website have been very helpful for my case interview prep.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 30, 2016

Magazine column Norm Brodsky wrote the following about what he tells entrepreneurs who come to him for advice: “One, always build a business to last forever. Someone recently asked me if, given the projected high number of baby-boomer owners selling there would be more sellers than buyers. No fooling! The problem is time flies.

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Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2022

Why goals are important The definition and the use of the metrics for tracking company goals should come before formalizing the processes and organization in a small business. These last ones should come after if they need to be aligned with the desired long-term direction of the business.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 14, 2013

A lot of these questions will be covered in our Three Month Mastery ebook coming out in the next few weeks. The client is flying me out every week Monday-Thursday and putting me up (obviously). The key for me? In this reader FAQ, we decided to share a few questions from new hires. I’m located in California.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 19, 2014

With this responsibility comes the need for effective, credible and authoritative crisis leadership. It’s filled with answers to many questions, as well as tips, strategies and “must do’s” when it comes to your crisis prevention and crisis management – whether your organization is touched by Ebola or not.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I begged my favorite Econ teacher to let me into his Industrial Organization course and fortunately I got a spot. The project was a huge success and the course was extremely rewarding and left me hungry to explore careers, like consulting, where I could employ similar analytic skills.” We hope you enjoy these as much as we did!

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 22, 2015

What was really appealing to me about the management consulting side was the exposure to a lot of different projects, and a lot of different facets of a business, all within a short period of time. Absolutely, I’m happy to chat. I had a vague sense – I think that’s the best way to put it. Absolutely – and great segue.

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Killer Consultant

MAY 1, 2015

That would be me. The first time I had to fly out to a client site. Much of the trade of being a consultant has become second nature to me. I come to realize that when working with more junior colleagues – for them, many things are not given and not easy. Just tells me that the years inbetween have really passed.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 11, 2016

Years whiz by, quarters, months, and weeks come around too soon. Watch out for: When someone gives me a year-to-date P&L and emphasizes the good or the bad, compared to the most recent full-year, I always ask for similar statements for prior years. I’ve always had a cautionary view of short-term statements of any kind.

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MishTalk

JULY 23, 2014

At the time I was told that a BUK from Luhansk was coming under the flag of the LNR," he said, referring to the Luhansk People’s Republic, the main rebel group operating in Luhansk, one of two rebel provinces along with Donetsk, the province where the crash took place. I knew that a BUK came from Luhansk. That BUK I know about.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

APRIL 29, 2014

When the rooster finally asks, “do you want to catch a pesky fly?” ” The spider responds by snatching up the fly in her web. Recently, while doing the various animal voices, it dawned on me that there is a very powerful lesson to be learned about how strengths work in teams. What are they good at?

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 26, 2015

Tom: Accenture’s clients come from all industries worldwide. If a graduate is placed in a role which requires them to travel they will typically fly out on Monday morning and return to their home location on Friday afternoon. However, there are opportunities to work across industries, teams, clients and geographies.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Likewise, I wanted to keep my career and study options open, so I took a variety of classes that were mostly focused on preparing for medical school but that covered my bases on the liberal arts side too. I was obsessed with getting great grades, and when it came down to it, I took classes I knew I could score well in. I was at UVA to stay.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 13, 2019

Can you advise me on which videos to focus on considering the time. Hopefully there's a chance for me and I appreciate any advice you can give me on how to maximize my time until the big day. I want to address in this article the 2 nd question of how to prepare for a case interview when you don’t have much time. situation.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 16, 2019

It also includes a brief follow-up from me where I add a bit more about the experienced hire recruiting process. First, I only applied to BCG because I had worked with them a couple of times and of all the ex- MBB people I know and asked for help, all 5 BCGers gave me prep cases but no-one else; most simply ignored my email.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

How fixed is that time frame, because the interviewer that called me on the phone said I could do more case interview practice and come back and interview with the firm if I was really interested, even earlier than two years. If you pass first round, they may call you that night to come in for a second round in two days.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

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". What is MECE (Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive)? MECE Segmentation and Planning.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

Executives compete with each other, as did the two CEOs sitting behind me on a plane last week, on how many days a year they fly (165 and 214, respectively). On top of working 24/7 for a company that doesn’t pay overtime? They take up a sport to find some balance in their lives — and get caught up becoming marathoners.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Notice the sensation of air coming in and out of your lungs. For example, for a long time I was afraid of flying, but I found that counting while touching each of my fingers with my thumb helped to get me out of my rumination mode. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images. After all, a disagreement can feel like a threat. Adapted from.

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