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The Top 5 Reasons why an MBA will help you break into McKinsey

Management Consulted

Do you need to have an MBA to break into McKinsey? The short answer is no – you do not have to have an MBA to break into McKinsey. Didn’t Michael Wolf, former Director of McKinsey’s Global Media & Entertainment Practice, do it with a BA in international politics from Columbia? 1) You’re making it easy for recruiters.

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Rather than addressing the operational angle of how to do it, we address the bigger question of what to do. This may involve traveling to the client’s site to collect data, interview employees, and examine daily operations. These consultants often have the opportunity to rise through the ranks and take on key leadership roles.

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Thought leadership – by any other name would it smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

For top-tier consulting firms, there are two primary marketing efforts – the first, marketing to attract entry-level recruits, is quite visible. There are no bus stop advertisements for McKinsey & Company; no online pop-up ads for the Boston Consulting Group. BCG once valued the sea, conservatively, at $24 trillion.

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McKinsey 7 S Model

Tom Spencer

While you may not directly use the 7 S Model in the consulting case interview, it will give you a deeper understanding of how to examine the inner workings of an organisation, identify strengths and sources of competitive advantage, as well as weaknesses and reasons why an organisation may not be operating effectively.

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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

Consultants are senior-level people, well-versed in the art and science of the domain in which we consult, be that change leadership or system architecture. By contrast, professional independent consultants operate as microbusinesses. By definition, we stand outside of the system we analyze, troubleshoot, or design.

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The 6 Top Leadership and Management Development Mistakes to Avoid

LSA Global

Leadership and Management Development Matters According to recent research by McKinsey and the Corporate Executive Board, more than 500 executives ranked leadership development among the top three human capital priorities, and two thirds of leaders rated developing effective leaders as their top concern.

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Bulger Partners – Strategy Consulting for the Software Economy

Management Consulted

In fact, the firm is already beating out heavyweights such as McKinsey, Bain, and Parthenon-EY for strategy projects in the tech sector due to better industry specialty. On the value creation side, Bulger Partners covers 13 different types of value assignments (growth strategy offerings, technical strategy, operations, etc.).

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