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Consulting’s Unofficial Interview Hurdle – The Airplane Test

Tom Spencer

If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Other regional topics might include unnatural weather patterns, major upcoming festivals or notable events, and nearby landmarks, among others of course.

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Learning without training

The Management Centre

There are thousands of podcasts on all kinds of topics. By listening to people speak on topics, you can engage with the subject in a more interactive way. We like it because the guests are very diverse, so you can find topics that you are interested in, plus learn about new sectors.

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Review of “Open Leadership” Framework (Leadership and Social Technologies Book)

Steve Shu Consulting

In this post I overview key elements of the book and my favorite contributions to the business & leadership book landscape. business school curricula). Similar to use of social technologies, effectively dealing with failure is something core to innovation, improvisation, and leadership.

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How to Get Excited About Topics That Bore You

Harvard Business

As I’ve discovered from both personal experience and research, it is possible to learn to like — even to grow to love — subject areas that look boring or that you once loathed. In today’s fast-changing business environment, the ability to develop new passions is particularly important. Here’s how to do it.

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How a Culture of Silence Eats Away at Your Company

Harvard Business

However, we never addressed the company other than to say: ‘It’s business as usual.’ We went into a busy mall with confederates and a hidden camera to see what people really do when faced with a line-cutter. Failure to confront rude, abrasive, defensive, and disrespectful colleagues. Strategic missteps.

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11 Best Consulting Blogs: Read These Blogs To Grow Your Consultancy

Tsavo Neal

When is the last time you read a helpful blog article that gave you actionable advice to improve your consulting business? Although books are a fantastic way for consultants to learn how to run a more profitable business — blogs can be just as helpful. Did you know that there are consultant-specific blogs that host such advice?

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Be Careful About Proclaiming "Failed Management Movements.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Last week, I got a call from a consultant who lamented the “failure of all those management movements.” ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. Be Careful About Proclaiming "Failed Management Movements"!