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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart. These days, it pays to practice being in “interview mode” so you’re ready for the real thing – whether it’s networking with a neighbor at Starbucks or sitting in the hot seat.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business

Wilson was an industry outsider (he had previously worked as a management consultant and the head of corporate planning at an airline), whom Stemberg described as a “provocateur” and an “in-your-face kind of guy.” He said while his successor had considerable talents, he failed to conform to these social rules.

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How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years

Harvard Business

We got under the skin of each organization, to understand how they live and breathe, by interviewing people who work (or worked) with them, observing them in action and reading everything about them. ” Talent is drawn to them, to help them achieve their purpose. But they don’t just wait for talent to turn up.

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How Companies Are Using Simulations, Competitions, and Analytics to Hire

Harvard Business

Contrast this model to the one that most companies use to source new talent. Finally, they assess candidates using loosely structured interviews—which are often not calibrated with later performance, and are rife with opportunities for implicit and explicit bias.

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