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Management Consulting

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Management consulting is an industry that offers assistance with this kind of high-level decision-making and problem-solving. Management Consultants help businesses make strategic decisions that directly impact the entire company. What is Management Consulting A lot of people ask me, “What is management consulting exactly?”It’s

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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

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Even if your pricing strategy is to use a fixed price or to use a hybrid approach (part fixed, part variable), use your base rate as the building block and to sanity check your package pricing. Do an internet search such as “typical hourly rate for change management consultant in [your location].”

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How BCG, Bain & the Consulting Industry Got Started

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There's a great article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek that while several years old does a great job at discussing how the global strategy consulting industry got started, why Boston Consulting Group was founded, how Bain was a spinoff of BCG, and how Bain Capital was a spinoff of Bain. Additional Resources.

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Big 4 Accounting Firm vs McKinsey, Bain and BCG

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apply to McKinsey and Bain as well). Big 4, it's all about working with middle managers and possibly doing. Your work is controlled often, and your manager will also make a significant contribution to it. At BCG, it's all about independence, you really have to manage your tasks and time on your own, and the. At BCG, you.

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Bain Case Interview Preparation Tips from an Industry Hire

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Below is a success story and case interview preparation tips I received from a new Bain consultant who was recruited as an industry hire. After celebrating the Bain offer, I am finally debriefing you on my recruiting prep. Contemporary Strategy Analysis from R.Grant - for "framework stock" (I will explain that later).

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

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Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I additionally applied to Booz, AT Kearney, Oliver Wyman, Siemens Management Consulting, and OC&C.

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Business Book Review: Lords of Strategy

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This week’s post is on Lords of Strategy - written by Walter Kiechel III , a journalist for 30 years, serving as an editor of Fortune and editorial director of Harvard Business Publishing. If you are pondering how management consulting got this far, this book is for you. —————— Why read it?

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