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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Consultants are very risk averse and are very hyper focused on issues like GPA and other metrics – not because they are a perfect indicator, but because there are a decent indicator of whether or not somebody is going to be able to manage work that sometimes is really exciting, and sometimes kind of mundane.

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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting

Management Consulted

In contrast, this year 28 graduates accepted offers from Bain, 26 from BCG, 20 from Deloitte, and an additional 18 went to PwC/Strategy& The average starting base salary for a Kellogg 2015 grad entering consulting was over $133,000, with an average signing bonus of over $27,000. Kearney, 7 at Strategy&, and 3 each at EY and PwC.

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4 Factors to Design the Right L&D Strategy for Your Company

LSA Global

Companies that want to outperform their peers must place a premium on reskilling and upskilling talent to meet ever-changing strategic demands. 4 Factors to Design the Right L&D Strategy for Your Company Because of the competitive war for talent, people expect to be invested in and developed.

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How Our Company Connected Our Strategy to Sustainability Goals

Harvard Business

In a recent survey , Bain & Company found that just 2% of companies are successful in achieving their sustainability goals. However, like many of the companies surveyed by Bain, we were unsure how to connect our strategic vision around sustainability with meaningful operational changes. Simone Golob/Getty Images.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. Create small, talent-rich teams working outside the hierarchy to address your most important priorities. Take a moment to hold your leadership team and yourself up to a mirror.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. In contrast, today’s scarcest resource is your human capital, as measured by the time, talent and energy of your workforce. Difference-making talent is also scarce. Energy, too, is difficult to come by.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost. Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company.