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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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Identifying Leaders Who Could Bypass the Typical Promotion Path

Harvard Business

In a 2015 report, the Boston Consulting Group labeled the occurrence “ leapfrog successions.” The result blends qualitative and benchmarked data on other C-suite executives to give us a solid indication of each individual’s abilities, mindset, and development needs.