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Bridging the Gap: From the Consulting Industry to the Management Consulting Profession

Effective Managers

The industry is vast, including freelancers, independent consultants, and employees of consulting firms, offering services across various sectors such as IT, marketing, finance, and more. The executing phase delves into the methodologies and strategies for successful project management.

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Case Competition Tips & Tricks

Tom Spencer

Rather, a strong team will have competencies in diverse fields such as finance, strategic planning (SWOT, PEST, 5-Ps), public speaking, graphic design (creating a beautiful slide deck), and Excel (modeling things like valuations, sensitivity analysis, and graphs). You want to distinguish yourself from the crowd by thinking “outside the box”.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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$550 Billion Energy Junk Bond Bubble Busts; "Whac-A-Mole" Distortions in Multiple Markets

MishTalk

With oil prices plunging, investors are questioning the ability of some issuers to meet their debt obligations. The Fed’s decision to keep benchmark interest rates at record lows for six years has encouraged investors to funnel cash into speculative-grade securities to generate returns, raising concern that risks were being overlooked.

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Sad News For Greece? Will Greece Kiss Troika's Ass?

MishTalk

Greece’s outspoken finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been sidelined after three months of fruitless talks with international creditors to unlock €7.2bn in bailout funds, heartening investors and sparking a rally on the Athens stock market. Yields on Greece’s benchmark 10-year bonds were down a full percentage point at 11.4

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Customer intent is a treasure trove of actionable data hiding in plain sight

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“Oftentimes, the user experience developed by a company for its customers overlooks critical components of the underlying intents the customer wants resolved through their customer experience (CX),” says Ravi Bharadwaj, executive director of corporate strategy at TTEC. “By

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HR’s Role in Building High Performance Organizations

Confessions of a Consultant

Back in my GE days, the Finance Director was skeptical about the merits of the HR function which he labeled the ‘Health and Happiness Department.’ Benchmarking. Spend time (phone/net/in person) benchmarking the best in class sites in Ireland and internationally. Present data to management team in a ‘health-check’ meeting.