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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. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. This attitude permeates all interactions.

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Welcome All Future Management Consultants – Favorite Posts, Link Roundup, and Reader Questions

Management Consulted

Points and Per Se: Management Consulting Perks – discover the non-salary benefits of a life in strategy consulting, including laptops, expense accounts, and Starwood points. Pretty big news in the strategy consulting space! Why you wish to do strategy consulting now – what changed your mind over the last several years.

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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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Show report: CX and EX inextricably linked, with empathy as the glue

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Despite all the innovative advances in travel, Bastian said in-flight wi-fi has been an abysmal experience for passengers. “We So often, we design something that works for HR or finance or technology and guess what? Five years in the works, free in-flight wi-fi is now available on 80% of Delta’s U.S. It doesn’t work for employees.” “How

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc. Financial performance.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

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