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4 Different Strategy Perspectives to Consider at Your Next Strategy Retreat

LSA Global

Just as when you plan to travel in unfamiliar territory and need to research information on local customs, requirements, and safety to set your trip up for success, executive teams need to comprehensively consider strategy assumptions and context from different angles. Are we set up to attract top talent that fits?

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g. Conclusion. What is consulting?

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Oliver Wyman Careers

CaseInterview.com

Corporate finance advisory. Whether or not you view travel as an opportunity depends upon your personal preferences. Either way, Oliver Wyman's global approach tends to result in more international travel than firms with a local staffing model (e.g. Talent Programs. Public policy. Strategic IT. Bain & Company).

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Managing your Weaknesses

CaseInterview.com

Since broadband, streaming video, and video conferencing were not yet widely available, I concluded that in order for me to get customers or clients without traveling was to learn how to communicate with the Internet in writing. Let’s say you’re a talented software developer with a goal of being Chief Technology Officer.

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

Management Consulted

From Steve Shu’s blog – a crash course reading list for new consultants. In corporate strategy, you’ll have a thinner talent pool. In corporate strategy, travel is reduced. There are exceptions, of course – but travel should be no more than 25% of your day-to-day unlike management consulting travel.

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Pay your team right: A comprehensive guide to compensation

Asamby Consulting

This blog post gives you the comprehensive answer: Why compensation is important How to structure your fixed salary components What options for variable pay are there How to pick the right perks and benefits What allowances are and what to pay them for What long-term incentives are out there How strategy and finance influence compensation Let's go!

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Now, however, students’ college and pre-MBA experience is more likely to be in a finance area or perhaps in coding. million workers in sales occupations in the U.S.

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