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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

Recent research from the Boston Consulting Group confirms that employees can do better work when they’re liberated from much of the bureaucratic cruft that passes for daily management. Low-value travel? Peter Drucker once quipped that, “Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.”

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

At its most basic, management consulting is the business of providing strategic advice to businesses. Rather than addressing the operational angle of how to do it, we address the bigger question of what to do. They may hire a consultant to advise on ideas for gaining market share.

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What is Consulting? Is Management Consulting a Good Fit for You?

Tom Spencer

The competitive advantage of consultant firms is what attracts clients to seek them out for advice, in hopes that the information and expertise of the firms can help figure out a solution to their problem. An example of some issues consultants focus on would be mergers, acquisitions and managing company strategy.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Banking salaries average 50-100% higher than consulting salaries , with the difference increasingly significant as your seniority increases. Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages. 3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

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The Paths of Consultancy

Tom Spencer

Daryl Morey took the path less travelled, the path that began with academia and consultancy. Instead, he took on a job at the Parthenon Group as a principal consultant where he worked on a variety of strategic and operational improvement projects. And that’s just the a’s.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

McKinsey’s Bay Area operation consists of two offices: San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Boston Consulting Group , 2 Embarcadero Center #2400, San Francisco, CA, 94111. Deloitte Consulting , 101 Market St., At last count, Deloitte had 1400+ consultants in just one Bay Area office! General Dwight D.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Boston Consulting Group : Bridge to BCG. Bain: Advantage & Advance into Consulting. While each office in a firm focuses on specific sectors, consultants often travel cross-country and even internationally to where their respective skillset can be best utilized. Putnam Associates: Path to Putnam.