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Can Consulting Make a Positive Social Impact?

Tom Spencer

Let us look at an example as a sort of case study. Each project lasts one semester, during which the students perform services for various community organizations, such as evaluating the impact of certain parameters on profit, implementing new tools and technologies, developing strategic financial plans, and more.

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Your Reputation is Everything as a Consultant

CaseInterview.com

Often, there are dozens of industry reports to read, dozens of client materials to review, and entire stacks of practice development training materials geared around a particular kind of problem. It is with this specific scenario in mind that I developed the HSMC program. it ended up being about seven hours long.

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Million Dollar Web Presence Action Plan

Chad Barr

Interview and have conversations with great thinkers. Also, get interviewed and publish on your site and theirs. Conduct webinars and tele-seminars both for free and for a fee and collaborate with others. Solicit testimonials and referrals and develop case studies.

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Duke University undergrad prepares for BCG Interview Superday

Management Consulted

Ramit is a junior at Duke University who successfully aced his on campus interview. However, he did receive some puzzling feedback from his interviewers, leading him to contact Jenny Rae to guide him through how to use the input constructively for his final interview on site at BCG. I thought I bombed the case.

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Conversation with A.T. Kearney

Tom Spencer

We have a series of formal and informal training sessions which consultants must join as part of their development – certainly the formal training. Kearney Consulting use the case interview in its recruitment process? Tom: How many interview rounds are there? Kearney: At campus level, two rounds of 2 interviews.

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How a C Player Becomes an A Player

CaseInterview.com

If you can, develop a plan to acquire these skills and take action to do so. I made deliberate efforts around professional development — reading books, attending seminars, learning from others on the job, etc… I knew what I knew, and I knew what I didn’t… and made darn sure that what I didn’t know was only temporary.

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6 Steps to Make Your Strategic Plan Really Strategic

Harvard Business

I’ll let you in on the six-step technique I have developed over many years, working with clients and in teaching my public seminars on strategic planning. ” Take the case of a recent client of mine, an architectural firm. ” Metrics were developed to monitor these, and targets were set before moving on.