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The Role of Consultants in an AI-Driven World

Tom Spencer

AI may be able to analyse data and make predictions, but it will always lack the ability to understand the nuances of human behaviour which require emotional intelligence, creativity, and an understanding of ethical decision making. One of the key areas in which we excel is emotional intelligence.

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Risk vs. Fear

CaseInterview.com

Risk is defined as the statistical probability of a negative event occurring. In this case, people’s fear of sharks vs. mosquitoes is widely different than the statistical risk of death. Fear is about psychology (and how you perceptually estimate the risk) and emotions (how you feel ) about the risk. The math still applies.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? However, Booz & Company consultants are respected because of the firm’s legacy of hiring for a combination of intellectual capacity and emotional intelligence.

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How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure

Harvard Business

A client (who I’ll call “Alex”) asked me to help him prepare to interview for a CEO role with a start-up. It was the first time he had interviewed for the C-level, and when we met, he was visibly agitated. Caiaimage/Andy Roberts/Getty Images. Let’s go back to Alex as an example of how to execute this.

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Younger and Older Executives Need Different Things from Coaching

Harvard Business

Our data included executives’ scores on personality and emotional intelligence assessments, interviews with their managers and HR, and our case notes. In each case, one of us served as the executive coach and worked with the executive to set their individual goals.

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Optimists Are Better at Finding New Jobs

Harvard Business

But unhappiness actually serves a crucial function, signaling the need for change, prompting us to switch companies or fields, or even just motivating us to secretly update our resume at home (just in case). Optimism is also helpful during the interview process, making candidates appear more likeable and capable.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

” Worst-case scenarios aside, reference checking often yields “vital” information about the candidate, says Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at global executive search firm Egon Zehnder and most recently the author of It’s Not the How or the What but the Who: Succeed by Surrounding Yourself with the Best.