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Making Unbiased Decisions

Tom Spencer

Biases can also creep in during a case interview, causing you to make incorrect assumptions about a business problem. Let’s consider a case interview scenario where our interviewee, called Jane, makes use of a simple rule of thumb to solve a challenge presented to her. Interviewer: I see, and why is this the case?

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The Fundamentals of Leadership Still Haven’t Changed

Harvard Business

Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. Explicit in our HR officer’s question was her assumption that the newest thinking on leadership development must contain something essential.

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Oliver Wyman Careers

CaseInterview.com

Marsh and McLennan is a large, publicly-traded professional services and insurance brokerage firm with over 50,000 global employees and $10 Billion in revenue. Leadership Development. Consultants here tend to serve insurance, investment banking, retail banking, government agencies, payment processors, and private equity fund clients.

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Live passionately everyday - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

And when he one day passed away, His insurance was denied. Case Interviews. Leadership. Your passion is what stays with us. There was a very cautious man, Who never laughed or played. He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. For since he never really lived, They claimed he never died. Leave a Comment Now.

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BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. Leadership Development. BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS. BTS GROUP KEY STATS. Innovation.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Watson & Sons became the prime advisor to the British government on social insurance programs. Insurance Industry Consulting. In fact, the firm has created OneExchange, a private health insurance exchange which counts over 1100 employers and 800,000 customers among its beneficiaries. In the mid-1990s, R. Employee Surveys.

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Buck Consultants Firm Profile

Management Consulted

After being admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, he became involved in the actuarial discipline of the life insurance business, which used statistics to determine life expectancy and calculate annuity premiums–pivotal considerations in life insurance and pensions field, where Buck moved and made his reputation.