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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Bridgespan was birthed out of Bain’s desire to expand its support of nonprofits. In 2000, the group launched its first website, www.bridgespan.org, and started operations from a Boston-based office. Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of Bridgespan.

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Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances: An interview with Thomas A. McLaughlin (part one)

The Nonprofit Consultant

Regular readers of this blog know that I've been involved in two successful nonprofit mergers, as well as a third attempt that was never consummated, and I've written several blog posts on my feelings about nonprofit mergers. In those cases, it would have been preferable to think about this a lot earlier.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 2)

Management Consulted

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And I think I have the gist of getting a case down, as well as understanding those details.

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About Interim Executive Director Services

The Nonprofit Consultant

In each case I served as part of the negotiating team, protecting the interests of my client, and managing communications to staff, as well as managing day-to-day operations of the organization. In only one situation was I asked to investigate, and then implement, a plan for bankruptcy and an orderly shut down of operations.

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

This article identifies what lies ahead for graduates considering a future in consulting, and highlights key insights that I gained by interviewing junior and senior consultants. Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits. Brace yourself.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. I was selected to interview at both the NIH and the DoD and subsequently was offered positions in both organizations.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

With 8,000 employees across 56 offices, it accepts clients in private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Its engineering services portfolio is among the strongest of any consulting firm, and it is also known for its business lines in nonprofit and public sectors. Cases may be understaffed, creating extra hours and large workloads.