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5 Steps To Securing a Consulting Internship

Tom Spencer

Few internship schemes are as competitive as those offered by top management consulting firms – for many good reasons. If you’re not as confident though, then it should definitely not stop you from getting your internship! Get comfortable with case studies and develop your own style.

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “But given what I saw in Arkansas, the patient is definitely not out of the woods.” ” He looked to her for a response, so she finally spoke up.

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Save the silver bullet – a shameless piece of self promotion!

Ben de Haldevang

The only part I struggled with (but got the point after re-reading it) is the one on “plasticity”, possibly because of the choice of words and the third definition by Merriam-Webster which in first reading seemed a little pedantic. But I landed on my feet shortly afterwards when you mention “agility”, “adaptability” and “responsiveness”!

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Case Study: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?

Harvard Business

Exit interviews were usually handled by junior managers on the HR team, but Amrita felt that given the high rate of attrition among doctors at Krisna over the past year, it was her responsibility as head of HR to talk to Dr. Vishnu Patel, a respected cardiologist who’d just given his notice. Ben Edwards/Getty Images.

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7 Traits that Unlock the Powerful Presence of Servant Leaders

Rick Conlow

Research also suggests that managers who focus on service to others are more successful than those that do not. Aspiring and experienced supervisors, managers and executives alike have benefited from their findings. Their study’s methodology included a questionnaire and case studies. Being Credible.

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6 ways impostor ‘syndrome’ manifests (and what to do about it)

Halo Psych

Once I found out what something meant, I’d update my spreadsheet with the definition. Be careful with feedback At a webinar I delivered recently for the British Psychological Society, I shared a case study of a client I helped overcome impostor feelings. One of the things that helped was involving the person’s line manager.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

A prospective management consultant without basic business understanding is like a camera tripod with 2 legs — it just won’t work out for you. The McKinsey Way by Ethan Rasiel — In this book, Rasial uses case studies and anecdotes to describe how McKinsey thinks about and solves business problems. management consulting'