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Travel, Training and Mentorship

Tom Spencer

Three significant aspects in the life of a management consultant: travel, training and mentorship. When it comes to travel, different consulting firms have different policies. Consultants are the primary asset of a consulting firm, and top consulting firms invest a considerable amount on formal training and development programs.

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How I Make My Decisions to Speak at Conferences

Johanna Rothman

Consultants who make money speak at conferences. The decisions I make are about my product development and my Costs of Delay. Is the request far enough in advance that I can manage the request? A conference that required international travel asked me to speak as a track talk about 45 days in advance.

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Purpose Behind Networking as an Aspiring Consulting

Tom Spencer

As any aspiring management consultant knows, networking is both an art and a science. Learning More About a Company – A Competitive Edge in Interviews In the competitive world of management consulting, a comprehensive understanding of a company can be a game-changer during the interview process.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time.

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Instead, a better question is, how can you develop quality coaching relationships through technology? Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated time out of the office costs. Manage and provide support on how to use the technology and interact effectively. Cornelius, C., Schumann, G., & & Boos, M.

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Remote Work & Office Work – Discovering the Mutual Benefits

Tom Spencer

Whilst remote working has brought many benefits – increased flexibility, reduced travel costs, and resulting lower pollution – it has come with its own set of drawbacks. Being able to break off into smaller groups and develop personal rapport will lead the same group of people to socialise and now often speak too much.

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