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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Bankers do some for roadshows, due diligence, etc but spend 90% of their time in one office until you’re partner-level (this is investment banking; you can expect more travel in private equity and investment management). Relationship with coworkers, managers, and firm. This is less discussed but equally important.

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Consultant Marketing Pillow Talk

Jerry Fletcher

For instance, the interviewer in a pod cast asks how you accomplished a turnaround for a client or what process was used to save multiple clients. That’s why the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) has a 15 point code of ethics. Ego boosting events These can take on many guises. You overlook confidentiality because it feels good.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

He describes his “shock and awe” approach (my terminology) in his excellent book The Lean Turnaround , where he takes the company through several week-long kaizen events. To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events.

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Are you outsourcing?

Rod Burkert

On to this week: So I am back from the AICPA FVS Conference in Las Vegas where I spoke about scaling your business model. They gushed about the quality of the work, the quick turnaround, and of course, the extraordinary pricing. I remember an outsourcing discussion that caused quite a ruckus in a LinkedIn group that I managed.

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A Simple Way to Map Out Your Career Ambitions

Harvard Business

From a business strategist who can appear aloof and dismissive of those with less intellectual horsepower, to a general manager who aligns and inspires her region through personal connections and demonstrates genuine care for people. The directness of those statements may surprise you. Request an interview. Ask for insights.

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

Harvard Business

Franklin had finally returned to profitability, but she and Cameron Koren, a turnaround specialist who’d been brought in as CEO five years earlier to right the ship, were still working hard to keep the business on track. She thought to herself, “This may be a problem a spreadsheet just can’t fix.” ” Cam asked.

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How Companies Escape the Traps of the Past

Harvard Business

I found that the companies that survive and thrive are good at aligning their organizations around three critical but competing activities : Box 1: Manage the present at peak efficiency and profitability. ” In his characteristic style, Welch blasted the Elfun Society at their leadership conference.

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