Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you tired of the endless chase for small-paying consulting gigs? Do you want to stop under-valuing yourself through sub-contracting with other consultants and take your place as a sought-after advisor to the C-Suite? You're a purpose driven consultant , and we want to equip and empower you to do the work that you're here to do.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. So welcome. Dave Saliaris: Well hi Betsy. And that's where I've landed. Betsy Jordyn: Wow!

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 12, 2019

This article looks at concluding your case interview well. I truly hope these articles help you succeed in case interviews and win the job you truly hope for. Right after the restatement of the client question, the conclusion reads “here is my recommendation…” What this does is it primes the interviewers. Compare and Contrast.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a consultant but not sure what the consultant's role entails? Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? How I Discovered the True Consultant's Purpose (1:48).

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Everything you produced about consulting (video tutorials, emails, etc.) In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. VC: I think this person is referring to an issue tree. ]. Question: First of all I would like to thank you.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. Why did you decide to pursue management consulting? Jeff : I had little idea about management consulting until my second year at university.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 27, 2023

These professionals stand out as some of the best I’ve met in the biz When I worked as an executive or a consultant advising C-suite leaders and business owners, many of them complained about their inability to attract and recruit talent. Lynn has coached me about my career, and I had the pleasure of helping her firm rebuild their website.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. So, if in a profitability case, I explore cost and sales.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2015

Value Chain Analysis is another tool that may prove useful during the consulting case interview. For more information on consulting interviews, please download “ The HUB’s Guide to Consulting Interviews “ ]. (Source: Flickr ).

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Deb Siegle, WIC’s president, was recently interviewed (by email) regarding women consultants and business owners for possible inclusion in an article for one of the Boston College blogs. Here are excerpts from that interview. As an independent consultant, I think I may face less bias than I might as an employee.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Chick-Fil-A. – has grown to be the largest quick-service chicken restaurant in the United States based on domestic annual sales. . Interview Tips & Tricks. Following this discovery, he registered the name Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

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QEmploy

AUGUST 19, 2019

What does an IT Consultant do? An IT consultant’s role is to provide their clients with expertise and practices in order to help them with relevant IT solutions and services. A consultant can also give organizational advice, offer guidelines for sourcing and managing the client’s IT resources. Know your motivation.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

Accenture careers are like Accenture itself - the very best there is in the world of consulting. Accenture Management Consulting is divided into seven different areas of specialization (Accenture refers to them as "service lines"): Customer Relationship Management. Governments around the world also use Accenture's services.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2013

In the third issue of the SVA Consulting Quarterly , Duncan Lockard explains that a social enterprise, despite having a social mission, should also have a commercial business model. On the revenue side, insufficient focus on marketing can lead to weak sales growth. Lockard refers to this as the “ the haze of the hybrid organisation ”.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This morning, I attended a Momentum session of the Society for Evidence-Based Organizational Consulting (SEBOC). In 2001, Michael hired a no-name like me after an informational interview to become the Associate Marketing Director for GIA Publications. I gained my first consulting client, a small mental health counseling service.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Now that you have a high-level understanding of why companies buy each other in the first place (refer to M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks ), let’s discuss the framework you should use to analyze the transaction. The first area consultants typically analyze in M&A cases is the market. The market. Image: Pexels.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 10, 2023

Some of the many ways different business functions could begin utilizing generative AI in the workplace now are: Marketing and sales functions - writing sales copy and creating product user guides. Human Resources - creating interview questions for candidate assessment and self-serve support. References: Beckett, E.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

You’ve just landed an interview for your dream job. If you’re like most people, you’ll spend hours, perhaps days, preparing for that interview. But, in spite of your careful preparation, your interviewer might not evaluate your skills, ability, and potential using an equally thorough process. Further Reading.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I had my eye on management consulting for some time, so I decided to give it a shot. After talking with the recruiter, I was set up to do a practice case over the phone with an ex-McKinsey consultant. I really didn't even understand what interviewer-led was. I passed the first phone interview case easily.

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 15, 2017

A friend feels she recently dodged a bullet during an interview. When arriving at the company the first person she met said, “Oh, you’re here to interview for my job.” It appears the interviewer overheard at least some of the conversation, didn’t say anything, and then told the recruiter how she didn’t like that conversation.

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Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Whomever is doing the assessment will interview the owner, management, key employees, customers, walk around observing, etc. In fact, their vendors refer people to them because it’s a better place to work than others in their industry. It could be work flow, sales, supply chain, marketing, sales, or something else.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 31, 2023

AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, sometimes referred to as General Artificial Intelligence, describes a form of intelligence that would be indistinguishable from human intelligence. For example, the sales manager of a sales team leaves the organization. For example, the sales manager of a sales team leaves the organization.

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For reference, my first three questions to owners are: Have you worked with a financial advisor to see how much money you need from the sale to support your next great adventure in life (and do you know what your business is worth – not just what you want for it)? What will you be doing after the sale? Is there a note?

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 20, 2022

“What are examples of some of the best consultant websites?” ” “Why does an independent consultant need a website?” ” As a specialist in design, copywriting, and marketing for consultants, I’m biased. I believe every consultant should have a website. It even instills confidence in you.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn the basics of a case interview – what it is, how they are different from a regular job interview, who uses them, why they are used, and the types of case interview formats and the difference between them. Topics Covered: What is a Case Interview? Who Uses Case Interviews and Why?

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 12, 2019

She offers tips for successfully using LOMS and I include my response where I go into more detail on the best way to prepare for a consulting interview with LEK. Consulting. I honestly would not have been able to develop my interviewing skills so quickly without your Look Over My Shoulder ® program , so again, thank you!

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2020

During a meeting, take thorough notes so you or your manager can refer back to them. Even if you think you’ll remember, it never hurts to have written notes to refer back to. Also, in future job interviews, your thoughts and reflections about your work/company will impress prospective employers.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2017

One of my roles was being on the team interviewing the critical (and very expensive) ESOP advisors. Using comparable sales of much larger firms will distort the value. For reference, a check of major bank PE ratios shows they are at about 15). Use 15X instead of 4-7X and not only do you inflate the value, you’ve committed fraud.

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Henman Performance Executive

AUGUST 1, 2014

For example, sales people typically differ from financial people and those in operations. Sales people need to be fast paced and driven by success. level consultant with psychometric training to interpret results. consultant or firm. Accountants need to be slower and driven by precision.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Organizations are increasingly favoring algorithms in an effort to make organizational decision making and judgment more rigorous, be it for setting prices or for selecting candidates to interview for a job. One clear group of cases is what psychologist Paul Meehl referred to as “broken leg” cases. So how do we do that?

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I have recently received feedback from my final round interviews at McKinsey, and have been told that they would like to interview me two more times because they were not clear on some of my case solving abilities. I have studied your LOMS program extensively and have tried my best during my interviews to implement all your advice.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 14, 2018

The journey to management consulting has many pitfalls that a candidate needs to navigate. Along the way, every candidate will encounter the case interview. As monstrous as it may look, it is said that the case interview reflects the reality of day-to-day consulting. Case interview – what is it and why does it exist?

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Consulting lead generation isn’t easy, especially when done online. Now, B2B decision makers are actively looking for consultants online, and your digital presence can be a huge part of how you generate new conversations with buyers. Learn a framework for discovering which method is best for your consulting business.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 9, 2017

Our two-year research study , including interviews with over 60 senior executives, as well as workshops and case studies, illuminates a glaring blind spot: We simply don’t appreciate how risky it can feel for others to speak up. This may be true. But it probably isn’t. ” Most of us are pretty good at sensing danger.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Today’s guest is Mindy Millward, a veteran consultant with over 20 years of experience from Navalent. You may remember my guest Ron Carucci, from episode 21, who recommended Mindy as an outstanding and insightful consultant, and he was right. The Mindset That Wins Consulting Work With Fortune 500 Companies with Mindy Millward.

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