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The Training Phase in Management Consulting

Tom Spencer

Receiving an offer from a top consulting firm is an exciting experience. The first step starts with training, the learning of technical skills, soft skills, and time management skills. In consulting, your training, adapting, and professional growth actually never stop. You do not have to be the same as everyone else.

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Transitioning to Consulting: The Changing Value of Your Time

Tom Spencer

This article outlines the differences in time commitments for graduate students versus full-time consultants. It also offers a way to prepare yourself for the transition to consulting by providing you with some suggestions on how to implement a consultant-like scheduling method. Time Commitments in Graduate School.

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Consultant Ninja: Signs of Crunch Time: Management Consulting Blog

Consultant Ninja

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Signs of Crunch Time. Wheres my present?"] Posted by Consultant Ninja. Labels: Bitterness , Consulting , Vignettes.

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Consultant Ninja: Dilbert Slays, one day at a time: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Dilbert Slays, one day at a time. Posted by Consultant Ninja. Labels: Bitterness , Consulting. Consultant Ninja.

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Consultant Ninja: The Beach time is the Right Time.: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. The Beach time is the Right Time. Posted by Consultant Ninja. I am a strategy consultant at. Consulting. (88).

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Do you have a minute to spare?

Tom Spencer

Consultants regard time as crucial. The value of time is derived from the fact that we must each make reasonable use of the 24 hours we have been allotted in order to live a balanced life that is not only productive but also healthy, happy, and fulfilling. Time management is needed to strike a good balance between life and work.

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Calm Amidst the Storm: Managing Change in Chaotic Times

Tom Spencer

Listing these is an important part of putting things into context, focusing on the present, and being thankful for what you have. This is also the time when the greatest opportunities present themselves. What kind of opportunities present themselves in the post-pandemic world? Be creative. Think outside the box.