Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But, being adaptive isn’t just about quickly deciding to change course. An executive team discussion on the implications of these choices is critical. What are our principles and biases for sourcing – internal vs. partners? Which customers will provide us the greatest long-term opportunity?

Strategy 50

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Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To be able to work productively on all tasks assigned to them, they should know which of them are critical for the moment. Under such conditions, timely detecting and resolving bottlenecks becomes critically important. Otherwise, the resources will be utilized inefficiently and the company will fail to achieve the desired outcomes.

Management 52

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

As a former consultant who decided to move from consulting to industry, I would like to share my personal journey on how I landed my opportunity in corporate strategy/M&A. Some consultants leave for personal reasons, because they want to start a family or spend more time with their loved ones. Interviews. Corporate Strategy.

Interviews 68

Interviews Case Interview Strategy Strategy 68

Epicflow

MARCH 10, 2023

Meeting the increasing demand: Hiring extra people vs. utilizing the existing resources Basically, there are two ways to meet the increasing demand for resources – to hire more employees and to optimize the utilization of the existing resources. analyze their consequences, and decide whether you can do without extra employees.

Resources 52

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Epicflow

MARCH 10, 2023

Meeting the increasing demand: Hiring new people vs. utilizing the existing resources Basically, there are two ways to meet the increasing demand for resources – to hire new employees and to optimize the utilization of the existing resources. analyze their consequences, and decide whether you can do without extra employees.

Resources 52

Resources Management Efficiency Analysis 52

Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2023

knowledge of the client’s organization and sector based on previous experience with similar clients) It’s critical these drivers are kept at a manageable number (around 3 to 5) by clustering them into broader themes. mind mapping) Adopting different lenses to look at the problem (e.g., blue sky’ thinking) Drawing on past experience (i.e.,

Analysis 78

Analysis Data Development Consulting 78

Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Besides, it’s highly unlikely that a prospective client is going to stumble upon your website and decide to hire you. This isn’t critical to mention on your website, but if you do have an emphasis or a lot of experience in an area, you may want to mention it and build your business in that space.

Consulting 236

Consulting Case Interview Engineering Industry 236

Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

But you can make it “easier” when you find that critical combination of work you love for an audience you love to serve. Employers and clients already use your website as a filter when deciding on whether to hire you. Freelancing vs doing a regular job: which is better? Building a personal brand is about building.

Resumes 78

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Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2018

What makes sense on paper — i.e. a high-end product-line company merging with a low-end product-line company — can devolve into an us vs. them dynamic as the companies’ different approaches and cultures inevitably conflict. Executives have a critical role in minimizing us vs. them thinking. Equally critical?

Company 32

Company Enterprise Culture Accenture 32

LSA Global

MAY 28, 2019

With the advancements in data analytics and artificial intelligence, more leaders are asking about the pros and cons of a fact-based vs. an intuition-based decision making culture. Framing: Agreeing upon what is being decided and the kind of decision being made. Analyze the pros and cons of each detail before deciding.

Culture 31

Culture Biotechnology Data Fashion 31

Peter Stark

AUGUST 3, 2019

When you address more than two problems at once, most employees put their fingers in their ears and decide the problem is you – they think you are too critical and difficult to please. You vs. I – When you start a sentence with “You,” people automatically take a defensive position. Be direct with your feedback.

Construction 44

Construction Meeting Productivity Management 44

Effective Managers

MARCH 31, 2023

Just as we cannot decide how tall we will be, we cannot simply decide to solve problems at a higher order of complexity. Please take into account the diagnostic capability required for root cause analysis vs automating work that can be documented in procedures. “As The Dangers of AI You have a problem. Absolutely not.

Ethics 59

Ethics Training Training Data 59

1 to 1

APRIL 28, 2022

Deciding whether to manage a captive contact center or partner with a customer experience outsourcer is critical to delivering a customer experience that is aligned with a retailer’s rate of growth and meets customer expectations.

Retail 26

Retail Efficiency Emotional Intelligence Operations 26

Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

These variations require a nuanced view of global vs. local roles in both the creative process and the launching of new initiatives. Three enablers are critical, and often overlooked. The scope of the portfolio had led to much internal, costly, and unrewarded complexity in BrandCo. The concept seems almost obvious.

Agile 50

Agile Analysis Apparel Resources 50

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In the debrief sessions, I discovered that these candidates had difficulty determining how to draw the line between asking a few initial clarifying questions vs. asking too many and delving into an unstructured question and answer session with no hypothesis to provide the conversation with some structure.

Case Interview 63

Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Resources 63

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

“I decided to give it a try…I knew I made the right decision” The course itself is very comprehensive – especially the fit questions. But I decided to give it a try. The difference between fit interviews for undergrad vs. MBA vs. experienced hire (pgs. .” -David K.,

Case Interview 175

Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

Emerson Consulting Group

JULY 31, 2018

This critical early decision will dictate what your first step in the book writing-and-publishing process will be … so consider carefully. The cost to the author-publisher will usually be a set cost per book, sometimes as low as only a few dollars for a book the author has decided to price at, say, $25. What to Do?

Film 40

Film Advertising Media ROI 40

Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 7, 2011

Deciding the Legal Structure of Your New Organization. Authentic Marketing vs. Self-Promotion. Types of Clients (to answer critical question: “who is current client?”). Business Planning. Enterprise Law — Forming Organizations. Or Expanding a Current Organization? Business Development. Product Development.

Consulting 55

Consulting Management Nonprofit Organizational Development 55

Asamby Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Retention Tool Considering the direct and indirect cost of hiring and the labor shortage, keeping the team you have is critical. Individual, team-based, company success For all of these variable components, you can decide whether you want to use them individually, on a team- or on a company basis. Compensation is an important one.

ROI 40

ROI Tools Travel Sales 40

Seth Godin Blog

MAY 6, 2013

Mumbo vs. Jumbo. Mumbo vs. Jumbo. There are a myriad of excuses, but ultimately it comes down to this: if every innovation is likely to fail, or at the very least, be criticized, why be in such a hurry? " You don't need more time, you just need to decide. Recent Posts. "Oh, The sophisticates. Colors or numbers?

Marketing 47

Marketing Meeting Retail Productivity 47

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Decision Scientist vs. Modeling Scientist Who consumes the output? To answer that question, first decide what stage you are in with your data operation, and second ask how vital data is to your product. Decision scientist: Humans. Modeling scientist: Machines. What is the output? Who to hire.

Data 47

Data Engineering Software Metrics 47

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Consider traditional banks, which Gartner estimates spend an average of about 66% of their IT budgets to maintain legacy IT systems vs. just 22% to grow the business and 12% to transform it. For individuals, they make sure that difference-making talent is in mission critical positions. None of these are easy questions.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Company 28

MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

The Monetary Elite vs. Gold's Honest Discipline. If an obstacle appears in its path, the trucks have enough onboard brain power to decide whether to drive over or around it. There are too many critical components to driving a truck on the road. Fed policies also fuel the income inequalities of the 1% vs. the 99%.

Real Estate 78

Real Estate Financial Trends Advertising 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

People harboring this fear are extremely focused on rules, ethics, standards, and “right vs. wrong.” Suzanne had to critically assess her current reality and look at the costs of her fear. This is about deciding what to do next and making commitments —understanding what truly matters to you.

Ethics 28

Ethics Exercises Emotional Intelligence Examples 28

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I decided just to go with it. Planned vs. Unplanned Change (25:15). There's a lot of information. This is a longer video than a typical Quick Win that you might see here. But I think it's going to be tremendous value. I don't know how to break up the content. The Vision & Value of Strategic Partnership (0:50).

Consulting 156

Consulting Leadership System Training 156

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I decided just to go with it. Planned vs. Unplanned Change (25:15). There's a lot of information. This is a longer video than a typical Quick Win that you might see here. But I think it's going to be tremendous value. I don't know how to break up the content. The Vision & Value of Strategic Partnership (0:50).

Consulting 156

Consulting How To Leadership System 156

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 12, 2019

The ratio is probably 15:1 or 20:1 in favor of the person who prepares a lot vs. someone who prepares little. Perhaps you decide to prepare in advance, and then you risk doing all this work and possibly not even getting the interview! So yes, the timing tradeoffs in this critical decision pretty much stink.

Case Interview 53

Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Bain 53

CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 12, 2019

Whereas I'm reasonable sure I was competing against very smart people who were only devoting 40% of their time to this kind of critical thinking. And to take that message and translate it into the context of this discussion, preparation is what determines what % of your brain power is devoted to memory recall vs. critical thinking.

Interviews 40

Interviews Case Interview Consulting Video 40

CaseInterview.com

MAY 22, 2019

There are lots of little things that separate a candidate who does a good job on a case vs. an excellent job. 2) Those who are a good fit, but their learning curve timing vs. the number of interview opportunities available were in conflict, and they ran out of time before they finally reached mastery level.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 40

Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Since the cost of health insurance is often the largest single employer cost after salaries themselves, it’s obviously critical to evaluate that claim. If there’s not much difference in the health cost, you can then can directly compare the cost of acquiring the PEO services from the PEO vs. from individual service providers.

Insurance 40

Insurance Insurance Comparison Cash Flow 40

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Textbook Pre-Crash Bubble November 11: Textbook Pre-Crash Bubble by John Hussman Hussman: " The problem with bubbles is that they force one to decide whether to look like an idiot before the peak, or an idiot after the peak. This is exactly how I have felt for two years running.

Cash Flow 70

Cash Flow Trends Policies Marketing 70

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

He only applied to Bain, McKinsey and BCG (because he decided he thought that if he didn't get into one of these, he would take an offer he had for a bank). In my interview with Theresia, it was a 90/10 me vs. her talking ratio. Now, I know someone who did the same thing in his Bain interview. I guess I saved it.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Cover Letters 40

MishTalk

MARCH 10, 2015

Virtues of Germany vs. the Vices of Greece At the heart of the constant bailout bickering in Europe is a fundamental, but seriously misguided notion that a battle is underway between the virtuous and fiscally responsible Germans and the irresponsible Greeks, Spaniards, and Portuguese. If the answer is no, then vote no today ,” said Willsch.

Banking 28

Banking Policies Finance Financial 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

specializations such as environmental vs. electrical engineering). Of course, not all of the men we studied decided to pursue engineering careers, but they wrote that they appreciated the tools that their education gave them.

Engineering 28

Engineering Study Education Culture 28

Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

In 1999-2000, PwC decided to have MCS disengage with current audit clients and did not selling financial systems design and implementation services. In 2013, PwC decided to partner with Pneuron Corporation, an enterprise data integration firm. They are taking notes and deciding whether to invite you to interview further.

PricewaterhouseCoopers 221

PricewaterhouseCoopers IBM GBS Case Interview Interviews 221

MishTalk

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Keen vs. Keen In his Debtwatch Manifesto Keen proposes three mechanisms for dealing with the debt crisis. Curiously, Keen is willing to let bureaucrats decide what constitutes Ponzi financing, even though history shows government bodies and central banks have a 100% failure rate at identifying bubbles. The first is a debt jubilee.

Government 28

Government Banking Finance System 28

MishTalk

JUNE 20, 2014

here are, however, two critical pieces of information that dramatically alter the nominal series: The average hours per week and 2) inflation. This post has its roots in a discussion we had about "real" (inflation-adjusted) wages. Doug took our initial discussion and merged it with the number of hours people work. Today they are $690.

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Government Data Trends Sales 78