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From Door to Door Salesman to International Leadership Consulting with John Murphy: Podcast #15

Consulting Success

He began as a door-to-door salesman, and progressed to sales manager, sales director, and eventually marketing director before becoming a CEO for a finance company. There were definitely trade-offs that had to be made by moving to another country, but his determination to making this virtual business model work drove him to succeed.

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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

While this might not be essential for all consultants, it’s definitely a useful skill that is becoming increasingly commonplace as technology continues to advance. For instance, McKinsey is known to place a particularly strong emphasis on personal impact and leadership. Keep on Trying!

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What gives Charity Managers a leading edge? Balancing commercial management with a social heart

The Management Centre

We set out to find an external partner who could bring in ideas that our managers could relate to, and who could complement our current in-house leadership offer. Chris: The programme we implemented covered commercial thinking, finance skills, and innovation. I’m really pleased that we found =mc Learning. =mc:

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5 reasons to choose strategy consulting over financial advisory consulting

Management Consulted

In light of what the leadership has already decided to do, how can the firm maneuver its assets (or raise capital) to make things happen? . Beyond definition, there are many other factors that put strategy consulting and financial advisory consulting in different camps. In strategy consulting, you are in pre-CEO training.

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Why Getting Your MBA Gives You Confidence

Tom Spencer

The skills gained from experiencing both successful and unsuccessful attempts to deal with leadership, management challenges, product launches and marketing if not defining a market itself are invaluable. Marguerite Arnold is an entrepreneur, author and third semester EMBA candidate at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Sadly, evidence suggests that 50% to 85% of mergers fail to deliver on shareholder returns despite leadership's best intentions. The leadership challenge is to figure out the best way to manage the formation of a blended new shared culture. Influence the leaders’ leadership style.

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The First 100 Days as a CEO - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Definitions. in Leadership. Leadership. Helpful Links. The First 100 Days as a CEO. by Tom Spencer on November 23, 2012 · 0 comments  ·  Image Source. The approach a new CEO takes during their first 100 days can determine whether they succeed or fail. FIRST impressions count! Graduate Consulting Group. Categories.