David A Fields
APRIL 30, 2019
Imagine your consulting firm as a palace. Ideally, frequent storms of consulting opportunities shower your spires and domes, coursing down to sustain the peasants consultants in your employ and nourish your garden of profit. Or, if your consulting firm is not a palace, then perhaps it’s a house. Or a tent. Or trullo? However you … Continued. The post Want More Rain at Your Consulting Firm?
CaseInterview.com
APRIL 30, 2019
Is it possible to balance work and life as a consultant? Yes, I think it is, but you can't always manage it when you want to manage it. There are however 5 factors that can have a huge influence on your work life balance. The first factor is the culture related to your geography (both country and city). I worked in the New York Office at McKinsey and in general, people in New York work much harder than they do in other cities around the country.
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The Management Centre
APRIL 30, 2019
Being assertive at work can be really hard, and this is something many people struggle with. Our insecurities, perceived weaknesses, motivations and goals can all stop us from being assertive when we need to be. In this article, Charlotte Scott explains why we need assertiveness, what it actually is, and how to be assertive. Why we need assertiveness.
QEmploy
APRIL 30, 2019
Back end, front end and full stack developers are between the most researched figures in the current job market. Those individuals are capable to create the virtual world, from the smallest blog to the more complex apps and portals. The skills needed can be acquired online or with formal training. Additionally, full stack and back end developers need to have a good understanding of computer science.
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CaseInterview.com
APRIL 30, 2019
Recently I have received several emails from readers asking if you can be “too prepared” for a case interview. My answer is both yes and no. Let me explain. Interviewers do complain that many candidates are "too prepared," but what they mean by this comment is not what it seems. The "too prepared" designation comes from two categories: The candidate prepared incorrectly and did a lot of it.
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CaseInterview.com
APRIL 30, 2019
Recently I received the following email from a reader who was recently rejected by McKinsey in the second round. What follows is our exchange and my advice on how to prepare for second chance interviews after a rejection. Readers Email: I have a question pertaining to second chance interviews and case interview preparation. I interviewed with McKinsey for the second round and did not make it past that.
Harvard Business
APRIL 30, 2019
Kimberly Whitler, assistant professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, believes the days of transplanting well-worn Western marketing practices into national markets may be numbered. She has researched marketing campaigns in China and finds they are faster, cheaper, and often more effective than traditional Western ones. Moreover, she argues they may be better suited to today’s global marketplace.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 30, 2019
The bar is dark and dingy, well-used, with a bit of danger in the air. The sort of bar that wouldn’t be out of place in a Clint Eastwood movie. The anecdote has been through a lot. There’s the drama with his family, sure, but also the fight he had with his boss today. He needs this job, what with the payments coming due on the house, not to mention his gambling debts… A guy walks up to the anecdote and taps him on the shoulder.
Harvard Business
APRIL 30, 2019
New devices offer less intrusive, more intuitive ways to make humans smarter.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
Prudent Pedal
APRIL 30, 2019
A growing number of Americans self-describe as “spiritual, not religious” or have given up on God and religion altogether. In fact, several empirical studies show that America is becoming less religious. For example, Pew Research shows that the Christian population decreased by nearly 8 percent between 2007 and 2014. A larger portion of the nation’s population now describes themselves as religiously unaffiliated, jumping up 7 percent from 2007 to 2014.
Harvard Business
APRIL 30, 2019
Discrimination is widespread, and too few employers are responding.
CaseInterview.com
APRIL 30, 2019
When learning any activity, there is a transformation that takes place as your skills improve. It is like learning to drive a car. Initially, you have to think about every little thing. Check your mirrors. Check your blindspot. Focus on where you want to go. Look out for bad drivers on the road. But somewhere in that learning process, all those things that seemed challenging when first learning to drive suddenly became automatic.
Harvard Business
APRIL 30, 2019
Digital infrastructure is best left to the private sector.
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The Source
APRIL 30, 2019
When we run training sessions for creators of thought leadership, one query invariably arises: Have longer reports had their time and should we be focusing on snackable content? Our answer is firstly that these options aren’t, and shouldn’t be, mutually exclusive, and secondly that both are important. Last year, when we surveyed buyers of consulting services in the US, we asked them about how they liked to consume thought leadership.
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