Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

'NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING. Interviewing with NERA Economic Consulting? Well, NERA is no MBB. In fact, if you look at a list of top 20 consulting firms, NERA won’t be on it. That being said, NERA is still a major player in the consulting industry and here’s why: NERA Economic Consulting is the top econom ic consulting firm, period. Let’s just quickly discuss the difference between a top management consulting firm and an economic consulting firm.

NERA Economic Consulting 147

NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

'My notes from conversational interview: Situation: Graduating senior interested in management consulting, but from regular state school majoring in history and economics, and doesn''t know where to start. None of the major consulting firms recruit at her school, and she didn''t know where to start. Objective: How do I get into a management consulting job?

Resumes 100

Resumes Case Interview Management Consulting 100

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

'Social Customer Service allows customers to ask questions, and have them answered by a staff member or another customer. AT THE CORE of every successful business are a few key ingredients, and customer service is one of them. Customer service can be used to delight customers, boost customer retention and generate positive word of mouth. For most people social media like Facebook and Twitter are mere playthings.

Insurance 104

Insurance Insurance Software Media 104

Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

'By: Anne Janzer The Women In Consulting team has just finished crunching the numbers from the latest WIC Compensation Best Practices Annual Survey. And, ahead of the final report, here’s the advanced scoop on this year’s research: revenues are up, but profitability is down. If you’re not familiar with it, every year Women In Consulting does its annual Best Practices in Compensation survey for consultants.

Trends 91

Trends Consulting Survey Education 91

Advertisement

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

Data

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'Move over Detroit. The fiscal crisis in Chicago is far bigger. Pensions 31% funded. Moody''s downgraded Chicago Debt 3 Notches (just 4 steps above junk). City debt on negative watch. Pension Liability is $61,000 Per Household ($23,000 Per Capita). Via email, Ted Dabrowski at the Illinois Policy Center writes. While all eyes are focused on a solution for Illinois’ state-run pension systems, Chicago’s own debt crisis is looming.

Methodologies 78

Methodologies Trends System Healthcare 78

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'We’re on a Tour Throwback trip…welcome to Part 4. If you missed our recaps of Georgia Tech , Duke , or Georgetown , read those first. If you are just joining us, we are holding our next 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp in San Francisco on September 21. Or, invite us to come present a 2-hour Bootcamp Lite (60 attendees minimum, lecture) or 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp (8-30 participants/day, interactive w/breakouts) – we would be honored to meet with you.

Hotels 128

Hotels Meeting Travel Finance 128

Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

'My notes from conversational interview: Situation: Graduating senior interested in management consulting, but from regular state school majoring in history and economics, and doesn''t know where to start. None of the major consulting firms recruit at her school, and she didn''t know where to start. Objective: How do I get into a management consulting job?

Resumes 100

Resumes Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 100

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

'If you can imagine it, then it can become a reality. ADAM Spencer (no relation) gives a wonderful speech about the beauty of mathematics, the search for the largest prime number, and the age in which we now live – the age of machine aided human discovery. As Adam poetically states, “numbers are the musical notes with which the symphony of the universe is written.” And machines are now being used to help us discover that universe.

Consulting 102

Consulting Strategy Strategy Strategy& 102

Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

'By: Mary Beth Deans How to ask for feedback: Feedback is an important part of professional and personal development; you really do need to know what you’re doing right and where you may need support. It can be tough to ask for–and sometimes people aren’t comfortable delivering it–but unfocused feedback isn’t very helpful. So here are three little steps to help you get started.

How To 83

How To Consulting Sales Report 83

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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

How To

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'On August 1, in India Housing Bubble Still Expanding I posted a series of charts by Deepak Shenoy, an economic blogger at Capital Mind in India. Those charts showed the bubble in India was alive and growing. Here is one of the charts and a small bit of commentary. As of March 2013, Prices have more than doubled since 2009. The All-India Index is at 211, from 100 in March 2009.

Real Estate 78

Real Estate Journal Construction Marketing 78

Chad Barr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

© Chad Barr 2013. All rights reserved. The post Chad Barr Interviewed by Dr. Vicki Rackner Redux appeared first on The Chad Barr Group. © Chad Barr 2013. All rights reserved.

Interviews 52

Interviews Groups Strategy Strategy 52

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

'Welcome…to the final day, the crowning achievement, of our 2013 8-day East Coast (we counted our final travel day too). If you’re just joining us, check out Harvard , Yale , Columbia , Georgetown , Duke and Georgia Tech ‘s highlights. Despite all we’d seen and done on our tour already, Sunday was the biggest day of the whole tour – our 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.

Case Interview 114

Case Interview Cover Letters Consulting Interviews 114

Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

'My works won''t be worn away by the sands of time, with faint echoes of greatness that the sleuth can uncover, ponder, and imagine. They''ll be buried under a billion bits of information worker detrius - the daily shedding of dead data inside the corporate organism. Having fun along the way can never be taken away and is binarily different from a daily loathing; meanwhile, while the analog gap between making an impact and just pushing the paper fades to zero as time progresses.

Data 100

Data 100

Advertisement

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

Consulting

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'Home. About. Book Shop. Archive. Definitions. Helpful Links. Quotes. Subscribe. Mercedes Leads the Race to Build Autonomous Cars. by Tom Spencer on September 10, 2013 · 0 comments. in Leadership. Look mum, no hands! Mercedes-Benz S500 Intelligent Drive has driven itself 125km through Germany without driver intervention. MERCEDES-BENZ has demonstrated its capabilities with self-driving technology and provided a glimpse of the future by successfully driving its prototype S-Class from Mannh

Case Interview 100

Case Interview Leadership Interviews Consulting 100

Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'By: Kate Purmal Editor’s note: Kate inspired us all to cultivate a long term vision at the July WIC monthly meeting. In this blog, she offers specific guidance for doing this kind of long-term planning. Long-term planning. We all know it’s important. But for most of us, it’s the to-do that always slips to the bottom — or right off — the list!

Exercises 76

Exercises Energy Education Training 76

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Abby Martin speaks with UK Parliament Member, George Galloway, about Syria war propaganda and his upcoming film ''The Killing of Tony Blair''. Link if video does not play: George Galloway: Dogs of War Slaver over Syria, Powder keg for Disaster. Quote of the day goes to Abby Martin who says " We''re killing Syrians to Show Syria that Killing Syrians is Wrong.

Chemicals 78

Chemicals Film Video Management 78

Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

'Same waves, different day. The risk of skin cancer. The falling. Sand in your socks. The people hassling you for your spot on the wave. The pressure to do more sets. The other guys at the beach who don''t appreciate your style. The drudgery of doing it again tomorrow, when the weather sucks. And then every day, from now on, never ceasing. Where would you go on vacation?

55

55

This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

Methodologies

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

'Welcome back to Tour Throwback Week. We hustled up and down the U.S. East Coast, visiting Georgia Tech , Duke , Georgetown , and Columbia , Yale, and Harvard. Check out our adventures and misadventures before reading today’s post. If you want a small group setting to accelerate your case interview performance (like, 0-60 in a day) join us next weekend in San Francisco – September 21 for our last 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp in the U.S. this year (includes a full resume/cover let

Oliver Wyman 114

Oliver Wyman Cover Letters Case Interview Resumes 114

Gina Abudi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'Resolving the issues This is Part 3 of a 3 part story about a team that was initially working together well and then began to have problems that were impacting the team members and the outcome of their initiative. In Part I we provided background information, in Part II we discussed why the team was [.].

Leadership 46

Leadership Development Management 46

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Boards of public companies, responding to investor demands, often pressure management to meet short term earnings estimates. DOMINIC Barton , global MD at McKinsey , talks with Tom Keene about how corporate boards of publicly listed companies tend to be too short term focused. Barton explains that corporate boards, responding to investor demands, often pressure management to generate strong quarterly earnings.

Company 88

Company McKinsey Enterprise Software 88

Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

'By: Renee Daggett There are times when the IRS intimidates taxpayers and they are so fearful, they will pay a notice without verifying the accuracy. The IRS may not have all the facts, so do not pay anything without checking the details. However on the flip side, I have seen taxpayers ignore letters and make the situation much worse. Dealing with the IRS can be stressful.

Banking 73

Banking Financial Consulting 73

Advertisement

Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c

Case Study

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'It appears there may be some energy sources in Syria that I was unaware of previously. They are in the Golan Heights area of Syria, now occupied by Israel. Dick Cheney is in the picture. Please consider Cheney-Linked Company to Drill in Occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli government awarded a local subsidiary of U.S.-based Genie Energy the rights to explore for oil and natural gas in about 150 square miles of the southern section of the Golan Heights.

Energy 78

Energy Resources Government Company 78

Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

'They will push you to fit in, to dress alike, to use the same tools, to fit the format. They are the high school English teacher in love with his rubric and the book editor who needs you to fit in with the program. "That''s the way we do things around here." They are the well-meaning productivity guru who wants you to get faster, not better, and the social media consultant who is driving with his rear-view mirror.

Media 55

Media Tools Productivity Consulting 55

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

'Welcome back to Tour Throwback Week. We’re recapping our lives as road warriors via planes, trains and automobiles…we visited Georgia Tech , Duke , Georgetown , and Columbia before rolling over to today’s campus…Yale. If you missed us, we are generally funny. Go back through our previous posts and laugh with us. If you are convinced that – on top of our expertise in consulting interviews – we’re also fun, come hang out with us next weekend in San Franci

Cover Letters 114

Cover Letters Case Interview Resumes Interviews 114

Chad Barr

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

This week’s reflection point: How often do you talk with individuals who seem to be in love with the sound of their own voice? They find it beneficial to share every fact known to them as they drone on and admire their own ideas. I love the use of the acronym TMI or Too Much Information. Unfortunately, it is often the recipient that suffers the consequences since the tendency to share too much information creates confusion, boredom, lack of focus and a waste of time.

Groups 40

Groups 40

Advertisement

Just because we're working with a distributed team doesn't mean we have to abandon time-tested tools and methods like whiteboarding. Digital look-alikes often cramp creativity and all but eliminate the humanity of shared interactions. Hardware solutions are also limiting and, of course, expensive and immobile. In an increasingly digital and remote-first world, it’s important for us to select tools and processes that allow us to mitigate if not eliminate the above problems.

How To