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8 Example Case Interview Questions

CaseInterview.com

Here’s a list of Case Interview Questions that I’ve received as a candidate. Keep in mind the interview format (especially for McKinsey) has evolved since the time I went through it as a candidate. How much time does it take to relocated an average size mountain 10 miles using an average size dump truck? – McKinsey Case. Your client is a $300 million a year copper mining company.

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New Clients in the Blink of an Eye for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

Numerous books, articles, podcasts and videos have highlighted an interesting, if somewhat disconcerting phenomenon: people make (most) decisions quickly—sometimes in an instant—without any deep, thoughtful reasoning. Then they develop rationales that they honestly believe are the reasoning behind their decisions. Decisions as important as buying a house, as trivial as chopping down a tree, or … Continued.

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What is a Healthy Company?

Markovitz Consulting

What is a healthy person? We can argue over specific metrics, but we’d all agree that we have to account for physical as well as mental/emotional health. What is a healthy organization? As with individuals, there will be disagreement over metrics, but clearly we have to consider financial performance, internal stakeholders (employees), and external stakeholders (community).

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How to Charge What You’re Worth with Chris Mele: Podcast #186

Consulting Success

Software Pricing Partners help you figure out how to price your intellectual property and your services. We have one such partner onboard today to help you figure out how to charge what you’re worth. Chris Mele is a software pricing strategist and a co-founder of CompanionCabinet Software. In this episode, Chris discusses with Michael Zipursky how getting yourself off of the cost basis for your.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

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.

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Buying a Business? Don’t Overlook the Soft-Skills

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

Because of the ‘shake-out’ that’s occurred with our economy over the past year, there are more companies than ever looking to sell, and therefore, more opportunities to buy. If you’re like a few of my clients, smart acquisitions are part of your strategic plan. However, as you identify criteria your ideal targeted acquisition candidates need to have (i.e., revenues, margins, location, equipment, staff, etc.), consider two 'soft-skills' items that can make or break a successful post-acquisition i

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Building the Perfect Team to Win Case Competitions

Tom Spencer

If you are looking to get into consulting, there are several ways to gain experience during your graduate studies. You can take classes, enroll in the graduate consulting club, or volunteer for pro-bono consulting projects. You can also participate in case competitions, which are in a league of their own. Each case competition is different depending on the organization behind it.

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Fun Discussion with the Agile Uprising

Johanna Rothman

I had the pleasure of being on the Agile Uprising Podcast: Modern Management Made Easy with Johanna Rothman. We had a wide-ranging discussion, including: What the manager's job is (and is not). How servant leaders support people taking responsibility. Why, if people manage through the seven principles, we don't need to use transparency and communication as principles.

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Instructional Design Theories That Have Aged Well

Clarity Consultants

The world of instructional design is certainly ever-evolving, particularly when it comes to implementing new technologies. However, some of the approaches of yesteryear haven’t lost their relevance. Instead, they remain an integral part of instructional design theory, at least in some form. If you are curious about instructional design methods that have aged at least relatively well, here’s what you.

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Why Coaching is the Secret Sauce of Leadership

Rick Conlow

Coaching is the secret sauce of leadership success. Ssshhh…did I write that? I let the cat is out of the bag. Check out these verses. “On Raglan Road” by Van Morrison and the Chieftains has these lines about hidden, secret ideas: I gave her gifts of the mind, I gave her the secret signs, That’s known to the artists who have known.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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Why I Rejected My Consulting Offers and Went Into Tech

Tom Spencer

For many ambitious university students, management consulting can seem like the ideal industry to start a successful and fulfilling career. But what happens when you realize it’s not the perfect fit for you? After completing several internships in strategy consulting and receiving multiple attractive offers, I became increasingly skeptical whether the job would match my values, my priorities, and my idea of life in my 20s.

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Take the Red Pill

The Fearless Marketer

This past week I discovered that I was living inside the Matrix. Well, not the computer-generated Matrix from the famous movie, but inside a particular Mind-Made-Matrix (MMM) that was shaping my perceptions, feelings, and actions. Living inside this MMM dragged me down, made me feel tired and uninspired, so much so that I couldn’t manage to write this newsletter last week (a real rarity for me).

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Networking To Find Clients With Clubhouse, Zoom And LinkedIn

Henry DeVries

How do the best rainmakers keep making it rain during the pandemic when face-to-face networking is problematic? The answer is they have pivoted and adapted.

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Private equity firms: Busier than ever in consulting, but with what impact?

The Source

Four years ago, we published an article about the way in which private equity firms could re-shape the consulting industry. What’s happened since then, and what will happen next? The first thing to say is that PE firms are far more active in consulting now than they were in 2017. Big, high-profile deals triggered an industry-wide awareness of, if not exactly consulting, then certainly the wider business and professional services world.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

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.

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Hodgepodge Offerings

Kai Davis

Let’s put on our imagination caps for a moment and head back to the year 1996… It’s Thursday. The week before your nephew’s birthday. (The nephew whose birthday you’ve forgotten for the last three years.). You head to the local mega toy store to snag a gift. When you arrive, you remember that your nephew loves power rangers. And loves pizza. (Maybe?

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Survey: The Future of the Best Place to Work

Brimstone Consulting

Expectations have changed. What now makes a best place to work? Brimstone has partnered with Entrom y, an organizational assessment platform, to conduct a survey to learn about new expectations for organizations and the work environment. Focused on what employees are looking for in an organization, how organizations can differentiate themselves, attracting and retaining talent, and the expectations of leaders, the survey aims to uncover anticipated challenges and opportunities for the future.

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LinkedIn Says ‘Virtual Selling Is Here To Stay’

Henry DeVries

Sales leaders continue to transition from in-person to all-virtual selling models. Many believe there will be no return to normal selling, and this is an opportunity for something better.

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What B2C retail can teach consultants about sales

The Source

Consumer behaviour has changed a great deal over the past few years. As shoppers have embraced the digital revolution—a revolution which has been accelerated significantly by the pandemic—brands and retailers have come under increased pressure to deliver compelling and cohesive customer experiences across both physical and digital channels. Consultants, of all people, should understand this.

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TOOLS and METHODOLOGIES for developing DECISION SUPPORT PACKAGES

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.

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267: Veronica Sagastume—How Do You Switch From A Success in Business To A Successful Business Builder?

On the Brink Podcast

Hear how to turn your big idea into a profitable business! Veronica Sagastume was a wonderful woman to interview. She represents all that we love about women who can take an idea and turn it into a great innovation and a successful business. In our podcast, Veronica helps you think about yourself, what you are doing, and how you can convert your big idea into a bold new venture.

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The next six months will define you as a leader

Brimstone Consulting

The past year has been an arduous journey. As a leader, you have had to navigate simultaneous health, economic, political, and social crises. Each of these crises impacting you, your family, and your employees personally. At the same time, you have had to guide your organization through uncertainty and constant change. While the path forward may look clearer and more defined, now is not the time to rest or to go on autopilot.

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How to Manage the Workload of Remote Teams

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Remote teams are a common component of the “new normal” workforce. Since 2020, remote work culture has evolved, with many companies implementing long-term strategies for either home-based or hybrid teams. Allowing employees to work from home is an excellent way to cut costs in any business landscape. When you opt for remote workers, you don’t need to pay as much on office overheads, and you reduce your impact on the environment too.

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Managing the Moment from the Inside Out

Makarios Consulting

Travis Bradberry, author of the bestselling book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 , reports that 83 percent of people with high self-awareness are top performers, while only 2 percent of bottom performers display this trait. Why are self-aware people top performers? In large part because they channel that self-awareness into self-management: effectively managing their emotional reactions to situations, people, challenges, and difficulties in order to bring about the best outcome for all concerned.

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Why You Need to Use Case Studies in Sales and Marketing (and How to Start Now)

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

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15 Questions to Stimulate Your Mind and Creativity

Chad Barr

I was recently asked what questions we should ask ourselves to generate the biggest impact. Although this list could be enormous, here is my condensed list: What are you avoiding (and why) that would positively propel you forward and what do you wish you should have done several years ago that you still have not? What new habits and rituals should you focus on building, and which are the ones that have generated the highest levels of success for you in the past?

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Profiles of giving

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: I really liked the 6 profiles of giving from this article on Generosity Burnout. Experts share. The post Profiles of giving appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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How to Invest in Yourself & Grow Your Business with Confidence w/Kelley Powell Ep#102

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined by Kelley Powell. Kelley is the CEO of the McLaurin Group, a company that supports founders and companies as their technology operating partner. She's also the author of Courage to Lose Sight of Shore: How to Partner with Private Equity to Grow Your Business with Confidence.

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Managing the Moment from the Inside Out

Makarios Consulting

Travis Bradberry, author of the bestselling book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 , reports that 83 percent of people with high self-awareness are top performers, while only 2 percent of bottom performers display this trait. Why are self-aware people top performers? In large part because they channel that self-awareness into self-management: effectively managing their emotional reactions to situations, people, challenges, and difficulties in order to bring about the best outcome for all concerned.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.