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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. With your new-found free time upon securing a job, consider learning a new skill or two. You did it! Try a New Activity. Start Consulting.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Consultants in the rainbow nation have continued to operate efficiently and effectively during the Covid pandemic. Based on several interviews with consultants, here is the picture painted for me on what to expect for consulting in South Africa. Consultants should expect their time management skills to be tested and sharpened.

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Methods to build team cohesion

Asamby Consulting

In this blog post, we will explore the definition of team cohesion, why it affects your efficiency, and how you can impact it to increase revenue and be the top in your competition. In turn, resulting in low turnover rates for the organization, maintaining or increasing the efficiency of the performance.

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Minimum Efficient Scale

CaseInterview.com

Today, I want to introduce you to (or perhaps remind you of) the concept of the minimum efficient scale. For example, Amazon is able to process and deliver its customers’ orders very efficiently because of its “scale.”. The concept of “minimum efficient scale” is less well known and is a less-used term. Minimum efficient scale.

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3 Ways to Make Time for the Little Tasks You Never Make Time For

Harvard Business

After one extended trip abroad during which he avoided email, he wrote that he had missed a large number of critical messages, including a fulfillment center crisis that caused him to lose more than 20% of monthly orders for his business, media interview opportunities that had expired, and more than a dozen partnership offers.

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5 Ways to Say No to a Networking Request

Harvard Business

If you’d genuinely like to meet the person but don’t have time for a one-on-one coffee, you could invite them to a group gathering. Another way to protect your time is to defer the invitations you accept. Invite them to a group gathering. Defer your acceptance.

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How to Pass the McKinsey Problem Solving Game

CaseInterview.com

In the case interview process for McKinsey, one of the early evaluations is “Solve,” McKinsey’s digital assessment game (formerly called the McKinsey Problem Solving Game). This game evaluates the candidate’s ability to solve problems efficiently and think critically. Time management is certainly a factor.