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Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?

Harvard Business

It’s possible to fake emotional intelligence. Similar to knockoffs of luxury watches or handbags, there are emotions and actions that look like the real thing but really aren’t. Given that most people aren’t sociopaths, in my experience, the more common misuses of emotional intelligence are subconscious.

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Transitioning from Management Consulting to Corporate Strategy/M&A – the Interview Process

Tom Spencer

Interviews. After going through a handful of interviews through referrals, direct reach out from HR/hiring team, and LinkedIn/company website applications I would categorize my interviews into three buckets: Corporate strategy. BizOps / Strategy & Operations at tech firms. Multiple hiring team interviews (case + fit).

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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

A global firm with a very interesting history, they’re known for motivating, developing and training their clients’ staff as well as the for research they carry out on the companies they work with. Basically, they’re HR and research gurus, and it all comes down to their founding father, Edward N. Exit Opportunities.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Booz & Company Interview and Culture. So you have a Booz & Company interview coming up, and you want to be the best candidate they see? After 2 years, he recruited 2 friends from Chicago and formed the Business Research and Development Company with $500 borrowed from the bank. Operations and Logistics. Automotive.

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How to De-Risk Working with a Freelance Management Consultant

Comatch

The world is changing rapidly, and the way that companies operate within it needs to shift as well. Companies are experiencing a severe shortage of qualified employees, with research pointing to 14,000 current openings. workforce and 14% of the European workforce operate as freelance professionals. . Currently, 36% of the U.S.

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What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

Harvard Business

Research suggests that when we see ourselves clearly, we are more confident and more creative. Yet, when I first began to delve into the research on self-awareness, I was surprised by the striking gap between the science and the practice of self-awareness. Archi Trujillo/Getty Images. We’re less likely to lie, cheat, and steal.

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Younger and Older Executives Need Different Things from Coaching

Harvard Business

Our data included executives’ scores on personality and emotional intelligence assessments, interviews with their managers and HR, and our case notes. To maximize objectivity and scientific rigor, we used research-based behavioral criteria to determine each rating. Meetings averaged one to two sessions per month.