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Consulting Networking: 6 Best Practice Guidelines

Tom Spencer

Generally speaking, strengths fall under three categories: Skills – e.g. accounting, finance, data analysis. Hopefully, the 6 guidelines highlighted above will help you network more smartly while avoiding some common mistakes. Knowledge – e.g. understanding of the aerospace industry. Conclusion.

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Bridging the Gap: From the Consulting Industry to the Management Consulting Profession

Effective Managers

The industry is vast, including freelancers, independent consultants, and employees of consulting firms, offering services across various sectors such as IT, marketing, finance, and more. While this model has its merits, including flexibility and a wide array of services, it lacks a unified set of standards or ethical guidelines.

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Consulting: Blazing your own trail

Tom Spencer

However, with each case study consulting firms will also provide individuals with guidelines on how to answer it. They are not trying to catch people out, case studies are often used as guidelines to see if you will be a good fit for the role. The most important question that one needs to answer is the “WHY”.

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Want To Be On The Leading Edge? Forget About It.

Markovitz Consulting

In my consulting work, I’ve seen business unit managers unable to achieve the market share goals mandated by the CEO because they couldn’t get the IT support for new product development software; Finance and HR support to hire the necessary material scientists; and Operations support to rapidly qualify new suppliers.

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For the Right Price…

Martinka Consulting

When there’s a raft of comparable sales and/or financing limits there are built-in pricing guidelines (with limited exceptions). Well, sentimental feelings don’t count for much when valuing a business, a car, a house, and many other things. These things aren’t like a piece of art where beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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Projects, Products, and the Project Portfolio: Part 2, Assess & Rank the Work

Johanna Rothman

All the Finance work (Finance is the customer). I have a guideline for my clients: Not more than 25% in (KTLO) Keep The Lights On. In either case, you have to organize the work in some way. All the HR work (HR is the customer). Projects that grow the current business. About 40-50% in GCB (Grown Current Business).

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The 3 Secrets of a Successful Consulting Interview Suit

Management Consulted

Before starting Black Lapel , Tian worked in finance and his wife was a consultant at McKinsey. Following these guidelines will let you focus on getting the job, rather than getting dressed. But there’s so much more to dressing to impress than that. Suffice it to say, he knows a thing or two about dressing for a consulting interview.