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Acing the Fit Interview — Effective Storytelling

Tom Spencer

Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the third article of this series, you will learn about personal experience questions that demand a different approach from motivation questions. It’s crucial that the extent of the challenge is sufficiently underscored.

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Due Diligence by Management Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

It was a very interesting experience, so in this post I will share what I learned, as well as talk about the role played by management consulting firms. At the same time, management consultants will generally be brought in to look at the viability of the business, from a strategic and operational perspective. Image: Pexels.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

Many managers want to be more inclusive. For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images. But they don’t know how to get there.

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Methods to build team cohesion

Asamby Consulting

Team Cohesion Team cohesion is when a group of individuals shares a strong sense of common identity. For a better understanding, a cohesive team means that every member in the team considers themselves making a contribution to the group and have help in achieving the group targets.

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How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business

When you’re hiring a new manager, the stakes are high. You need someone who can effectively lead people, manage a budget, liaise with upper management — and, usually, do it all from day one. Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone?

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

It’s great CV and interview fodder. For most students, this will probably be the main reason why they join a student consultancy – it looks great on the CV and gives you something to talk about in interviews. From this, you can identify any potential problems and use the experience to find a way to manage or solve these problems.