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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. 2013) Outstanding Turnaround Firm – Turnarounds & Workouts. Practice Areas.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time.

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??? Happy New Year: Predictions, Takeaways, and Thank you!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

We will see a rebound in markets with heavy tourist-centered economies: International travel will rebound in 2023 and the data seems to point towards traditional tourist markets getting some relief. Peak travel is down on commuter lines by about 40% or more in cities like DC, NYC, and Boston. Join the ‘Talking Tickets’ Slack Group.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. FTI’s top 3 competitors are CRA International, Navigant Consulting, and interestingly enough, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

Harvard Business

When presentations expert Nancy Duarte and I analyzed successful change initiatives, or movements , in business and society, we found that their leaders invested a lot of time in early listening tours and then empathically and systematically articulated their vision to one stakeholder group after another — even in the face of pressure to act.

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Coronavirus: Analysis, Conclusions & Takeaways

CaseInterview.com

If the fatality rate were the only relevant issue and one wasn’t in a high-risk group, I can understand that point of view. The risk isn’t that someone in a low-risk group will die. The practical fatality risk is close enough to regular flu that the risk is basically the same." No big deal.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

The quickest way to spring the short-term trap is to set overly ambitious targets — the kind that make the CEO a hero with investors in the short term, but threaten the long-term plan by, for instance, skimping on scheduled maintenance, cutting R&D investment, and shrinking travel and training budgets.

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