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How to Manage a More Experienced Direct Report

CaseInterview.com

It means you recruited well. Your job is to go broad (and just deep enough) to understand how to coordinate across these different areas (and to make tradeoff decisions across these areas when needed). The inexperienced manager who stays inexperienced says, “I don’t know, and therefore, I don’t know how to make the right decision.”

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How to Overcome Executive Isolation

Harvard Business

The TV reality series Undercover Boss , in which the head of a business masquerades as a new employee, is one (extreme) example of how to learn what is really happening on the ground. But there are other, less dramatic techniques, too. They also can conduct town halls, where employees ask questions and engage in conversations.

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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 Summer Internship program has met with great success for the company and is fast becoming their main source for full-time recruitment.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Finally, you have constant client interaction which develops “client skills” – from managing client teams to running meetings to learning how to navigate different corporate environments. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey

Management Consulted

And how was the actual recruitment process for you? How long did it take before you started to feel settled in? How to get pages made, how to get research done, how much I was producing a day, etc. It’s rapid deadlines and very quick turnarounds. Were you expecting to get hired?

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. How are those organizations better because of you? How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. You’ll show how you’d improve their organizations, based on what you’ve done in the past. You know the standard advice. Career Transitions.

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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

Two of your most senior managers never do a lick of work—and are only on the payroll to keep competitors from recruiting them. They must deliver on tight timelines, quick turnarounds and short project cycles. But what surprised us was that few of them had ever been trained or coached on how to deal with them.

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