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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

Harvard Business

What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. In fact, she logged nearly 200,000 miles that first year as she traveled to each site to share the strategy and reignite enthusiasm about the future of Xerox. Hope rekindled. Energy returned.”

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How to Overcome Executive Isolation

Harvard Business

All senior leaders are surrounded by physical or virtual trappings of office — the formal decor, the board dinners, the financial reports, the assistants that manage travel and scheduling, the intensive calendar that leaves little time for reflection. This forced them to go meet these customers and hear how they felt about the company.

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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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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. It also means that interns are at times required to travel and interact with FTI’s clients. Honored with Seven M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards.

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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey

Management Consulted

They tell you about the travelling etc, but I kept asking myself, “Am I missing something here? 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.

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F1Y Success Stories

CaseInterview.com

I had a huge turnaround, which was in large part due to your materials. I skipped going out on weekends, traveling on fall break, just to focus on getting better at it. It wasn't because I didn't know how to do cases, it was because I was doing the same mistakes over and over and over again. I was a disaster.

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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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