Management Consulted

JUNE 26, 2016

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And so when I ask questions during an interview, I can ask “What’s the size of your firm?

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Management Consulted

JULY 5, 2015

One of the best things about strategy consulting is that you get to work across a broad spectrum of industries , giving you exposure to a lot of the wonderful variety that exists around us in the business world. Teamwork, and the ability to work with ANYONE in a team, is a critical trait to demonstrate in key interviews.

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Consulting Interviews Airlines Industry 100

Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? As part of his ongoing column in Money Inc. Here are five reasons how and why this is so: 1. Publishing articles can promote your business.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. Lynn Street in Arlington.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 23, 2017

Research Note Our study is based on 120 semi-structured interviews with the subjects of five organizations in India , Zimbabwe , and Egypt. We also had access to vast amounts of archival data on these organizations and the contexts in which they operated.

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Ethics Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 48

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

The notion that you can transform a failing media company — or any company in any industry for that matter — by infusing it with data and algorithms is terribly misguided. While technology can certainly improve operational performance, the idea that it can replace a sound strategy is a dangerous delusion.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As business tycoon Richard Branson has proclaimed in 2012, “our only option to stop climate change is for industry to make money from it.” Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. We get back to core stuff.”

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Energy Case Interview Insurance Insurance 28

Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 31, 2019

Operating in this manner, you will no longer feel a need to shoehorn all the features, bells and whistles into the conversation. A few examples: size of company, revenue of company, industry your client companies serve, officer in company who typically makes the decision to hire you, etc. How to do this?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

We conducted a study , recently published in the Academy of Management Journal , to learn more about a neglected dimension of board composition: the proportion of domain experts. That is, the percentage of directors whose primary professional experience is within a firm’s industry. Our own interviews also confirm this idea.

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Telecommunications Banking Industry Research 36

Emerson Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

No one under him has served as the top officer of an operation as large as his, and no one outside the company comes to mind as someone he can turn to and confide in. He needs input from someone who has been here before yet none of his people qualify, not his CFO, not his COO, not any of his VPs.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Oil Patch Problems The Wall Street Journal explains Low Crude Prices Catch Up With the U.S. But the recent drop toward $40 a barrel and below puts even the most efficient operators in a bind. oil producer, said in an interview. Energy Department is forecasting the price of oil will average around $50 a barrel next year.

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Productivity Energy Case Interview Transportation 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2018

We are currently writing up our results for submission to an academic journal.). Surveying thousands of people across countries and industries to explore the relationship between self-awareness and several key attitudes and behaviors, like job satisfaction, empathy, happiness, and stress. Take Jeremiah, a marketing manager.

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How To Case Interview Research Study 70

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

Our data included executives’ scores on personality and emotional intelligence assessments, interviews with their managers and HR, and our case notes. The executives came from a wide array of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, and media. The average coaching engagement lasted six to 12 months.

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Emotional Intelligence Case Interview Talent Pharmaceuticals 51

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

One of us (Lotte) conducted a study , published in the Academy of Management Journal, to explore this question. It tracked 383 middle managers operating in 34 business units of a multinational in the logistics service industry. How can top managers guide proactive behavior so that good ideas make it to the finish line?

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Management Survey Report Efficiency 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 28, 2013

There is little to no incentive in the healthcare industry to hold down costs. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that profits urologists make from referring patients to their own radiation facilities play an outsized role in the treatment decisions. Here are a couple of articles that show what I mean.

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Healthcare System Insurance Insurance 78

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

In 2004, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) awarded Andy and Prabha the Marketing Science Practice Prize for outstanding implementation of marketing science concepts and methods, recognizing the sales territory alignment system they had developed and implemented through the work of ZS Associates.

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Being regularly published in professional business journals and trade and industry magazines can not only boost sales and publicity for your firm, but also offer you an invaluable level of credibility. a strategic management and operations consulting firm that helps businesses implement breakthrough strategies.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

All businesses, regardless of industry, have become what I call O2O businesses—their primary marketing objectives are focused on driving people online to drive them offline. Interview an expert. Interviewing a potential client. Commenting on popular blog articles in your industry. Jon Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing. ?

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Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Management Consulted

APRIL 5, 2015

CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Operations. Industries. Industrials. A small select few have even branched out into some unexpected areas such as politics and journalism. are operating on smaller budgets than their colleagues at MBB etc. CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . . L.E.K.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 13, 2013

In March, Henry Chao, the chief digital architect for the Obama administration’s new online insurance marketplace, told industry executives that he was deeply worried about the Web site’s debut. Please consider the New York Times report From the Start, Signs of Trouble at Health Portal. The extent of the problems is pretty enormous.

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Insurance Insurance Software Journal 77

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

There are similar stories in the electronics industry, pet food, pharmaceuticals, and even national security. We now have three years’ worth of reports in hand, and our analysis , published in the Academy of Management Journal, shows that giant multinational corporations often have little idea where their raw materials come from.

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