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Student Consulting ? Does it deliver?

Tom Spencer

Consultants can also connect the client to research teams and global networks of experts. This may include discrete projects completed at arms length, such as due diligence on a transaction, or turnaround projects where consultants are embedded within an organisation. Student consultants offer few to none of these value propositions.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500. FTI Consulting Chief Executive: Steve Gunby.

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Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World’s Biggest Companies

Harvard Business

Outsiders, in effect, have become more of an intentional leadership choice than a stereotypical hire in a turnaround or crisis situation. The industries facing the most disruption have brought in higher-than-average numbers of outsiders recently. Though some research points to a prevalence in the U.S. They’re not high.

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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey

Management Consulted

I started researching management consulting online, and it really seemed up my alley. ” Consulting seemed like it would fit me really well because it lets you try out a lot of different industries and functions. And how was the actual recruitment process for you? I tend to get bored with a given topic quickly.

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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. As we began our research , we limited our definition of tech companies to those that create technology as a product or service. A tenure of two years makes you an “old-timer.”

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We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business

But what if there were a way to make breakthrough progress by applying research-based tools and strategies to boost these numbers faster? Prior to landing the top job, female CEOs in the study worked in a slightly higher number of roles, functions, companies, and industries than men leading companies of a comparable size.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. And he reinforced what he could offer hiring companies — elevating them to the #1 position in their respective industries. This next story is told by a health care EVP/COO who’s planned and executed several turnarounds of large hospital systems.

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