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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. I was selected to interview at both the NIH and the DoD and subsequently was offered positions in both organizations.

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

This article identifies what lies ahead for graduates considering a future in consulting, and highlights key insights that I gained by interviewing junior and senior consultants. Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits. Brace yourself.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

However, they tend to have an intense lifestyle with lots of travel, face-to-face engagements, and long hours as a result. If you are interested in a career with a lot of travel, this could be a good place for you. With 8,000 employees across 56 offices, it accepts clients in private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Of its $37.7

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Diversify and Create Multiple Income Streams as a Consultant with Dorie Clark: Podcast #11

Consulting Success

From there, Dorie worked for a nonprofit in Boston for two years, where she learned how to run a business resourcefully. To promote her book Reinventing You, in 2015, Dorie gave 160 podcast interviews and traveled around the country to deliver 74 speeches. Staying Focused and Productive.

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Business Lessons from Henry David Thoreau

Emerson Consulting Group

Many of life’s major arenas and how we approach or practice them, such as environmentalism, writing, travel, war and peace, politics and rebellion, philosophy and introspection, are steeped within the life and legend of Henry David Thoreau. By Ken Lizotte CMC. As part of his ongoing column in Money Inc. But just the opposite proved true.

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The CEO’s Guide to Retirement

Harvard Business

We studied the post-CEO careers of 50 Chief Executives in the Fortune 500, and interviewed 13 of them. Over half assume leadership positions at nonprofit organizations and almost all are philanthropic. .” Almost every CEO we interviewed reported great satisfaction in their work lives after being CEO.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

These intense work styles are often celebrated as the only way to get to the top and be a super-productive leader. ” In an interview, three CEOs rated as top performers by HBR said the job was 24/7 and admitted they weren’t great role models. But does it have to be that way? I see it all the time,” He said.