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First Six Months – Adjusting to Consulting Life

Tom Spencer

The first week was mostly training and orientation. What you see is what you get in consulting, and after spending time interviewing with the people, understanding business case analysis, and researching the firms, I knew what I would be getting into at Bain. Bill, how did your first week on the job go? Any highs or lows?

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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. A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing.

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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.

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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. That opportunity gave her the training on the job that she needed to successfully go out and start her own business, where she is thriving today. Publishers will never create the success of a book for you.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

The DC office management pushes training programs and the culture is all about grooming employees into McKinsey-bred consultants; they do everything they can to stay on top. Training opportunities are plentiful, but you will need to show personal interest in order to take advantage of them. Lynn Street in Arlington.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

” 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. Their strategies have since become the “ Vacation Checklist ” DeGroot shares with others at the nonprofit. But does it have to be that way? “I had such guilt.

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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest

Harvard Business

With over 175 million active users worldwide, Pinterest thrives on providing users with relevant ideas: what to wear, what to cook, how to furnish your home, and where to travel. First, we instituted an unconscious bias training program for every new employee within their first two weeks, delivered by trained employees across all functions.