Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. So welcome. I'm so glad to have you here and I'm so glad you're willing to take the time to talk to us.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 6, 2021

From this we hear some common problems, issues, challenges, and worries. In this regular feature we share some of those challenges, and our advice, for dealing with them. I’ve been in my role since March last year. I feel a bit cut off and just haven’t formed the bond with my team that I would have expected by now.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hey there, it's Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to interview our latest Consultants Institute grad, Dave Saliaris, who has his own consulting group that he is launching officially. So welcome. I'm so glad to have you here and I'm so glad you're willing to take the time to talk to us.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 23, 2020

During university I had the opportunity to do five different 4-month co-ops (internships) in capital markets, management consulting, and strategy. I was constantly learning, being challenged and believe that I could have done more given what I know now. I started out my internships not really thinking about the big picture.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. Jeff : I had little idea about management consulting until my second year at university. I also exposed myself to various case competitions.

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Brimstone Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I finished those 2,190 miles in 5 and ½ months. As one of the first 100 or so women to earn the title of ‘thru-hiker,’ I was about as full of myself as someone who attends a prestigious college, and never quite gets over it. Or so I thought. Katahdin in Maine. I was, as they say, “all that, and a bag of chips.”.

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 8, 2022

After another nine months in the Year of our Lady Two Thousand and Twenty-Two, I stand by that assessment: Four Thousand Weeks is an excellent book, and you should read it. So, what should you do with your limited amount of time? I wish everyone would read this book. That’s not a lot of time. That’s okay. Momento Mori.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 8, 2022

As the number of experienced hires have increased during the pandemic and I personally made this transition twice during my career, below I’ll share my thoughts on how to think about this route to help you make sense of this process and plan your approach. I personally experienced processes taking anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. It was a tight race, so we also awarded some runner ups. “My interest in consulting was a happy accident. You wowed us!

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Because I know my sessions offer value to the right people. I want the right people to see my bio and say “Yes” to my session. I iterate on my bio just like I iterate on everything else in a conference proposal. I have a “template” I use for my bio: Line 1: Introduces you to the reader.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2017

The first piece of advice I was given when I started my Master’s in Management at London Business School was to beware of the mirage of consulting. As the rejections began to come through and most of us partook in a collective sigh of “oh well!”, It’s not the end of the world if you don’t want the same thing as everyone else.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2018

That success could have bred complacency , followed by failure, as so often happens in companies across industries. Innovative organizations don’t worry about how to maintain excellence so much as how to find the new excellence. ’ And I was just like, ‘Oh my gosh, where do I even start?’”

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Confessions of a Consultant

JUNE 3, 2018

Additional key strands involved solving 2 key business challenges, personal coaching and career insights from the company’s own leaders. Oh, did I mention that the place was also full of spiders? One of the guys on the course was called Fernando – so that song choice was low hanging fruit. All good stuff. Then took a 1.5

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Management Consulted

JUNE 5, 2016

So tell me what’s happening and what’s happened? I’m focusing on the life sciences, and so I’m applying to L.E.K., I would love to hear a little bit about you and your background so we know where you’re coming from. So I’ll start off with background then. How are you? How are you?

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn : Hey, it’s Betsy Jordyn of the Consultant’s Institute, and I’m so excited to interview Charles Browne. So, why don’t you introduce yourself, and share a little bit more about your business, and how you help your clients. So, you know I started my career in the Navy.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

My experience as a digital leader in the Obama administration confirmed my optimism that change can come to large bureaucracies. My first challenge was that I was a political appointee, an interloper coming into a sea of dedicated career government workers. I needed to establish my bona fides and credibility.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 15, 2019

So, Jahaan, welcome. Thank you so much for taking the time and sharing your experience. Betsy Jordyn : So, before I share more about your business, tell me about you, your background and what led up to you wanting to start your own consulting business. So, I’ve worked in sports my entire career.

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Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

It’s scary, challenging, and can take 6-12 months to see any results from your specialization. You want to be able to run with your positioning for years, so take the time and get it right. Don’t rush into it so you don’t need to rush out of it. It’s not an easy process. Drop and Give Me 20.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2018

She formed a group of about two dozen men and women in senior management at law firms, public and financial service entities, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, Eli Lilly, Marriott, IBM, and Ford who wanted to challenge the notion that work-life balance is impossible for leaders. “We kept trying.

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Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2018

If you watched the Super Bowl a few months ago, you probably saw the coaches talking to each other over headsets during the game. But based on my observations, this is easier said than done. When a boss identifies these talents and asks you to do something that uses your superpower, you may think, “But that’s so easy.

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Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

I have to fly out to DC at about 7:40 PM, so I’m pretty excited about that. I’m so excited about your final rounds. So tell me what questions you have, and how I can help you get ready for tomorrow? Yeah, so last Thursday I had my first round interviews on campus at Duke, and I guess they went pretty well.

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2017

“Mommy/Daddy, I don’t feel so good.” Working parenthood in and of itself presents a massive logistical and emotional challenge, and when your child is unwell, that challenge ramps up significantly: How do you explain to your boss that you can’t make it to the big sales meeting? Acknowledge and anticipate.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

“He gave me not only the gift of alignment but also the barometer against which I could measure my own progress,” said the CMO, who asked that neither she nor her company be identified by name. ” The email contained a link to a 2017 article one of us wrote for HBR, and suggested the CMO read it before their meeting.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

I am super excited to introduce you all to Charles Browne, the latest graduate from the Consultant’s Institute, who has got an amazing new business that he is launching, so welcome. Betsy Jordyn : So, what I would love to do first, is like just take us back in time, and tell us a little bit about your journey.

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Confessions of a Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2019

There were a number of constraints… Simple Roadmap : The project had both organisation and HR elements, including strategy creation, revising the structure, recruitment impacts and so on. The BIG 6 approach presupposes that you can identity and resolve a small number of key challenges facing the business. OH-NO SECOND: ?Minuscule

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Management Consulted

MAY 4, 2014

Jason: So currently I’m a junior at NYU Stern majoring in economics and global business. At the beginning of my sophomore year, I started to get more into it and went to some info sessions on what the industry looks like and what to expect. It’s just something that fits well with my habits and my personality. Jason: Sure.

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

:: I just read a content marketing article that said I should be provocative and emotional in my headline. My style is usually much more supportive and complimentary. Oh – and that summary and current job description!? This relates back to my first heading about being smart and the second heading about being perfectionists.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Until the 90s, I worked in plenty of organizations where my managers did cancel projects once they saw the requirements. My managers canceled the project. Computers kept getting cheaper and more capable, so, in a sense, the laws of physics did change. My managers didn't just cancel projects at the end of the requirements phase.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 22, 2020

I am Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to have Dr. Sangeeta Pati here. She is an integrative health doctor who completely was instrumental in helping my overcome my burnout. I'm so excited you're here. So you either learn about what they want to know about or they leave your practice. You're in inspiration.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

. “Those periods might last 10 minutes, 10 days, or 10 months.” ” Working closely with a person like this can be a real challenge. “So unless you’re a psychologist, judging someone’s way of handling stress as inappropriate is fraught.” ” Appreciation can be a powerful intervention.

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Confessions of a Consultant

DECEMBER 30, 2018

About a Zillion years ago, there was an old radio programme called ‘What’s My Line?’ 1 st month = get to know the business e.g. spend time in the field. 2nd month = consolidate your thinking; sort Shark from Minnow issues into some logical hierarchy. So far, so boring. What’s my Role? It was good fun.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Twenty-Two Ideas Economy: High probability that we're looking at a recession in the next 12 months. Rate Hike: Interest rate hike is probably 6 or 8 months too late. Oil: It's not so much prices as it is specific opportunities. So it's the same kind of creating a competitive advantage by virtue of your entry price.

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