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How to Manage a More Experienced Direct Report

CaseInterview.com

It means you recruited well. Let’s say you manage a technical resource (this could be a technologist, lawyer, CPA, or medical professional). That will increase their turnaround time for the work orders in their group by 70%. This is the situation that a good CEO strives for — to be the so-called “dumbest” person in the room.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm based in Southfield, MI known for its work in corporate turnarounds, bankruptcy assignments and restructuring. Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus.

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Student Consulting ? Does it deliver?

Tom Spencer

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. In the worst case scenario, student consulting clubs are a net drain on productivity, consuming more time and resources than they save.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Instead of defining the basic characteristics of each job (there are plenty of resources out there for that, including the Vault and Wetfeet Guides ), I will address a laundry list of defining differences between the two professions. Let me caveat by saying THESE ARE NOT YOUR ONLY OPTIONS. 2) Heavy team interaction. 5 EXIT OPPORTUNITIES.

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Oliver Wyman Interview and Offer

CaseInterview.com

All of a sudden, companies started actively recruiting again. Congratulations on the turnaround of your situation from what I recall was a big disappointment for you (not getting the Accenture offer) to a big win (getting the Oliver Wyman offer). The various firms typically are on a similar recruiting cycle. This is very common.

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F1Y Success Stories

CaseInterview.com

Success Story: I just wanted to very briefly reach out, offer my thanks and let you know of my success with consulting recruiting in my final year of a Bachelor of Commerce degree at [ public research university ]. I was exposed to your resources early this year as I was applying for consulting summer internships. Additional Resources.

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Research: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change

Harvard Business

Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school. As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do it, who to listen to, and how to manage critics along the way?