Business Problem Solving Consulting Performance 
StrategyU
JANUARY 27, 2021
The alumni of top consulting firms are part of all types of organizations around the world. Consulting firms like McKinsey, Bain, and BCG can claim world leaders, public company CEOs, heads of non-profits, entrepreneurs and even musicians. Boston Consulting Group. Most Famous & Infamous Alumni. McKinsey & Company.
StrategyU
MAY 29, 2024
I was taking part in the Basic Consulting Readiness training and talking to my new friend Josh. He detailed how he had decided in high school, after getting into Stanford, that he would work in strategy consulting. I downloaded the book in 2006 to prepare for my consulting interviews.
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StrategyU
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
When interviewing for my first job in consulting, I spent a lot of my time practicing applying business frameworks to hypothetical case interview questions. I read Case in Point and Case Interview Secrets and spent a long time trying to find every last business framework via google. Second, I wasn’t thinking long-term.
StrategyU
OCTOBER 6, 2024
But I didn’t appreciate how rare that was until working at consulting firms where I found it incredibly hard to do that same level of work. All these places had leaders who said the right things and talked about building cultures of high performance, high standards, and excellence but the lived reality always fell short.
StrategyU
AUGUST 22, 2023
To demonstrate this, I asked Bard , googles AI chat tool, the following question: “What are three ways someone might use a tool like Bard that would help them work like a strategy consultant?” This information can then be analyzed to identify trends, patterns, and insights that would be helpful to a strategy consultant.
StrategyU
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Think about a problem that you are facing today. “I But if you told a consultant about the problem, they would likely ask you a bunch of questions before saying that. This is a very different problem that needs to be addressed very differently (and reducing your caffeine intake won’t help!).
StrategyU
APRIL 19, 2022
What’s the difference between an “associate consultant,” “business analyst,” or “associate”? In terms of responsibilities and time in role, the roles at the top three consulting firms (McKinsey, Bain, and BCG) are very similar. When Do Most Consultants Leave Consulting?
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