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Obsessing On Process & Meta-Process: The Secret of High-Performing Consulting Firms

StrategyU

These aren’t just templates or checklists for the sake of having them, these should be documents, and tools to help develop a shared understanding that is at the core. This can take the form of a team charter, a problem definition worksheet, or even a set of key questions to ask at each project stage. Who is the data wizard ?

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Five Steps to Make a Presentation Using Strategy Consulting Principles

StrategyU

In addition to this high level objective, its helpful to identify which kind of document you want to create. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? For example, Demonstrate why our proposed market entry strategy will drive 20% revenue growth over the next three years.

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Problem-Solving Tools to Help Your Business Increase Productivity

Wrike

It’s proof that sometimes the best business problem-solving tools really are the simplest. . Problem: You know your team isn’t using hours effectively. employees , 49% of respondents said they have trouble locating the documents they need at work. Here’s a frightening statistic: For the average worker, only 2.8

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Why Strategy is Simple and How Developing A Strategic Perspective Can Accelerate Your Career

StrategyU

Most people don’t realize that you can find the strategy documents of most public companies by going to their investor relations page and then looking for recent presentations that they have made at conferences. These kinds of things are also included in most companies’ annual reports or 10-K documents.

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Five Freelancing Skills That Matter – Lessons From A Former Strategy Consultant

StrategyU

At this point, I still use the Vivo Strategies for legal documents but rarely use it with anything else. However, anyone who has worked on these specific teams within the firm knows that the internal documents they share with clients are much more specific. If I can get them to edit the document directly, even better.

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What Consultants Actually Do?

StrategyU

The Day-to-Day Life of a Consultant A typical day in a consultants life can vary widely depending on the project and client, but some common tasks include: Research and Data Collection Consultants start by gathering datareviewing financial reports, market research, and internal documents, as well as conducting interviews with key stakeholders.

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How To Give Feedback Like A McKinsey Consultant

StrategyU

This can lead to frustration and wasted effort on trivial matters (I once had a manager who made me capitalize a word that really shouldn’t have been capitalized on every document). Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Is this feedback on something that they can control?