StrategyU

JULY 7, 2021

The next step is to develop analyses or experiments that you can perform to validate or quantify how much impact can be generated by focusing in each of these areas. How Issue Trees Are Linked With Problem Solving. At StrategyU we are fans of the SCQA process to define problems and develop hypotheses. Learn more here.

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StrategyU

AUGUST 22, 2023

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.

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StrategyU

MAY 29, 2024

At the highest level, most cases are similar: The interviewer presents background on a “client’s” business problem or scenario (e.g., I suspect the test was more of a general intelligence and reasoning test (which CAN be predictive of job performance). Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

use MECE not just for problem-solving, but also for structuring your communication. MECE presentations are always more clear and more persuasive. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? The McKinsey 7-S Framework can help. It’s the GPS for your company’s expansion strategy.

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StrategyU

JANUARY 27, 2021

Every business in the world has been grappling with this and therefore, as an advisor to those businesses, I’ve helped them think through that. My familiarity with boosting financial performance? Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? That will come over.

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StrategyU

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

People who were excellent at executing struggled to take a step back and be a thought partner with the client, helping design a longer more strategic approach to a problem. #7 7 No one is responsible for the process With almost everyone I’ve worked with, I ask them, “Who is responsible for obsessing over your internal process and performance?”

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StrategyU

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This is why consulting can feel more like therapy than business problem-solving. This is the value of a consultant, the ability to continue to search for the problem behind the problem. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? In consulting, things are always changing.

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StrategyU

APRIL 19, 2022

If you really wanted to jump from Business Analyst to Associate at McKinsey for example, that is definitely a possible path if you are a top performer. In this case, you likely would have to spend an additional six months or year in the BA role and it might come with the title “Senior Business Analyst.”

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StrategyU

JUNE 12, 2021

This is the secret sauce of any high-performing organization but can be hard to recognize if you were not there at the beginning. Edgar Schein, one of the leading thinkers on corporate culture, defined culture as a group of people “who have been together long enough to have shared significant problems.” Train Yourself To Be More Aware.

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StrategyU

JULY 5, 2020

From a 1895 presentation to a group of engineers, we find that consultants called themselves “consulting engineers.”. Present): McKinsey Leads The Globalization of The Strategy Consulting Industry. Present): A Mature Industry Searching For What’s Next. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.

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