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269: Misunderstanding "Being Analytic" Jun 21, 2015

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Aspiring and some young consultants tend to have a narrow outside-in view of management consulting. They make significant assumptions about why and how strategy studies are done, and try to replicate this assumed behavior. They think "being analytic" means analyzing things before every decision is made.

268: What Michael Jordan Can Teach You About Strategy Jun 15, 2015

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Aspiring NBA stars make a classic mistake when trying to watch, analyze and replicate the reasons why someone like Michael Jordan was so successful. In this podcast I explain why aspiring management consultants and those in industry make the very same mistake when watching, analyzing and replicating the reasons why McKinsey and BCG are so successful.

267: Strategy Training Changes at Firmsconsulting Jun 09, 2015

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[Update June 11] The 1st strategy training map is live! All 16 steps of strategy planning and 200+ critical points are complimentary to all our members!

266: Case Studies in Strategy Projects Jun 03, 2015

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It is fair to say that being assigned to develop the case studies to help a team on the strategy study is considered a dead-end role for most consultants. An associate or analyst would much rather want to be leading the corporate strategy analyses, business case or even the business unit analyses versus studying how other companies have tackled the same problem as the client.

265: Client Lessons: Stanford Masters Student May 28, 2015

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This podcast was prepared for clients in our case coaching program. Each week I will consolidate the main questions and challenges clients are facing in the program and use these podcasts to communicate suggestions and advice to your unique preparation needs.

264: From Siberia's winter plains to an elite university May 22, 2015

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The Firmsconsulting Emerging Fellows program is a program we run whereby we find and mentor promising young students from impoverished parts of the world. Working with them over several years, we guide them into elite schools and eventually into McKinsey or BCG.

263: How to read to improve reasoning May 16, 2015

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We have a section on the website where I list all of the articles I read on a daily basis: What Firmsconsulting is reading. The thinking was that readers could replicate the reading of a former strategy partner at an elite firm by reading what I read.

262: BCG / McKinsey to Private Equity: 4 Client Experiences May 10, 2015

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If you wanted to move from BCG / McKinsey to private equity, how do you make the career change?

261: McKinsey US No, McKinsey Moscow Yes, Wants US May 04, 2015

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This very insightful and unusual podcast discusses the unique situation 5 of our clients face.

260: Billable Hours Are Not Bad Apr 28, 2015

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This podcast addresses a major misunderstanding about billable hours. The concept is not bad at all, but works only in certain circumstances. This podcast carefully explains those circumstances, and crucially examines how billable hours hurts consulting assignments. It has nothing to do with the focus on profits, but rather who has the focus on profits.

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