StrategyU
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
In consulting, I worked with many companies helping them to develop strategies. Although these were often focused on different levels of the business and different topics, all of the “strategies” were similar. Bold goals might be great if you are able to meet them but if you fall short, that can really hurt your career.
StrategyU
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
After having a couple more jobs which I continued to learn, develop confidence in my skills and gain more clarity over the type of work I wanted to do, I decided it was time to make the leap. For example, early in my career, I would tell people “I am trying to break into consulting.”
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StrategyU
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Most knowledge professionals deal with problems that are ambiguous and part of their job is to identify the core issues. Here are a few useful things I learned about scoping in my consulting career : Find the problem behind the problem The first step of the consulting process is to define the problem.
StrategyU
MARCH 10, 2024
Even if a CEO is convinced their strategy is the right strategy, having their plan confirmed and endorsed by an outside consultant is a smart political maneuver that puts distance between themselves and any suspicion by the board of directors that what they propose is best for the CEO’s career and not the shareholders best interests.
StrategyU
APRIL 19, 2022
The Analyst and Associate Levels: Early-Career In Strategy Consulting. In the early days, top consulting firms were led by people who had careers in other industries and specific expertise. The tenure in role is most defined at the earliest points in the career path. This meant they needed to hire younger people and train them.
StrategyU
JULY 5, 2020
So in the last 1800s, Frederick Taylor and several others in the US started exploring new ways to think about running a business. While Taylor came from a family of some means, college was not the first stop in his career. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?
StrategyU
JANUARY 27, 2021
These firms produce many impressive alumni because they tend to recruit and attract some of the most driven young people around the world, the work is oriented towards helping senior leaders of top companies, and the fact that there is an expectation that most people who work at these firms will not spend their entire careers at them.
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