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The Cliches of Consulting vs The Reality

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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.

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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

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While Taylor came from a family of some means, college was not the first stop in his career. A year after BCG’s founding in 1964 both McKinsey and BCG established magazines to highlight business thinking. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Professor Pankaj Ghemawat ( link ).