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How To Give Feedback Like A McKinsey Consultant

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The feedback sandwich sounds great: Start with positive feedback, then deliver the constructive feedback, and then close with another positive comment. But if the constructive feedback isn’t valuable who cares? Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? You just got a meal of useless information.

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The Magic Of Critical Thinking: How To Make Better Decisions

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It’s made life more fun, it’s made me more constructive, it’s made me more helpful to others, and it’s made me enormously rich. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? You name it, that attitude really helps. Munger embraces not only critical thinking but the desire to get better at it, forever.

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The Seven Traits of Highly Effective Consulting Problem Solvers

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Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? At McKinsey, they call this an “obligation to dissent.” But while leaders often say they are open to disagreement, their reactions tell a different story. If he can’t imagine, there’s no use analyzing. We can’t really shape things without imagination.