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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The Day-to-Day Life of a Consultant A typical day in a consultants life can vary widely depending on the project and client, but some common tasks include: Research and Data Collection Consultants start by gathering datareviewing financial reports, market research, and internal documents, as well as conducting interviews with key stakeholders.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

They might say yes initially but then I ask if they’ve read strategy reports, investor documents, done store visits (if appropriate), and done interviews to understand their clients better. You can find it in corporate strategy documents, earnings call transcripts, press, and public interviews. If so, how much? He was supportive.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Before I started at McKinsey, someone several decades my senior asked me “why would my company hire you, with only a few years of work experience, to solve a problem for us?” He was skeptical of how a team of twenty-something analysts and associates could address problems that his senior leadership team was struggling with.

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StrategyU

JULY 5, 2020

Part of the toolkit McKinsey developed was a 30-page document called the “General Survey Outline” (GSO) and it stood out for how it was different than Taylor’s “how-to” approach. From 1995 to 2009 the consulting industry exploded as the business world tapped into enormous wealth through globalization and technology. billion to $3.4

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