How to Motivate Others
When you’re managing a team, one of the big challenges is learning how to motivate the people you manage. While not everyone can be motivated,
July 15, 2023
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How to Become a VP or C-Level Executive
The key to getting (and keeping) a VP or C-Level job is to demonstrate the required leadership and people management skills before and after you
July 10, 2023
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MECE Framework / Principle – What does it mean? Why do consultants find it useful?
MECE = Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive MECE stands for Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive. The MECE Principle is a framework used by management consulting firms to group data into categories that following
May 27, 2023
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Big 4 Consulting vs. MBB
Working in the consulting division of a Big 4 Accounting firm differs from working at one of the MBB (McKinsey, Bain, or Boston Consulting Group)
May 27, 2023
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Big 4 Accounting Firm vs McKinsey, Bain and BCG
Below is a field report from a reader of mine who recently started working at the Boston Consulting Group after a year working in the
May 27, 2023
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Management Consulting
Management consulting is an industry that offers assistance with this kind of high-level decision-making and problem-solving. Management Consultants help businesses make strategic decisions that directly
May 26, 2023
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Influence is Power
Every meeting has two types of people in it. Those with power and those without. Most people tend to think
Authority vs. Influence
When most people think of power, they think of the person in the conference room with the most authority. Formal
Life Isn’t Always Fair
One of the things I tell my kids (that they hate) is that life isn’t always fair… deal with it.
Projecting Situational Gravitas
One way to project situational gravitas is to establish your credibility early in a relationship. This is especially the case
Gravitas & Power Questions
Gravitas is the elusive quality of being taken seriously. In a meeting, when you speak, do people spontaneously quiet down,
Too Good to be Ignored
Many people manage their careers by figuring out how to get ahead without actually earning it. This confuses me. While
How to Be Taken Seriously
In a meeting, two people can express the exact same idea, and one will be overlooked while the other will
You Must be a Doctor…
The oddest thing has been happening to me over the last 10 years. One out of every three times I
How to Be Insightful
In a meeting, you’ll notice the some people’s ideas automatically get taken seriously while others do not. This dynamic occurs
The Power of Influence
In any company, there are broad categories of power. One is formal authority. The other is influence. When you lead