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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Learning from My Mentors
My favorite question to ask my teachers and mentors is “who are your teachers and mentors?” I thought I’d introduce
How to Impress your Boss’s Boss
The market of a rising star career path involves getting jobs with increasingly greater responsibility in a relatively short period
Clear Thinking = Clear Writing
Clear thinking leads to clear writing. Fuzzy writing often reflects fuzzy thinking. One of the best ways to improve
What Exactly Does a CEO Do Anyway?
An engineer engineers. A marketer markets. A salesperson sells. A finance professional finances. A CEO… “CEOs”??? Unlike all other roles
The Importance of Situational Awareness
A friend of mine flies airplanes as a hobby. As a smart person, he doesn’t like taking unnecessary risks. Every
The McKinsey Kiss of Death
The #1 reason new McKinsey consultants get fired is what I call the firm’s “kiss of death.” What offense could
Ex-Consultants vs. Industry Professionals
I just finished writing my monthly newsletter for my Inner Circle mentorship members. This month’s focus was on identifying and
Being Slightly Famous
Traditional career planning strategy involves going to a good school, getting a job from a big brand name company, and
How Smart People Destroy Their Careers
The #1 way professionals with high IQs destroy their careers is by having low emotional intelligence (or “EQ” for short).
What Makes a CEO a CEO?
Is the CEO the best engineer in a company? Usually not. Is she the best salesperson in the company? The