Consulting Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Today, I'm chatting with one of my favorite executives of all time, Jim MacPhee, recently retired Chief Operating Officer and self-proclaimed Experience Steward for Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. This interview is THAT powerful. He is also the author of the newly released book Engage, Inspire, Lead. Jim MacPhee [link].

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Operations Leadership Consulting Transportation 156

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

In 2004, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) awarded Andy and Prabha the Marketing Science Practice Prize for outstanding implementation of marketing science concepts and methods, recognizing the sales territory alignment system they had developed and implemented through the work of ZS Associates.

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2016

Professional mid-career internships operate on the same principle as any other internship: they provide employees the opportunity to be evaluated on an actual work sample instead of a series of interviews by an employer that might want to hire them. Programs usually include updating, mentoring, and coaching support features.

Talent 114

Talent Interviews Company Operations 114

Management Consulted

AUGUST 23, 2015

Tesla Motors is an American company that has made waves in the car industry, so much so that General Motors then-Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said in 2007 that this company’s car inspired him to push GM to develop the Chevrolet Volt. . The company now employs more than 6,000 people worldwide, and still operates in 3 countries.

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Culture Interviews Cover Letters Resumes 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. They operated with a both/and mindset, seeking to deliver on immediate goals in a way that also built a sustainable future.

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Metrics Study Financial Operations 117

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2018

We investigated this topic when we studied how Nokia executives dealt with the company’s severe strategic challenges between 2007 and 2013. As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers.

Strategy 77

Strategy Strategy& Strategy Analysis 77

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

The company started making handheld wireless devices in 1999 and gained substantial market share in the initial smart phone market prior to the release of the iPhone in 2007. Operations. A leading financial services company is trying to reduce operating expenditures. You have been brought in as the CEO of Blackberry.

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Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

On Google’s earnings call for the first quarter of 2006 – more than a year before the iPhone was released and more than two years before the release of the first Android-operated smartphone – CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to talk about mobile. Perhaps by 2012 it was already too late. That makes sense.

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Turnaround Data Operations Company 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In decades of teaching executives at Harvard Business School and interviewing CEOs for my research, I’ve observed that savvy leaders whose strategies succeed tend to focus on four implementation imperatives: Question everything. It knew it had to act fast, so top leaders began by challenging major assumptions about how they operated.

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Strategy Strategy& Strategy Nonprofit 73

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2017

To understand how employers can improve engagement and retention, FSG worked with Hart Research Associates to survey over 1,200 entry-level, hourly workers between the ages of 17 and 24, and interviewed dozens of companies to find out how they have improved retention. is an innovator in this area.

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Survey How To Retail Training 88

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

From 2007 to 2016, the brewer saw its African sales outside of South Africa climb from $280 million to $1 billion. By 2016, SABMiller had brewing operations in around forty of Africa’s fifty-four countries. Mark Bowman was the managing director of SABMiller’s Africa region during that decade.

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Case Study Case Studies Case Interview Marketing 73

Rick Conlow

JULY 15, 2019

Are you doing interviews but getting no job offers? This post will help you in these two situations: You are considering that you need a new job, and are beginning the job seeking and interview process. During the 2007-10 Great Recession over 7M people lost their jobs in the US. In an interview, ask the question, and take notes.

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Interviews Training Training How To 53

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

And Gulati’s research, including interviews with 500 executives spanning industries and geographies, asserts that outside-in success is not confined to any one sector. It’s worth noting that the companies and business units in my study were tracked between 2001 and 2007. Join the conversation. With Ranjay Gulati.

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Education Real Estate Research Company 95

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. A private equity group led by TPG bought the company in 2007; at the time SCA had suffered more than four straight quarters of declining profits.

Company 70

Company Engineering Turnaround System 70

MishTalk

JULY 28, 2015

Let’s not fool ourselves,” he said in an interview in his central Rome office. The Commission operates as a cabinet government, with 28 members of the Commission (informally known as "commissioners"). It operates through a system of supranational institutions and intergovernmental-negotiated decisions by the member states.

Finance 28

Finance Government Insurance Insurance 28

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund. Chicago’s property tax revenues do not go into its general operating fund.

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Financial Engineering Finance Government 28

Management Consulted

APRIL 5, 2015

CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Operations. are operating on smaller budgets than their colleagues at MBB etc. Queens Award for Enterprise (2007). CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Generally speaking, interview are held across two rounds. . L.E.K. Consulting. Along with a Chairman, L.E.K.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Strategy 100

MishTalk

JULY 27, 2013

Robots will cost plenty - for the largest farming operations, millions of dollars - but farm operators say the expense will be worth it. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview. December 2007 (69).

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 78

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

With estimated operating costs of 1.7 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview. Sound Money Interview on 91.5fm WNYE New York. Interview with the Freedom News Hour. December 2007 (69). July 2007 (44).

Banking 74

Banking Analysis Trends Real Estate 74

MishTalk

JUNE 30, 2013

In what should be no surprise to Mish readers, the HSBC China Manufacturing PMI™ shows Operating conditions deteriorate at quickest pace since last September, and new export orders plunge. Operating conditions have now worsened for two successive months. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview.

Analysis 67

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 67

MishTalk

JULY 15, 2013

The Socialists also declared that they would no longer co-operate with the Rajoy government, only weeks after the two sides issued a joint declaration setting out Spain’s interests ahead of the June European summit. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview.

Analysis 67

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 67

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Mortgage Forgiveness Act of 2007 Expires. 11, 2008 — The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 generally allows taxpayers to exclude income from the discharge of debt on their principal residence. This provision applies to debt forgiven in calendar years 2007 through 2012. This Week in Money Interview.

Real Estate 71

Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising 71

MishTalk

JULY 4, 2013

It did not take too long to discover that France operates its own "Big Brother" network gathering systems after demanding explanations from the US. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview. December 2007 (69).

Analysis 60

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 60

MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

Operation Twist (2011). EDT by announcing the implementation of Operation Twist. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview. Sound Money Interview on 91.5fm WNYE New York. Interview with the Freedom News Hour.

Balance Sheet 59

Balance Sheet Analysis Trends Real Estate 59

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

German retailers pointed to a reduction in their gross operating margins for the thirty-second consecutive month, with the rate of decline little changed since June. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview. up from 55.3

Retail 63

Retail Sales Real Estate Financial 63

MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

Traditionally, these trucks would require four drivers to operate 24 hours a day. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. 2011-03-29 - Sound Money Interview. Sound Money Interview on 91.5fm WNYE New York. Interview with the Freedom News Hour.

Real Estate 77

Real Estate Financial Trends Case Interview 77

MishTalk

JULY 9, 2013

I have my doubts that the economy can push against the effective demand limit like it did from 2006 through 2007. Fed is operating under the principle that its easier to get forgiveness than permission. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview.

Analysis 58

Analysis Trends Real Estate Case Interview 58

Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2018

To uncover the human facets and the consistent challenges of M&A, I interviewed 55 executives from multinational to small- to medium-size companies all over the world. When a new direction was chosen, it would reflect the best elements of both cultures and operating approaches.” ” Executives Versus Frontline Employees.

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Company Enterprise Culture Accenture 115

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Formed in 2007 when Mercer Oliver Wyman, Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta Mercer Oliver Wyman joined together to become one company, Oliver Wyman. LEK is a very selective firm — it was named one of the Top 25 Hardest Companies to Interview For by Fortune. LEK operates in an intense, associate-heavy case team structure.

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Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

MishTalk

MAY 21, 2014

Of the 700,000 immigrant STEM workers allowed into the country between 2007 and 2012, only one-third got a STEM job, about one-third got a non-STEM job, and about one-third are not working. To this day, I wonder if the job even existed because I could not get an interview. I never worked in programming again. Believe me, I do know.

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Engineering Banking Education Training 77