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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive

Harvard Business

According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies. Fielding has thought a lot about these questions and has decided to share his own story and perspective in a just-published book, All Pride No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically.

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Launch of The Consulting Bible – your secret weapon in today’s economy

Management Consulted

From salaries to travel, from boutiques to MBB, I’ve helped people understand the job, write the perfect resumes , and ace the toughest interviews. In it, you’ll find: Over 50 key fit questions that will arise specifically in consulting interviews (there are important differences versus finance interviews).

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The Consulting Bible – Dominate Your McKinsey, Bain and BCG Fit and Consulting Case Interviews

Management Consulted

It’s harder to get an offer at a consulting firm once you’ve passed the resume screen than it is to get into MIT. The 2/4 point structure for resume questions – and how to use this framework for any fit question (pg. Unlike finance, management consulting interviews rarely ask technical questions.

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Bates White Economic Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As a world-renowned economic theorist and thought leader, White was also a prolific writer with over 100 published books and papers to his name. Though antitrust remains Bates White’s largest practice area, the firm is recognized as an expert in environmental product liability, healthcare and life sciences, energy, and finance.

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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career

Harvard Business

Toby Johnson, who I interviewed for my book Reinventing You , taught me this one. John Lee Dumas ( I profiled him in another book ) went through a string of jobs after leaving the Army. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. The first lesson they’ve shared with me: control your narrative.

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5 Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination

Harvard Business

The advice I gathered became the foundation for part of my book and, fortunately, I discovered that a lot of it works. Starting a task means you’ll continue to process it — and this makes you more likely to resume the work later on. Why we procrastinate. List the costs of procrastination.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

Moreover, after reading the book “The Lords of Strategy” by Walter Kiechel, my passion for consulting only increased as I realized the critical role that corporate strategy and consulting firms played in historically shaping the modern world.” Then I applied for a graduate program in Finance and got the admission.