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The McKinsey Way Summary (Book Review For Consultants)

Consulting Success

How can you — the solo consultant or small consulting firm owner — consult like the most prestigious consulting firm in the world? In this article, we’ve broken down the book The McKinsey Way to help you do exactly that.

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What Companies Succeeding with AI Do Differently

Harvard Business

In 2021, researchers at MIT and McKinsey teamed up to ask more than 100 companies how they were using AI in their operations and to learn what separated the highest-performing companies from the rest. They conducted a similar survey in 2023 to see what had changed.

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Business Book Review: The McKinsey Way

Management Consulted

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at The McKinsey Way , a book written by a former Associate at McKinsey, Ethan M. Rasiel, who is also the co-author of The McKinsey Mind. Does The McKinsey Way deserve that lower rating? The McKinsey way of working to solve business problems.

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How To Build A World-Class Network As A Consultant With Kaihan Krippendorff: Podcast #148

Consulting Success

In this episode, Michael Zipursky sits down with keynote speaker and author, Kaihan Krippendorff, to share with us his journey from working at McKinsey & Company to founding his own growth strategy and innovation consulting firm, Outthinker. At the core of his.

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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Most consultants tend to use an hourly rate anyway, because it’s the easiest to figure out, there’s less risk of undercharging, and it’s what most clients are used to. Solopreneurs who come from “name” firms like PwC or McKinsey can charge more than those who come from industry.

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McKinsey PEI: Personal Experience Interview

Management Consulted

If you interview for McKinsey, you may come across the McKinsey Personal Experience Interview (PEI). The McKinsey PEI is a separate behavioral portion of the interview process on top of standard behavioral questions you can expect to see. Years ago, … Continue Reading.

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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

Although I’ve developed a number of blog posts addressing the practice of management consulting, I have spent little time tying things together into a framework of secret weapons of the modern consultant. So here are eight secret weapons of the modern consultant (arranged roughly in order from foundational to more advanced).