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Consulting’s Unofficial Interview Hurdle – The Airplane Test

Tom Spencer

Attending a virtual office hour or recruiting event will net you some one-on-one time with a consultant or recruiter – another airplane test. One big area is sports – many people have a vested interest in major sports. No need to dig yourself into a hole. International Level.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Once I graduated with my Bachelor’s, I was a financial analyst by day and managed a bar a few nights per week. As luck would have it, I was able to take an ownership role at the bar I was managing. In this job I managed investigator initiated clinical trials, scientific messaging and key opinion leader development.

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Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody

Martinka Consulting

In fact, I start out speaking engagements on buying a business by telling the audience (usually management and executive level people0 there’s a good chance it’s not for them. Just talk to any executive recruiter. Here are some statistics from an executive recruiter, which explains why it’s tough to find good people.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

If you are a sports fan, Washington D.C. So here they are: The top 10 management consulting firms in the very global, very dynamic, always-changing District of Columbia! The Washington, DC office’s recruitment team hires highly intelligent people who start as great communicators but are trainable.

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When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team

Harvard Business

So they place their prized recruits in collaborative groups and tell them to fit in. Many managers miss or underestimate the potential harm to high performers from their teams. Often with good intentions, managers set up high performers as targets for sabotage, aggression, and exclusion.

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Urban Meyer, Ohio State Football, and How Leaders Ignore Unethical Behavior

Harvard Business

A sizable literature in management and psychology helps us understand how people become susceptible to moral biases and make choices that are inconsistent with their values and the values of their organizations. However, in competitive environments such as work and sports, the classic findings flip : competence is prized over character.

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