376: What is Netflix's real strategy? (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #2)

On Monday this week, we had an early lunch at Crush restaurant at King West in Toronto. We wanted to advise a recently placed McKinsey associate who was struggling to make the transition. The challeng...

15 Juni 201117min

We would say 90% of candidates with whom we speak do not understand what is confidence, how to build it and how to demonstrate it. We will talk about experiences we have had with candidates with weak ...

9 Juni 201110min

MBA programs want you to believe that joining a school like Stanford, Harvard etc in the MBA program will dramatically improve your chances of success. It will not and that is a huge myth.

3 Juni 201112min

This is a topic which is very dear and close to me. In fact, it is why we started Firmsconsulting and run it the way we do. Very, very few people truly understand the culture of management consulting....

28 Maj 201124min

This is an important podcast because it explains how a consulting career should fit into your overall career planning. Most candidates want to work at BBM because everyone says they should. They also ...

22 Maj 201114min

You are unlikely to pass a McKinsey case interview unless you can brainstorm. Consulting interviewers are ALWAYS testing for poise, confidence, structure and logic in your response. Most candidates do...

16 Maj 20118min

McKinsey, BCG et al engagements are very different from the stories typically depicted on blogs etc. Too often the writer seems intent on explain how long the hours are and the need to do analyses. Th...

10 Maj 201116min

Here we talk about the unusual tactics we used to place a musician into BBM Europe who had just a master's degree in music, from an elite institute and 4 years of experience in the Arts. Lacking a bus...

4 Maj 201119min