242: Don't Always Leave Infosys For An MBA
MBA programs around the world encourage experienced technology employees to forgo salary, experience and promotion in the hope of obtaining an MBA and the path to a consulting or banking career. Howev...
15 Feb 201522min
241: Behind-The-Scenes of a Strategy Study
In this detailed strategy specific podcast I discuss a railway privatization and commercialization engagement I co-managed earlier in my tenure as a corporate strategy principal. I outline how we reor...
9 Feb 20151h 15min
240: Events Shaping Consulting Leadership
In podcasts 237 and 238, I discuss a fairly muscular and risky set of strategies I used to increase my leadership standing in the firm and challenge mentors whom I believed were damaging the firm's va...
3 Feb 201526min
239: Image Management as an Older Consultant
Having mentored a large number of older consulting hires, all were older than myself, this podcast distinguishes between older hires with working experience and those without working experience. Depen...
28 Jan 201528min
238: What Happens When You Outgrow Mentors
Finding the right mentor is one thing, getting rid of the wrong mentor is quite another problem. In this podcast I discuss the relationships I had with 3 of the most influential mentors in my consulti...
22 Jan 201522min
237: Taking Leadership as an Associate
It is a myth to assume that you are automatically awarded leadership roles as a bright associate or consultant. Competition for these roles are fierce, assuming you get it, and being "awarded" a role ...
15 Jan 201520min
236: What is a Good Consulting Mentee?
What can Darth Vader from Star Wars and monkeys in Africa teach you about effective mentoring? This podcast touches on those things which define a good mentee both in management consulting and for cli...
9 Jan 201524min
235: How Age Impacts Consultants and Applicants
Having spent a large part of my consulting career in my twenties, since I joined the Firm just shy of my 22 birthday, I personally know what it was like to successfully manage a young image. I was gen...
3 Jan 201527min
