230: McKinsey Paris: First Coaching of Sasha
Our client, Sasha recently received an offer from McKinsey Paris for the Operations Practice. This is the first podcast of a series of three interviews with him.
4 Dec 201446min
229: Why Internal Strategy Units Rarely Create Consultants
This podcast is based on the Quarterly article about the pros and cons of joining internal consulting units in banks, primarily as a substitute for careers in McKinsey or BCG.
28 Nov 201425min
228: How Great Consulting Firms Die
This podcast is linked to the article about recent recruiting problems at BCG. We elevate the problem here and discuss the basic elements which lead to the decline of great firms or why smaller firms never become great.
22 Nov 201426min
227: Lessons from returning to Turkey from the USA
This podcast accompanies the recent article about a Turkish client who was trying to complete her MBA and move back to Turkey BCG or McKinsey after about 15 years outside the country. The podcast was done 18 months after the article was written so we will discuss her experiences since the time we provided the initial advice in the article. In many ways, what worked to this client's benefit was her genuine sincerity when asking for helping, excellent personality and high intellect. A rare combination.
16 Nov 201421min
226: Poor Networking and Mentor-Mentee Etiquette
This podcast is linked to the recent quarterly article about the speech Marvin Bower made way back in 1964. Rather than focusing on the many useful elements of the speech, we will focus on the unifying theme of finding outstanding people, inspiring them and requiring the highest levels of conduct from them.
10 Nov 201430min
225: How Michael Would Use The Consulting Offer
This is not a complex podcast. It is more a reminder. I talk through the very simple steps I would use when learning from The Consulting Offer: Read all the pages about the show Read all the session descriptions Read them again Develop my study plan Complete quizzes 0 to 9 Stick to my plan Go through sessions 1 to 23 in that order for Felix and some sessions from Sanjeev. You can also do all the cases from Samantha and Rafik. In general, go through the drop down menu of The Consulting Offer and pay attention to this page.
4 Nov 20149min
224: Picking a Mentor Who is Not the Best At their Field
This podcast is based on an off-the-record conversation I had with Felix when we were not recording The Consulting Offer. Sometimes after the 90 minute sessions we would engage in small-talk and useful things were discussed but never captured.
29 Okt 201414min
223: Picking a Mentor Who is Not the Best At their Field
This podcast is based on an off-the-record conversation I had with Felix when we were not recording The Consulting Offer. Sometimes after the 90 minute sessions we would engage in small-talk and useful things were discussed but never captured.
23 Okt 201424min
