234: The Role of Your Significant Other
One oversight we have corrected as we have learned more about our clients, is to understand the role their significant others play in their lives and decisions. We tend to assume that the advice we pr...
28 Dec 201430min
233: Racial Prejudices in Management Consulting
The issue of gender disparities and the increasing African-American ratios in management consulting firms have rightly become important issues. Yet, the latter is a frighteningly narrow interpretation...
22 Dec 201447min
232: McKinsey Paris: Debrief Call After Sasha's Offer
Our client, Sasha recently received an offer from McKinsey Paris for the Operations Practice. This is the third podcast of a series of three interviews with him.
16 Dec 201446min
231: McKinsey Paris: Second Coaching of Sasha
Our client, Sasha recently received an offer from McKinsey Paris for the Operations Practice. This is the second podcast of a series of three interviews with him.
10 Dec 201444min
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 ...
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 ...
16 Nov 201421min
