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S11E6: McKinsey Public Sector Case - Postal Operator Under Pressure

Jul 21, 2023

45:08

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Reverse a Declining Profitability Trend

2min

How to Profitably Manage a Post-Doc Service

2min

How to Succeed as a Black Belt in Management Consulting

4min

How to Get Back to Profitability

4min

The Cost of People for Parcels and Mail

2min

The Global Market Split Between Males and Parcels

2min

How Much Headcount Should You Reduce to Get Back to Profitability?

2min

The Cost of Redundancies in the Mail Department

2min

10.

How Much Are We Spending on Labor Over the Past Five Years?

2min

11.

The Cost of Laying Off Mail Delivery Employees

2min

12.

Revenues From the Postal Service Are About 1.6 Billion

2min

13.

How to Break Even at 2 Billion Dollars

2min

14.

The Effects of Layoffs on Revenue

4min

15.

How to Improve Your Profitability in a McKinsey Case

2min

16.

The Power of Structure in a Case Study

3min

17.

The Importance of Hypothesis Testing in a Virtual Interview

3min

18.

How to Be a Successful Teacher

2min

19.

How to Pass a First Round Interview

2min

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This week's live case interview features a former McKinsey Senior Analyst (Mikael) and a doctor (Gabriel). The case will see Gabriel attempt to rescue a European postal operator from profitability woes.

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