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Mar 9, 2021 • 16min
398: Consulting case interview (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) example: French dairy farm wants to increase revenue
We hope you will enjoy the "Consulting case interview (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) example: French Dairy Farm Wants to Increase Revenue" episode. This is excerpt from TCO IV with Sizan, episode 33. This is a market share case. If we gave Sizan a case about a factory she would find it easier to increase production. But it is not as easy when it comes to dealing with animals. This is a case with production element. The part we expect candidates to see is that this is a case about stealing market share. To steal market share there are 4 things you can do. How do you steal market share? 1. Price 2. Place 3. Promotion 4. Product. The 4 Ps of marketing. You need to think about the case. Ask yourself what are we trying to do. We got a dairy company. We want to sell more. What does it mean to sell more? We basically want to increase our market share. How do we take market share? Every single case can be reduced to either increasing revenue or cutting costs. If you trying to sell more milk, you are trying to increase revenue. This is a revenue case where we specifically want to focus on volume. Milk is a commodity. Even organic milk is a commodity. Remember you need to follow the right process during a consulting case interview when you are preparing and going through interviews with companies like McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte etc. In fact, learning and mastering this process will also greatly help you when you start working as a management consultant, and even once you exit consulting. You can't just rely on your knowledge and experience. Your experience and knowledge can get outdated, but if you follow the right process you are giving yourself the best chance to be a strong problem solver.

Mar 9, 2021 • 37min
397: Rethinking M&A (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #18)
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To get a written copy with links to mentioned articles sign up here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Mar 9, 2021 • 37min
396: Apple disrupts a decades-old value chain migration (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #17)
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To get a written copy with links to mentioned articles sign up here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Feb 22, 2021 • 38min
395: The single biggest strategy shift for the next few decades (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #16)
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To get a written copy with links to mentioned articles sign up here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Feb 15, 2021 • 34min
394: Apple car & Amazon's core strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #15)
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To get a written copy with links to mentioned articles sign up here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Feb 8, 2021 • 31min
393: Defense is not a strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #14)
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To get a written copy with links to mentioned articles sign up here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Feb 1, 2021 • 36min
392: How to create a career strategy for an executive (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #13)
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Jan 25, 2021 • 29min
391: The nuances of a private equity strategy
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To get a written copy with links to mentioned articles sign up here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Jan 21, 2021 • 9min
390: How to manage up / Manage your manager. Dealing with sensitive situations at work (The Consulting Offer IV)
This is a short excerpt from The Consulting Offer IV with Sizan, episode 31. The Consulting Offer is an in depth series which helps candidates to prepare for consulting case interviews and develop foundational problem solving, leadership and communication skills. All episodes are available to Premium members on StrategyTV.com / apps and to FC Insiders on StrategyTraining.com / apps. Get free training episodes, resources and updates here: https://www.firmsconsulting.com

Jan 18, 2021 • 29min
389: Fear is not a strategy (Monday Morning 8 a.m. #11)
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To get a written copy with links to mentioned articles sign up here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo