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Firmsconsulting maintains a 80% success rate at placing clients within McKinsey, BCG and Bain. This is the highest in the industry and the rate is higher if we include other firms. We achieve this rate because we only use former partners from McKinsey, BCG et al to develop our clients. This makes us unique. We never use analysts, associates, engagement managers or associate principals. We also carefully select and develop clients on their communication, image, technical and case interview skills. This podcast channel describes our lessons from training our clients.
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Nov 22, 2014 • 26min
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.
Nov 16, 2014 • 22min
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.
Nov 10, 2014 • 30min
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.
Nov 4, 2014 • 9min
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.
Oct 29, 2014 • 15min
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.
Oct 23, 2014 • 25min
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.
Oct 17, 2014 • 8min
222: Using The Consulting Offer Videos Effectively
Clients using the Consulting Offer Videos fit into a neat bimodal distribution.
Oct 11, 2014 • 11min
221: The First 3 Minutes of a Case Interview
The first 3 minutes of a coaching session, practice session and case interview determines everything. First impressions count.
Oct 5, 2014 • 43min
220: Why Candidates Fail to Succeed
This is an important and wide ranging podcast around the theme of why candidates fail and some key observations from Felix in The Consulting Offer Season 1.
Sep 29, 2014 • 16min
219: Are Some Consulting Club Leaders Selfish?
The concept of a Management Consulting Club is great, but the execution leaves little to be desired. Very few clubs are actually run by presidents/executive council members who know anything about consulting, or worse, care about their members.
