To build a business you need a good idea that you can explore and develop. Unfortunately, coming up with good business ideas is not easy. That is why quite often firms hire Management Consultants to help them with this sort of project. I will show you briefly different methods that you can use to come …
How to cut costs – best practices from consulting
Every company has to control costs in order to survive and prosper. Therefore, many firms on regular basis perform cost reduction projects. Cost reduction projects may be part of a wider Performance Improvement Project or be a standalone project carried out only in one of the business units. Those projects are extremely interesting because you …
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Types of consulting projects
Management consultants have learned to sell all sorts of weird projects to their clients. Some of them were born out of the need of the customer. Others were developed internally by the consulting firms. Consulting projects differ drastically and I will try to shed some light on the main types of projects you can come …
How to conduct market research during consulting projects
The most important piece of advice to all management consultants was given by Dr. House in the famous TV show: Yes. Everybody lies. They do it to save their position or to seem in control. Quite often they simply don’t know. If you want to be a true badass consultant you cannot let lies slow …
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How to prepare for the case interview and get into consulting
Consulting is a great place where you can learn how to understand and improve businesses. This is a pretty useful skill if you want to become later on a manager, a founder, or a CEO. If you get to the level of a badass consultant all of a sudden everything will seem obvious. Nevertheless, it …
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What I hate in consulting?
Consulting, like every industry, has its shitty moments, things that piss you off and make you hate the job. I have my list of things that I hate in consulting. Below just a few of them. Enjoy the list of an always complaining badass consultant 🙂 : Suits. The Suit are a modern tool of …
How to manage consulting projects
Regular consultants want to finish project on time according to agreed deadlines. The badass consultant prefers to have it almost ready in the half of the agreed time. On top of that he delivers and outstanding quality much higher than the rest. Seems like a bit of a contradiction? Let’s see how it can be …
How to create a great management consulting presentation in practice?
With poetry you can win the heart of a beautiful woman. With a novel you can earn the respect of your colleagues and peers or even earn a buck or two on the side. With a presentation you can bore a crowd of executives to death or win millions of dollars. Everything depends on how …
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