Apr 15

850: You Cannot Join McKinsey Strategy (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

Far too many candidates demonstrate poor knowledge of consulting by insisting that they want to work for McKinsey strategy and not operations or BTO. This is a flawed strategy which will only hurt their chances in the short, medium and long-term. This podcast explains why and how ... Show More

10m 40s

Apr 8

849: Ignoring partners in an interview (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

You have been brainwashed by every single forum and case book to assume that McKinsey wants a framework and set of hypotheses, that you have stopped listening as carefully to the interviewer and simply providing hypotheses even when the interview is not asking for them! Here are ... Show More

9m 41s

Apr 6

848: Evaluating your firm's training (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss consulting firm's training. Too often clients ask the wrong questions when it comes to assessing training at consulting firms: do smaller offices have poorer training, should I atten ... Show More

13m 17s

Aug 2022

266: How important is corporate strategy? (Strategy Skills Classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss the importance of corporate strategy. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

9m 13s

Nov 2022

298: How do I know what is corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss how to know what is corporate strategy. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo Subscribe to FIRMSconsulting's YouTube channel: http://bit. ... Show More

5m 24s

Jul 2023

363: What is corporate strategy? (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit one of the classics by Strategy Skills where we discuss the most important concepts you need to understand in order to advance your career. Be reminded about what is Corporate Strategy and how is it different from the other types of strat ... Show More

12m 47s

Mar 2022

221: What the NYPD teaches us about complex corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit one of Strategy Skills classics where we discuss corporate strategy. In this episode, we explain why conventional and step-by-step strategy analysis will always yield the incorrect answers in any corporate strategy study. <span data-prese ... Show More

32m 38s

Feb 2022

213: Avoiding the strategy echo chamber (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit one of Strategy Skills classics where we discuss why you should avoid the strategy echo chamber. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: <span data-preserve ... Show More

14m 47s

Nov 2022

294: How to think about financial strategy | management consulting (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss about financial strategy. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo Subscribe to FIRMSconsulting's YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/Firmsconsul ... Show More

9m 37s

Jan 2024

411: How important is corporate strategy? (Strategy Skills Classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss the importance of corporate strategy. Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: <a href= ... Show More

9m 13s

Nov 2023

400: What the NYPD teaches us about complex corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit one of Strategy Skills classics where we discuss corporate strategy. In this episode, we explain why conventional and step-by-step strategy analysis will always yield incorrect answers in any corporate strategy study. He ... Show More

32m 38s

Apr 2024

441: How do I know what is corporate strategy (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss how to know what is corporate strategy. Subscribe to FIRMSconsulting's YouTube channel: <a href="http://bit.ly/Firmsconsultingsubscribe" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://bit.ly ... Show More

5m 24s

May 2023

349: Business unit strategy: Core & critical (Strategy Skills classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss the role of the business unit strategy stream within a corporate strategy study. Watch the video version of this podcast here: <a href= "https://youtu.be/mSNDAvmXjzA" target="_blank" rel= "noopen ... Show More

7m 9s

435: What is corporate strategy? (Strate...