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Long-form essays, field notes, and frameworks from the FIRMSconsulting team — published weekly.
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Chapter Four: Redemption on a Bain Business Case
Through a Bain business case, Terance discusses how to distinguish between analyzing a problem and assembling the answers to arrive at a strategy.
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Chapter Five: Bain Airline Turnaround Study
Terance discusses his first turnaround study in an emerging market and outside the US, particularly the challenges of remaining “plugged” into firm-wide initiatives which are crucial to maintaining Bain’s culture.
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Chapter Six: First Bain Operations Study
The differences between Bain strategy, operations and implementation engagements are outlined and the unique challenges strategy consultants face in adapting to implementation roles.
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Chapter Seven: Benchmarking Airlines at Bain
The very practical challenges of applying benchmarking airline industry are discussed and the need to stress-test each recommendation in a “live” setting.
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Inside A McKinsey Financial Services Engagement
A detailed McKinsey financial study in Latin America to restructure a $7B state-owned microfinance fund by entering the retail market.
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Inside a McKinsey Electricity Strategy Engagement
A McKinsey engagement in South Africa to develop a procurement strategy for Eskom to build 10 new power stations and secure $3.5B in initial funding.
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Learning From Consulting Mentors
My consulting mentor demonstrated strong values in two occasions: a transfer pricing study as an associate and on an organizational redesign as a principal.
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Competitive advantage in your career
Developing a sustainable competitive advantage in your career is challenging. A career competitive advantage is not about being good at just one thing.
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Skills McKinsey Associates Do Not Learn
McKinsey Associates do not learn several core skills. This article explains 3 skills and 6 activities required to start and grow a boutique consulting firm.
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Career Lessons from McKinsey’s Hypothetical Death
Using the hypothetical decline of McKinsey as an example, few career lessons on how to combine frugality, or efficient living, with ethics to significantly improve your career options and career flexibility.
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An Unusual Career Competitive Advantage
How you fund your studies can be the largest career competitive advantage you can generate, which sets up this enormously strong foundation to help you in the future.
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Corporate Finance Strategy Study
This detailed article discusses a corporate finance strategy study for a transportation client embarking on a multi-billion dollar project.