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Long-form essays, field notes, and frameworks from the FIRMSconsulting team — published weekly.
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Ethical Standards are No Small Matter for McKinsey
Ethical standards has never been more important for McKinsey. Learn how to make ethical decisions.
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Ethics is Shaped by Your Social Network
Ethics is about judgment. Your social network shapes your judgement, determining how ethical or unethical you choose to be or even could be.
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Consulting Storyboard for Strategy Engagements
What is a storyboard, where it fits within a strategy engagement and why the elite strategy firms develop a storyboard at the early stages of a study.
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Brainstorming technique used by consulting partners
The 2 steps brainstorming technique that will help you excel at brainstorming during consulting case interviews and in actual strategy engagements.
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Should business development be part of your agenda?
A framework to think about business development in management consulting and how to approach selecting business development initiatives.
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How to find a sponsor to fast-track your consulting career
11 ideas to help you find a sponsor and fast-track your consulting career.
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HBR vs. News in the Battle to Improve Reasoning
Reading HBR to develop a critical thinking ability is a flawed approach. We explore why this is the case and what you should do instead.
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Using Decision Tree Consulting to Build MECE Hypotheses
To ensure your hypotheses are MECE, follow this hypotheses-with-decision-trees approach to structure your case during an interview or consulting study.
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The Key to a Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Your Career
Being ethical gives you a sustainable competitive advantage. It is one of the most formidable tools to build your career and life.
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Industry Analysis on a Consulting Engagement
In this article we are focusing on the right way to conduct industry analysis on a consulting engagement and within corporate.
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How benchmarking best practice can hurt you
In this article, we focus on how benchmarking best practices can hurt you.
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How to deal with hard questions from a client
When clients ask hard questions it is easy to get off your game. This article addresses what is required to successfully handle hard questions from clients.