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Long-form essays, field notes, and frameworks from the FIRMSconsulting team — published weekly.
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Corporate Level Strategy vs. Other Strategy Work
Corporate Level Strategy vs. Other Strategy Work What makes corporate level strategy different from any other strategy work? In this series of articles we discuss the approach used to help a major power utility develop a corporate level strategy to meet increasing power demand and manage rising blackouts threatening to cripple economic growth and foreign-direct-investment. This…
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How you make corporate strategy choices
You, the Average Western Reader, Directly Determined the Power Sector Strategy Study Priorities This article explains how seemingly caring and liberal readers in the West indirectly, but clearly, drive painful strategy choices in this study. In this series of articles we discuss the approach used to help a major power utility develop a corporate level…
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Mission to Mars R&D Strategy Study
Mission to Mars R&D Strategy Study Restructuring a national space agency to chase the significant goal of building a manned colony on the Red planet. This will be one of the most exciting studies in management consulting. Like all our study programs, you will be able to watch detailed videos and power points teaching you…
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Corporate Strategy and Transformation Study: Exclusive Preview
Corporate Strategy and Transformation Study Training: Exclusive Preview Restructuring a significant national power utility to begin building power stations and prevent rolling blackouts. This 60 minute video below, built off 32 slides, is a detailed overview of the new Corporate Strategy and Transformation training program we will soon release in our Executive Program. We show…
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Why Bain and Company Never Branded Itself as Ex-BCG
Why Bain and Company Never Branded Itself as Ex-BCG And how Bain’s strategy to build its brand is applicable to your career. It is one thing to run a lifestyle-business doing small consulting projects for clients who cannot afford to hire your ex employer, be it Bain and Company or McKinsey or Deloitte. It is quite…
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FIRMSconsulting Insider
FC Insider is for our long-term members who are committed to making a substantial, positive impact on the world, accompanied by rapid career progression. Like all loyalty programs, initial and continued access must be earned. There are 3 different ways to become an FC Insider: Option A: Join Premium and earn FIRMSconsulting Insider status after…
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How to Sell Multi-Million Dollar Strategy/Innovation Engagements
How to Sell Multi-Million Dollar Strategy/Innovation Engagements In three years we help Andrew achieve $30MM in revenue and become an equity partner in the innovation consulting practice. This program was first titled Partner in 3 Years. Then we changed to title to Building an Innovation Practice and, finally, Implementation. Building an Innovation Division. However, we…
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Building a Digital Luxury Startup
Building a Luxury Brand We will help Tatiana, a Wharton MBA graduate and scion of a prominent Asian family, build an ultra-luxury brand from literally nothing “The Promotion” is an original Firmsconsulting program which teaches you how to apply all the skills a McKinsey, BCG et al. partner would use to launch a start-up and…
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Life After McKinsey
A McKinsey Associate’s Life After Consulting We help Daniel, an ex-McKinsey associate, build his career as a Strategy Senior Vice-President within the internal strategy unit of a major Chinese investment bank. We focus on breaking the lesser known, but very real, analytics ceiling. Daniel will be joining a part of the bank staffed with numerous…
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Partnership. Memoir. From Analyst to Director by age 30
Partnership. Memoir. From Analyst to Director by age 30 How I did it and what you can learn As many of you know Firmsconsulting only works with the most eminent McKinsey, BCG et al. former senior partners. We remain the only platform in the world where you are trained directly by partners. Kevin P. Coyne became the…
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Growing a Boutique Consulting Firm
Growing a Boutique Consulting Firm This new series follows the partners’ journey after he left the firm and is headhunted to turnaround a large yet struggling boutique consulting firm. This series is a continuation of the hugely popular training programs Partnership.Memoir and Rebuilding a Consulting Practice. Expect the usual detailed discussions on strategy, tactics and…
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The Career MasterPlan Program
The Career MasterPlan Program We summarize the critical skills and strategies we developed for our most successful executive coaching clients and give you a blueprint to significantly alter your career. How did we train Andrew to go from senior manager to senior equity partner in 3 years? How did we build a multi-million dollar luxury…