Tag: Bain & Company
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Chapter One: From Pepsi to Bain
An ex-Bain partner discusses his rise from Pepsi into Bain’s aerospace practice and his lessons along the way. This chapter highlights his almost serendipitous arrival at Bain.
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Chapter Three: My First Engagement at Bain
Terance discusses his disastrous first Bain engagement when he was taken off after disagreeing with the case leader by challenging the recommendation of boosting investment in the marketing department.
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Chapter Two: Learning MECE and 80/20 at Bain
Terance discusses learning about consulting analyses, MECE, 80/20 and storyboards in Bain’s internal research team during his first year.
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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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From Emerging Markets Township to Consulting Partner
The path from emerging markets township to consulting partner is rarely traveled. Yet it is possible if you focus on what many others do not: do your job well.
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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.