The McKinsey Way
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (597 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0070534489 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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"If more business books were as useful, concise, and just plain fun to read as THE MCKINSEY WAY, the business world would be a better place." --Julie Bick, best-selling author of ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN BUSINESS I LEARNED AT MICROSOFT. Zipkin, Vice-Dean, The Fuqua School of Business It's been called "a breeding ground for gurus." McKinsey & Company is the gold-standard consulting firm whose alumni include titans such as "In Search of Excellence" author Tom Peters, Harvey Golub of American Express, and Japan's Kenichi Ohmae. He shows you how McKinsey-ites think about business problems and how they work at solving them, explaining the way McKinsey approaches every aspect of a task: How McKinsey recruits and molds its elite consultants; How to "sell without selling"; How to use facts, not fear them; Techniques to jump-s
Rasiel joined McKinsey & Co.'s New York office in 1989 and worked there until 1992. He has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at "the firm", his clients included major companies in finance, telecommunications, computing, and consumer goods sectors. Ethan M. . He
All of the critical steps (assembling a team, managing a hierarchy, doing research, conducting interviews, brainstorming) are broken down into specific actions and fleshed out with applicable examples that Rasiel has gathered through interviews with dozens of other former McKinsey employees. --Howard Rothman. His goal, Rasiel writes, is simple: to communicate "new and useful skills to everyone who wants to be more useful in their business." He then does so by explaining the highly structured, fac
"Generic advice, old material" according to David Turchin. Advice is very high level; not exactly a deep dive into McKinsey practices but more of an overview of problem solving and critical thinking as it relates to projects. I understand that the author was trying to make the content relatable to a wide audience, but it comes across as very generic.Reader beware: this book was written in 1999. Methodologies and tools have changed dramatically . R. Brennan Knotts said Don't Be Misled: It's Also Too General for a "Don't Be Misled: It's Also Too General for a 2nd Year Undergrad" according to R. Brennan Knotts. As you probably know if you're reading this, if you search for anything "McKinsey" or "consulting" this book is often at the top of your search results, and as you also probably know if you've been looking for a good book on McKinsey, nothing else promises what this provocative title does. I read the reviews and I thought I knew what to expect. Many people said the book was filled with . nd Year Undergrad. As you probably know if you're reading this, if you search for anything "McKinsey" or "consulting" this book is often at the top of your search results, and as you also probably know if you've been looking for a good book on McKinsey, nothing else promises what this provocative title does. I read the reviews and I thought I knew what to expect. Many people said the book was filled with . tino said It's a decent book but it's clear that the writer. It's a decent book but it's clear that the writer is not one of the top partners and you can sense from it that you don't get too deep into the strategic part of McKinsey. It's interesting though as there are few books getting even close to this. Thanks