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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. The concluding sections on surviving the mythically grueling pace at the organization, known simply to insiders as "the Firm," are designed to help readers successfully tackle the similar challenges and obstacles they regularly face in their own work environments. --Howard Rothman
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"Enlivened by witty anecdotes, THE MCKINSEY WAY contains valuable lessons on widely diverse topics such as marketing, interviewing, team-building, and brainstorming." --Paul H. 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.
When Fortune 100 corporations are stymied, it's the "McKinsey-ites" whom they call for help. In THE MCKINSEY WAY, former McKinsey associate Ethan Rasiel lifts the veil to show you how the secretive McKinsey works its magic, and helps you emulate the firm's well-honed practices in problem solving, communication, and management.
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-start research and make brainstorming more productive;
How to build and keep a team at the top its game;
Powerful presentation methods, including the famous waterfall chart, rarely seen outside McKinsey;
How to get ultimate "buy-in" to your findings;
Survival tips for working in high-pressure organizations.
Both a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most admired and secretive companies in the business world and a toolkit of problem-solving techniques without peer, THE MCKINSEY WAY is fascinating reading that empowers every business decision maker to become a better strategic player in any organization.
Like all things McKinsey, the Firm's problem-solving process has three major attributes. Read the first page
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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nothing you couldn't guess,
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This review is from: The McKinsey Way (Hardcover)
this book was a complete disappointment. it claims to educate business professionals about The McKinsey Way of solving problems. Apparently this amounts to gathering data before proposing a solution and other obvious sentiments. I'm sure McKinsey is a great company, but there are better examples of strategic thinking than those found here.
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This review is from: The McKinsey Way (Hardcover)
There is very little information in this book that would justify its purchase. Interestingly, even if the author's only goal was to provide an entertaining account of life within McKinsey, he would fail. Basically, there is no actionable information for the practicing consultant nor any material for a third party looking for insights into the consulting world or McKinsey.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Poorly written, waste of time & money,
By Richard (Toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The McKinsey Way (Hardcover)
The McKinsey Way has a great title but the content fails to live up to it. The book has 178 pgs but could have been covered in 60 pgs, and without the bad jokes (please). The book could be summarized as (1) break problems down into components systematically, (2) use facts but don't overload yourself with too much information, and (3) if you work for McKinsey you'll have no life. Do not buy the book, just flip through it in a store.
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