The McKinsey Way: Using the Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consultants to Help You and Your Business

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The McKinsey Way: Using the Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consultants to Help You and Your Business
by Ethan M. Rasiel
from McGraw-Hill

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• Not bad for early in your career, expected more.
  I thought the book had some good pointers if you are early in your career or just taking on your first leadership position. Overall I thought it was a bit simplistic and expected more. If you previously spent any time in consulting, you'd recognize most of the book as good traits successful consultants exhibit.

• Terrible - This could have been written by a high school student.
  After reading this book, I would never hire McKinsey if any of those associated with the book showed up for the engagement. You can get more business wisdom from Chicken Soup for the Soul books (my mom keeps them near the toilet for reading).

• A great read for a targeted audience...
  This quick read provides confirmation to the way consultants handle many everyday challenges, what they think they already know, but have never been officially told. Rasiel does this through short sections and chapters alike. He cuts right to the chase. I think this is maybe why some other readers commented so negatively, maybe they were seeking out in depth methodologies or had extensive experience of their own to already draw from.
  I enjoyed the bite-sized chucks of information and ear-marked many of... more info

• Not just McKinsey's way
  A good concept for a book. McKinsey are clearly the worlds most secretive consulting firm. However, Raisel's interpretation of their uniqueness is somewhat limited by his experience. For those readers out their who have worked in a consulting or professional services firm you will find alot of motherhood in this book which has been jazzed up as wow factor genius of McKinsey.
  That said there are a few gems in this book too. For those who have heard of McKinsey methods such as the hypothesis driven... more info

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