Book : The Mckinsey Mind Understanding And Implementing The.

-Titulo Original : The Mckinsey Mind Understanding And Implementing The Problem-solving Tools And Management Techniques Of The Worlds Top Strategic Consulting Firm

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McGraw Hill

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The groundbreaking follow-up to the international bestseller­­a hands-on guide to putting McKinsey techniques to work in your organizationMcKinsey & Company is the most respected and most secretive consulting firm in the world, and business readers just cant seem to get enough of all things McKinsey. Now, hot on the heels of his acclaimed international bestseller The McKinsey Way, Ethan Rasiel brings readers a powerful new guide to putting McKinsey concepts and skills into action­­The McKinsey Mind. While the first book used case studies and anecdotes from former and current McKinseyites to describe how the firm solves the thorniest business problems of their A-list clients, The McKinsey Mind goes a giant step further. It explains, step-by-step, how to use McKinsey tools, techniques and strategies to solve an array of core business problems and to make any business venture more successful.Designed to work as a stand-alone guide or together with The McKinsey Way, The McKinsey Mind follows the same critically acclaimed style and format as its predecessor. In this book authors Rasiel and Friga expand upon the lessons found in The McKinsey Way with real-world examples, parables, and easy-to-do exercises designed to get readers up and running. From the Publisher Ethan M. Rasiel was a consultant in McKinsey & Co.s New York office. His clients included major companies in finance, telecommunications, computing, and consumer goods sectors. Prior to joining McKinsey, Rasiel, who earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, was an equity fund manager at Mercury Asset Management in London, as well as an investment banker.Paul N. Friga worked for McKinsey & Co. in the Pittsburgh office after receiving his MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He has conducted consulting projects relating to international expansion, acquisition and strategic planning, education, water, and other industries. He has also consulted for Price Waterhouse. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Strategy at Kenan-Flagler and is Acting Director of the North Carolina Knowledge Management Center. From the Back Cover The First Step-by-Step Manual for Achieving McKinsey-Style Solutions--and SuccessInternational bestseller The McKinsey Way provided a through-the-keyhole look at McKinsey & Co., historys most prestigious consulting firm. Now, the follow-up implementation manual, The McKinsey Mind, reveals the hands-on secrets behind the powerhousefirms success--and discusses how executives from any field or industry can use those tactics to be more proactive and successful in their day-to-day decision-making.Structured around interviews and frontline anecdotes from former McKinsey consultants--as well as the authors, themselves McKinsey alumni--The McKinsey Mind explores how McKinsey tools and techniques can be applied to virtually any business problem in any setting. Immensely valuable in todays crisis-a-minute workplace, it discusses: Techniques for framing problems and designing analyses Methods for interpreting results and presenting solutions Keys for managing teams, managing clients, and managing yourself The ability to think in a rigorous, structured manner--a McKinsey manner--is not a birthright. It can, however, be a learned behavior. Let The McKinsey Mind show you how to approach and solve problems with the skill of a McKinsey consultant and obtain the positive results that have been delivered to McKinsey clients for over a century.McKinsey & Co. is renowned throughout the world for its ability to arrive at sharp, insightful analyses of its clients situations then provide solutions that are as ingenious as they are effective. McKinsey succeeds almost as well as shielding its revolutionary methods from competitors scrutiny.Now, The McKinsey Mind pulls back the curtain to reveal the ways in which McKinsey consultants consistently deliver their