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Ethan M. Rasiel:
The McKinsey Way


Rating: * * *

Written by a former employee, the book tracks his first steps in the company and describes many client engagements and interactions with peers, superiors and clients - the ultimate superior. There are morals to the stories: the help to illuminate the midset and the methods used by McKinsey consultants. There is nothing revolutionary about the methods however. They are mainly common-sense guidelines such as ”always do your homework”, ”sometimes the problem is not what you think it is” and ”use simpler graphs”.
No big secrets of the company are revealed, and neither are big blunders - or even big successes with clients. The curtain is lifted on some of the working methods but there is nothing substantial. The books main theme seems to be maintaining the McKinsey name and recruiting potential talent - such a bright picture is given of the people who work at the company. And what comes to the consultant lifestyle, yes they seem to spend nights and weekends and holidays at the office. The incentives for doing it are not underlined as much as could be expected though.

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