Throughout this series we’ve explored a wide range of entrepreneurial skills: pitching, sales, stakeholder management, and team building. But as a solo founder, I want to highlight another critical capability: resilience. Embracing uncertainty and overcoming personal barriers is a defining trait of successful founders. In this article, I share how I manage high-uncertainty situations and […]
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In the previous article, we introduced the key skills an effective consultant is expected to possess — but now what? As an aspiring consultant, simply knowing which skills to show on your CV is not enough; you’ll also need to know how to hone and highlight these skills, which is what we’ll be covering in […]
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Capacity versus Leverage
IN the quest for market dominance, companies often engage in a war for talent. They seek out new recruits with outstanding capacity, the chosen few who are able to demonstrate a track record of success, and an ability to solve new problems quickly and easily. Management consulting firms are the flag bearers in this war. In a clear […]
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Looking beyond the adequate
WHEN posed with a business problem, there is always a temptation to accept the first solution that adequately addresses the problem. However, the “adequate” solution is usually not the only solution, and often not the best one. Adopting the first solution that “works” may get us from A to B and, once we have a […]