Typical Day in the Life of a Management Consultant

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  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
  • Do you know what the typical day in the life of a management consultant looks like? Heinrich, a former McKinsey consultant, shares his insights in this video. Learn about working in consulting and a consulting career in management consulting and strategy consulting. Learn what consultants do in their consultant life. Beef up your consulting skills.
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Комментарии • 43

  • @FirmLearning
    @FirmLearning  2 года назад +3

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  • @1llski
    @1llski 5 месяцев назад +6

    Management Consulting 101
    Step 1: Have a bunch of meetings
    Step 2: Conduct a bunch of analysis
    Step 3: Recommend a round of firings
    Step 4: Use a bunch of management-speak to justify the firings ("efficiencies")
    Step 5: Send a huge bill
    Step 6: Repeat with the next client

  • @LLNB2196
    @LLNB2196 2 года назад +175

    That sounds so much toxic, I can't imagine why people want something like this. When you breakdown the salary then you're even not making more money than someone working 40h/week. The only thing someone go to consulting is maybe to learn very fast new things. Otherwise, it's for people without family..

    • @bharadwajparameswaran6237
      @bharadwajparameswaran6237 2 года назад +46

      Well people want different things out of life. This is definitely not for everyone.

    • @wAv3
      @wAv3 2 года назад +24

      You see and learn a lot. There is a reason why lots of people stop working as consultants in their 30/mid 30. Family comes first then ;)

    • @HDZoerg
      @HDZoerg 2 года назад +8

      Overall salary is still higher -> swap to industrie for the same salary after 5 years but for a 40h week.

    • @letsdoitmariistyle
      @letsdoitmariistyle 2 года назад

      Money

    • @come2arjun8
      @come2arjun8 Год назад

      people advocating this lifestyle are the same ones who’d disappear off the face off earth when the glass ceiling breaks, and despite all the strategies and foresights they’ve been recommending clients, they learn it the hard way, that oops maybe it’s not as standard as their divine wisdom cracked it to be.

  • @matthewcestra6850
    @matthewcestra6850 2 года назад +20

    0:34 you mention "Problem Solving Session". Can you please elaborate on how this works and what a typical session looks like or what you do?

  • @SmokinAce
    @SmokinAce Год назад +25

    I would love to have 2 hours before 6pm to get work done

  • @EdgarHernandez-dq4vj
    @EdgarHernandez-dq4vj 8 месяцев назад +2

    One thing I’ve notice when looking at video from all of the people who work/worked at an MBB. They all look sleep deprived or like they’ve gone through massive periods of not sleeping enough lol

  • @francisd7081
    @francisd7081 2 года назад +58

    Sounds like a horrible work life

  • @Dragonite-b7o
    @Dragonite-b7o Год назад +6

    I have watched this video three times straight and still have no idea what a management consultant actually does... Coincidence?

  • @IceBug1337
    @IceBug1337 Год назад +10

    So 2 Hours of effective work?

  • @pabloescabar7997
    @pabloescabar7997 9 дней назад

    Why dont you do deliveroo? Delivering food is soo great for your mental and physical health. You work whenever you want, earn as much as you work, and work life balance. Not sleep deprived

  • @drachenschlachter6946
    @drachenschlachter6946 Месяц назад +1

    Didn't know that Arnold Schwarzennegger is in BCG

  • @veruthe_oru_shashi
    @veruthe_oru_shashi Год назад +1

    I have been on the client side.
    This is mostly how it happened for our consultants.
    Except many times, the consultants had great pressure to convince teams about a new way of solving things. Some managers are very adamant.
    However, all the problems get solved when the partner has a 2 hour open minded session with our CEO behind closed doors. They were very good at getting top management support to push things which the line managers objected. Top management never forces the line managers, they suggest, but the line manager can't deny.

  • @akaez2807
    @akaez2807 Год назад +1

    So first you do a meeting then another meeting followed by an even bigger meeting then to top it guess what...
    Yup another meeting.

  • @rxtx4894
    @rxtx4894 2 года назад +6

    You telling me that a consultant in MBB only works from 8:30 to 7pm (or even 10pm)? In which country is that? 😅😅😅 As far as I know they use to work at least 14-16 hours in average, thats the reason of their wages (the double of traditional real consulting firm).

    • @FirmLearning
      @FirmLearning  2 года назад +2

      this is not what the video is saying

  • @jdtorridon
    @jdtorridon Год назад +1

    I can’t tell if this is a joke or not

  • @Ricsic6
    @Ricsic6 Год назад +7

    All paid for by a struggling business. Think before you go with the big firms.

  • @FA-dz8ls
    @FA-dz8ls 2 года назад +1

    I confirm this. By the way, he explained the typical/normal day. Tough nights are common (at least once a week, when you’re lucky)

    • @Raufm3
      @Raufm3 2 года назад +1

      Until when does a tough night last?

    • @FA-dz8ls
      @FA-dz8ls 2 года назад +1

      @@Raufm3 for me, the latest was until 12:30 am. But normally I close between 9-10:30 pm

    • @idk-uv9dk
      @idk-uv9dk Год назад

      What even is consultancy, is it basically advising in the company ur working in

    • @Mvshotz
      @Mvshotz 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@idk-uv9dku advise for other companies aka clients

  • @maximum6954
    @maximum6954 2 года назад +29

    Sounds horrific

    • @FirmLearning
      @FirmLearning  2 года назад +15

      Can be quite a lot of work indeed, though for me personally, the learnings were worth it. Best, Heinrich

    • @marcnaidu5804
      @marcnaidu5804 2 года назад +6

      @@FirmLearning agree. Learning is the goal. High intensity exposure for 3 years before B school.
      The schedule sounds very agile/scrum oriented 👍🏻

  • @shtman504
    @shtman504 2 года назад +6

    A bit exaggerated isn't it?

    • @sudarshangopinathan5904
      @sudarshangopinathan5904 2 года назад +4

      Lmao MBB Consultants in India work till 12 AM on avg. Saying India cause I dunno how it is elsewhere

    • @shtman504
      @shtman504 2 года назад

      @@sudarshangopinathan5904 u work there?

    • @sudarshangopinathan5904
      @sudarshangopinathan5904 2 года назад +2

      @@shtman504 I work with a lot of MBB folk on a daily basis. Know their workload and other stuff very well.

    • @shtman504
      @shtman504 2 года назад

      @@sudarshangopinathan5904 so what do you do?

    • @Unexpectedthings007
      @Unexpectedthings007 Год назад

      @@shtman504 he owns a company obviously

  • @adamfaidy3749
    @adamfaidy3749 Год назад +1

    ConZZaltant