The Hindu Business Line reported that the United States’ Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) team has held discussions with Mr Ashwani Kumar, CBI Director, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on the Rs 7,136-crore Satyam scam at the IT major’s Infocity campus at Madhapur here on Friday. The three-member SEC team also quizzed auditors of KPMG, which...

After finishing reading The McKinsey Way, a short, 92-page book, readers will feel like having mentally listened to an “extended” elevator pitch about the work practices, culture and people of one of the leading consulting firms. The “elevator test” is something every senior associate must anticipate and be prepared for well in advance—the test may arise when...

Economic Times Reports… Global information and media company, Nielsen, on Wednesday announced the launch of a specialist Business Consulting Services group in India. The Nielsen Business Consulting Services will combine qualitative, high-value business consulting with fact-based analytic-driven recommendations to help clients identify and optimise existing and new...

Last week when I was in Dallas, I happened to meet an ex-colleague of mine. After the usual pleasantries, he asked me, “What are you up to these days?” I told him that I am into Consulting. He started laughing and said, “Do not get me wrong. A consultant is someone who will look at your watch and tell you the time.” I did not know how to react. On my way back...

The Financial Times has it’s 2009 listing of top global B-Schools and there is lots of talk about how the Great Recession has tarnished all B-Schools and their major product, the Masters of Business Administration (so many people are downloading it right now that i can’t link to it—wow). The FT argues that many of the top players in the economic debacle came out...

Following is an open forum discussion picked from our Group. Mayank Gupta asked : What all skills do I need to build to get through Consulting/Strategy industry. I am an MBA Marketing and B.Tech (Mechanical and Automation Engineering) fresher with no prior experience. In these times of recession, every where I read they have been telling to build up your skill sets....

Well, its almost been 2 years since i started working and there are few things that you start to notice. So with that, let me present : The Alignment Theory You See, People need security, security comes in numbers, hence people, especially in the corporate world, align themselves with people or situations that suit their best interest. This is what i call the Alignment...