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Summary
Forty-seven strategies elite managers follow to reach the highest level of success.
The McKinsey Edge culls the personal best practices of an exclusive group of managers connected to McKinsey & Company, a firm that services 80 percent of the world's largest corporations.
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- JPM
- 11-10-16
Good, not exceptional
good, not exceptional
could have been better with examples and more cases too brief and definitely lacks the supporting PDF with the audio book
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- Anonymous User
- 04-04-18
Good principles for every professional
Packed with good principles and practices that will enhance my professional day to day basis.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-10-17
great
it was an interesting book which gave an insight into how a superstar ceo is formed
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- Alok
- 25-12-16
Succinct and immediately applicable
NOT one of those business books that are 10 times the size they should be.
Immediately applicable to consultants and anyone in project based roles.
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- KEVIN D.
- 27-10-17
No value in leadership development.
there is an entire section on excercise...a section on taking fewer notes...and honestly, nothing else was memorable
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- Ed Shepherdson
- 03-07-17
Informative overview of consulting
Good concise overview of what the important elements are with respect to business consulting. The fact that these elements are practiced at McKinsey gives them credibility. I thought this was a good overall overview of consulting in general.
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- Christian Petersen
- 06-05-17
Insightful and poignant
Loads of tips on managing yourself, others and your career. Great book, short and to the point. Highly recommend it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-04-17
Great Resource for all.
I recommend this for all both students and professionals. I certainly do wish I had this proper to B-school. But it is worth reading/listening even at this stage of my career. Gives a little more gas in my tank to travel.
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- MeShell
- 29-04-16
Loved it.
Lots of great take aways and reminders for immediate impact. Quick but fulfilling read fit anyone looking to improve their success habits.
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- Carmel_Latte
- 24-11-18
I'm going to listen to it again
this book exceeded all my expectations. When I selected the book I was looking for something to help help expand my thinking abouy consulting. this book does that in so many ways.
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- G
- 04-09-18
Pretty Pretty Good
An inside peek at systems and processes and branding of renown consultant firm. Very MadMen esc.
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- Erick Candanedo
- 03-12-17
Te way
Find out the real touch & feel of consulting and advicing in few pages. Requires understanding of the bisiness.
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- scogre
- 26-04-17
Good, not great.
This book was interesting, but got long in the tooth towards the end. It did not captivate me like other books.