The McKinsey Way

Great book

As an IBM consultant, it's nice to see what the competition has, even though it's a bit outdated.In terms of the culture that is painted in the book, I would say the two firms are really worlds apart, both in good ways.There is a lot of negative reviews about the book, however to me, it was enjoyable, taking in the lessons I can practice in my job and learning from history. I look forward to the other two books in the series.To me this is definitely not as good as Liker's Toyota Way, however, they discuss totally different things. However in terms of describing company culture, Liker is really in depth, I guess kinda like Toyota while Rasiel just scratches the surface, kinda like Mckinsey ;) (JK)

I cannot tell how incredible this book is. It is in fact has helped me to understand the area of business consulting. I was struggling in my course until I got this book and read it. The only thing negative I noticed is that the author shows off a lot, otherwise, everything is amazing. One last thing I would like to share is that to attempt to abstract the book, and thus the information would stick in a one's mind.

This book's worth reading if you are a consultant or wish to become one. Don't expect the mystique and dark secrets of McKinsey to be revealed. The "way" is quite simple and obvious to experienced consultants; but probably what new consultants need to accelerate their technique.The style of the book is a little frivolous for my liking in places. It could do with a decent editor. Grammatical mistakes abound and some of the content could do with it's own medicine - MECE. Waffle and padding abound.In summary: it's worth reading, but take note that the author only spent 3 years at McKinsey and, based on an average engagement length of 6 months, that means about 6 engagements (assuming one engagement at a time). Is that enough to qualify as an authority on the Firm & its "way"? And then there's this constant reference to one consultant named McDermott - shouldn't he just have written the book himself?

I liked the sequence, the content. I could grasp the essence of a week in the consultant’s life and also understand how I can frame a better way of working with teams and clients in other types of businesses.I missed more details about the concepts past the McKinsey’s problem solving chapters, but I can understand it may be something more out of the scope of this book.

I have to say, that as a businessman, this book is incredible! I have reread it four times, and I live by what is inside. If you are thinking of going into consulting, this book is a must-have, but if you are a manager in any capacity you need to have this book in your collection. You can apply these principles to any business, and you should be. There is a reason these guys are the best in the business. Buy this book!Todd HagopianPresident/CEOHagopian InstituteAuthor of the popular "Quote Junkie" book sereies and the brand new "Idiom Junkie" series

There are some great nuggets of timeless wisdom here, but the book certainly needs to be updated to account for the information age. The chapters on surviving the road, charts, assistants, analysis, and several others are based on 30 year old information that does not reflect the current business and travel environment. These are also areas in which many consultants are looking for advice.

Although this book is clearly targeted to consultants, anyone can get the benefits from this book, either by knowing how to steer a consultancy project to your liking, or by learning how to structure ideas into a good communication using data driven hypothesis.The beggining of the book is what will interest you; from middle to end is just filler stuff. No problem there.It's written in a very Easy way to read, you can get it trough in a couple of days.