Paul Millerd – Think Like A Strategy Consultant
An Online Course To Teach You The Tools, Mindsets, & Principles of Top-Tier Strategy Consultants
Here’s a secret no one will tell you:
It’s easier to hire former strategy consultants to run your company than promote from within
Why?
Consulting firms train people to think like CEOs. Every piece of information is tested against the question, “why does this matter for the company?”
So What?
When former consultants join companies in various industries they are playing a different game than everyone else. They understand the bigger picture and don’t get stuck in their careers.
I want to teach you the tools, frameworks and secrets of strategy consulting so you can:
- Escape Middle Management
Don’t get lost staying busy instead of getting promoted. I want to help you learn the skills to stand out as the go-to person on the team - Influence & Persuade Senior Leaders
The highest levels of the organization need to know what they are looking at, why it matters, and what to do next. I’ll help you learn this language. - Develop A Process For Doing Great Work
Companies prioritize getting things done, not your growth. I will teach you a “process” for approaching your work so that you are always getting better.
This Course Is For:
- Strategy, Financial & Analytics Leaders: Who work with data are actively helping to shape the direction of their company, solving complex problems and giving executive-level presentations
- Senior Executives: Who want to learn how to develop a strategy, communicate to senior leaders & Boards, and want to have more confidence in developing a vision
- Freelance Consultants: Who never worked at a top consulting firm but do data-intensive or information-heavy work with clients.
- Students or New Grads: Who want to improve their corporate communications and problem solving (this is not a good fit for case practice)
How Do Consulting Firms Charge $500k+ A Month? It starts with simple (but hard to master) principles…
Pyramid Principle
Learn how to structure your thinking to make compelling arguments
MECE
Learn how to simplify ideas to make them more memorable & persuasive
PowerPoint Storytelling
Learn how to make PowerPoints that don’t put people to sleep
What You’ll Learn In Think Like A Strategy Consultant
A Four-Week Learning Journey With Challenging Weekly Assignments
Week 1 – Introduction & Mindset
Module #1 – Consulting Mindset: Introduction to the basic consulting mindsets, mental models & consulting process
Week 2 – Synthesize & Structure
Module #2 – MECE Mind: The powerful framework to help you sharpen your thinking
Module #3 – From Information To Insight: Introduction to the pyramid principle and synthesizing & organizing complex information
Assignment: Consulting services MECE assignment & mock chief of staff research assignment
Week 3 – Real-World Problem Solving
Module #4 – Real World Problem Solving: Using MECE, Pyramid Principle and hypothesis tools to break down real-world problems into problems that can be solved
Assignment: Using SCQA & issue tress in a real-life Facebook strategy case study
Week 4 – Kick-Ass Presentations & Storytelling
Module #5 – Kick-Ass Presentations: Learn the PowerPoint secrets of strategy consultants, master flow & understand how to craft your message to different audiences
Module #6 – Beyond Consulting Presentations: Creating Memorable & Persuasive Content: Implement tools from cognitive neuroscience and other disciplines to create memorable messages
Assignment: You’ll be given an incomplete 19-page presentation which will have missing information. Fill in the information, titles and other missing content and develop a clear storyline based on the lessons