How to Succeed in Management Consulting

Reading List

Microsoft Office Excel 2013: Data Analysis and Business Modeling: Data Analysis
and Business Modeling by Wayne Winston (Chapters 1-24 only)

Excel 2013: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald (Reference only)

Finance for Non-Financial Managers by Gene Siciliano (Best book for conceptual
understanding)

Financial Statements by Thomas Ittelson (Best book for numerically precise

understanding)

The Minto Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto (Logic and Structure in Analysis &
Communications)

The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt (Best book ever on process optimization, operations
management, manufacturing)

The McKinsey Way by Ethan Rasiel (Accurate portrayal of McKinsey culture and habits)

What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro (Body language – Study the photos)

The Trusted Advisor by David Maister (Last chapter on “Quick Impact” + Appendix of
Lists)

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath (Best book ever
on why individuals resist change & what to do about it)

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy (Explains

recurring processes of how big companies should be run)

The Exceptional Presenter by Timothy Koegel (Especially chapter on being

passionate/confident)

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Say it with Presentations by Gene Zelazny (Except section on say it with imagination)

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath (Brilliant book
on how to influence a CEO client by communicating ideas in a simple & concrete way)

Managing the Professional Service Firm by David Maister (Explains what your firm’s
partner’s are thinking and how/why they make certain decisions)

Are You Really Listening?: Keys to Successful Communication by Paul J. Donoghue

and Mary E. Siegle

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