House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 161113112X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 372 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Four Stars good humor. Notorious JC said Disappointing. I was looking forward to reading more about exactly how poorly and ill-fitted to their jobs management consultants are, but the actual meat of the book strays far from the title of the book. It seems like most of the book was spent bashing HBS and Mckinsey people, the week-long training session the author was forced to go through (which was pretty funny however), and about office politics in the aftermath of layoffs.He only really discussed two projects that he worked on. More. "If you are a consultant you will relate to parts of it" according to Garrett. A friend reccomended this book to me. It more depressed me than anything (because it so accurately describes me)There are some good points in the book:1. The consulting feedback and review process is a joke2. All consulting firms are the same, except McKinsey which is just the same but betterIf you are a consultant you will relate to parts of it A friend reccomended this book to me. It more depressed me than anything (because it so accurately describes me)There are some good points in the book:1. The consulting feedback and review process is a joke2. All consulting firms are the same, except McKinsey which is just the same but better3. Travel is probably the worst part of the job and points are mostly worthlessThere are some things that made me think:1. Why do I hate Sheratons but tolerate Marriott2. Why am I obsessed. . Travel is probably the worst part of the job and points are mostly worthlessThere are some things that made me think:1. Why do I hate Sheratons but tolerate Marriott2. Why am I obsessed
". From power breakfasts with mind games to the screaming indignity of Feedback Camp in New Jersey, "House of Lies" reveals the truth about a profession that could threaten your job, your career, and your life and even throws you some lifelines should the suits start circling your company. When Martin Kihn joined a powerhouse New York consulting firm, he thought his job was to help organizations. In reality, the consultants spent precious work hours prowling for new clients, and offered little or no useful information
To achieve the illusion, Kihn says, consultants use mechanisms ranging from legions of Harvard MBAs in Oxford shirts to reams of incomprehensible blather presented as winning corporate wisdom. His reconstructed dialogue from within his (unnamed) firm and from his time serving clients is alone worth the price of admission, as is his relentless taunting (by name) of McKinsey, Deloitte & Touche and others. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . From Publishers Weekly Complete with an appendix of terms like "b