Strategy Bites – Details, episodes & analysis

Joining us is the brilliant Rushika Handa who has an impressive 13+ years of experience working with top-tier consulting firms like McKinsey & Company and BCG. She’s a wizard when it comes to strategy, product, organisational design, and so much more. From startups and venture incubation to digital strategy and building high-performing teams, Rushika has done it all.

In this episode, she'll be sharing her insights on how management consultants can leverage AI to supercharge their work. Whether it's go-to-market strategies, innovation, or organisational agility, Rushika’s got you covered. So, grab your notebooks and get ready for some game-changing advice!

Notes:

1. Management Consulting Intensive Mentorship Program - https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/brochure.growthschool.io/MCP%20Brochure%20Updated.pdf
2. AI for Consultants Mini-Workshop - https://course.growthschool.io/ai-for-consultants-aus
3. Generative AI Mastery program -  https://home.growthschool.io/industry/generative-ai#Nav-Scroll

Join us for an insightful conversation with Danielle Handley, the Chief Customer and Transformation Officer at Bupa. With a wealth of experience in driving customer-centric transformation, Danielle shares her journey, strategies, and the challenges she has faced in the ever-evolving healthcare and insurance industry. Tune in to gain valuable insights and practical advice from a leader at the forefront of customer and organisational transformation.

Milosh Milisavljevic, Chief Customer Officer at Medibank and McKinsey alumni has been a go to mentor to many an ex consultant, helping them work through the trade-offs and options of moving from consulting into corporates, and then growing and developing in a corporate role once they make the move. We discuss what the high achievers in corporates who came from consulting did differently. Milosh gives some solid advice for those hoping to thrive in a corporate environment and shares some of the best advice he has been given over the years.

His book recommendations :

Effortless – Greg McKeown

Lost Connections – Johann Hari

Bitter Sweet – Susan Cain

No Rules Rules – Reed Hastings

Sophie Hayek, CEO of PropHero and Roland Berger Alumni talks to me about her experience moving from France to Australia to join Woolies Group Strategy, why she moved to NBN, and what she feels were the skills that helped her climb the ladder in a Corporate.

We discuss her motivations to move into a Tech- Start-Up and the skills necessary to be a CEO of a Scale-Up. She gives some great advice to management consultants thinking about their careers in both corporates and start-ups.

In this episode I am joined by my esteemed colleague Asha Walsh who specialises in recruiting roles at Manager to Head of level roles in Strategy. We discuss the market and what we are encountering currently in our sector. Asha also gives some excellent advice to any junior to mid-level strategy candidates considering a job search.

In this episode, I chat with Steve Duke, who left McKinsey at the Consultant level to help grow two Unicorns at a young age. He shares his story of transitioning from consulting to tech startup life. After being let go from the last start-up Steve went on a journey of personal discovery and talks about his quest for career enlightenment. This led him to become a fellow podcaster, he is currently the Host of the podcast Two Roads aimed at helping people find meaning in their work and life. In this episode, we exchange learnings from our interviews with our guests on this topic.

Link to Two Roads Podcast here: https://stephenduke8.podbean.com/

Join me as I chat with Katrina Barry, the former CEO of Me&u and now Group CEO and MD of Webjet.

In this episode, Katrina shares her personal journey and life experiences, going from a country girl in New Zealand to McKinsey and on to exciting roles in a variety of sectors from Finance to Fitness, Travel to Tech. She candidly discusses the challenges she has faced on her journey as well as her victories.

Katrina shares how she has thought about the career decisions she has made, and shares the best advice she has been given along the way, as well as lots of hints and tips for aspiring consultants regarding how to make decisions on the opportunities that come their way.

Victors’ 2nd appearance on the podcast!

In this episode, we deep dive into :

The importance of case interview prep

How to be a good case interviewer to attract the best candidates

The importance of humility

How to harness unshakable self-esteem and more....

Links to information referenced in the podcast

https://caseinterview.com/

“Look” Over My Shoulder

https://www.caseinterview.com/look-over-my-shoulder

How to Develop Gravitas

https://www.caseinterview.com/gravitas

How to Sell Your Ideas in Everyday Life

https://www.caseinterview.com/how-to-sell

How to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to Advance Your Career

https://www.caseinterview.com/eq-development

How to Develop Unshakeable Self-Esteem & Incredible Self-Confidence

https://www.caseinterview.com/self-esteem

Book recommendation - Richistan by Robert Frank

https://ig.ft.com/sites/business-book-award/books/2007/longlist/richistan-by-robert-frank/

Ex BCG Principal Josh Taylor has worked and lived all over the world. He is now an Aussie who has settled in Dallas (for now)! He shares his experience of traveling with BCG to different continents and gives his best advice to those considering an international career now that travel is back on the cards.

Tech Unicorn Rokt was Sydney-founded and is now  New York-headquartered. Rokt closed the largest single venture raise in Australian history, securing a $2.75 billion valuation from a US$325 million (AUD$458 million) Series E funding round led by Tiger Global. Stuart joined Rokt in the early stages and has grown with the business.

Both Stuart and Founder Bruce Buchanan are ex-BCG consultants.

Stuart chats to me about his journey and gives some great advice about how to think about if a Start-Up is the right option for your career.