Understanding the Nuances of Management Consulting
Nikhil Chander, Principal at the Boston Consulting and alumnus of the PGP Class of 2012 at IIMB, addressed the students of the one-year MBA – the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), in a virtual mode, on June 30 th , 2020.
His talk was organized under the banner of the EPGP Seminar Series, where industry leaders and newsmakers, share their experiences with students of the programme.
Demystifying management consulting for the EPGP Class of 2020-21, Nikhil took the participants on a journey that largely mirrored his career with BCG. The journey started from his first project on the streets of Chennai, servicing a retail client, to working on a strategy assignment with a phosphate manufacturer based abroad and then to a project with a European retail chain across multiple geographies.
From 2 a.m. warehouse visits, to using two laptops to run statistical models and being in meetings where almost no one spoke the same language, Nikhil shared with his listeners the joys and challenges of a management consultant’s life.
In the Q&A that followed his talk, he touched upon what it takes to work with clients from different continents and how such experiences helped him not just in understanding business complexities but also in appreciating the cultural nuances of a client’s business. Of particular interest to his audience were his comments on meeting deadlines.
Understanding the Nuances of Management Consulting
Nikhil Chander, Principal at the Boston Consulting and alumnus of the PGP Class of 2012 at IIMB, addressed the students of the one-year MBA – the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), in a virtual mode, on June 30 th , 2020.
His talk was organized under the banner of the EPGP Seminar Series, where industry leaders and newsmakers, share their experiences with students of the programme.
Demystifying management consulting for the EPGP Class of 2020-21, Nikhil took the participants on a journey that largely mirrored his career with BCG. The journey started from his first project on the streets of Chennai, servicing a retail client, to working on a strategy assignment with a phosphate manufacturer based abroad and then to a project with a European retail chain across multiple geographies.
From 2 a.m. warehouse visits, to using two laptops to run statistical models and being in meetings where almost no one spoke the same language, Nikhil shared with his listeners the joys and challenges of a management consultant’s life.
In the Q&A that followed his talk, he touched upon what it takes to work with clients from different continents and how such experiences helped him not just in understanding business complexities but also in appreciating the cultural nuances of a client’s business. Of particular interest to his audience were his comments on meeting deadlines.