Making Experts Accessible to All

Question 1

Who are we?

Our Mission

Making Experts Accessible to All

Answer

Xpert - is a social learning app to help you learn from the best. We are not your regular online course, but rather an experience that is beyond regular classes, lectures & assignments. We have India's top experts across each profession share their experiences, opinions, techniques & advice accumulated over the lifetime of their careers.

Question 2

What is Consulting?

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The definition of consulting states that consulting is providing expert advice by professionals who are expert to people working in specific domain of other companies. In simpler words, consulting refers to providing advice as a service to a specific group of people. But, the question arises “Why do companies ask for advice?”. The answer is, they want to grow and achieve a goal which is possible through change. There is desire to attain the set goal but they need advice from consultants who can help them achieve their goal by being the change agents and advisors.

Question 3

What are the qualities of a Consultant?

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Business consultants help organizations in creating a value to business by solving their problem, maximizes their growth and provides opportunities to improve the business performance. The companies they consult for are into finance, legal, research, PR or IT and they use their business skills and acumen to provide objective and fair business advice to these companies. They use their expertise to understand the challenges faced companies or areas where the company lacks. The consultants then, with the acquired knowledge and expertise help companies to overcome the challenges and bridge the gap.:

Question 4

Who are the top Consultants?

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Consultants who are at top of their fields are leaders and are inspiration to all the aspiring consultants, they have set a benchmark for others to follow by giving interesting and creative solution to various companies. Some of the most famous consultants around the world include: Frederick Gluck (Mckinsey & Co.), Kevin Sneader (Mckinsey & Co.), Scott McDonald (Oliver Wyman Management consulting co.) Fabian Billing(Mckinsey & Co.), Aaron De Smet(Mckinsey & Co.), Alex Liu (Kearney, Management consulting company), Rich Lesser (Boston Consulting Group), Tony Alvare(Alvarez and Marsal),Bryan Marsal(Alvarez and Marsal) and Ignacio García Alves(Arthur D. Little consulting co), Manny Maceda (Bian & Co.), Ivan Hindshaw (Bian & Co.), Domenico Azzarello (Bian & Co.)

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The reality is I’m a traditionalist when it comes to our values . . . but I’m an innovator when it comes to what we’re going to do.

-Kevin Sneader, Global Managing Partner, Mckinsey & Co.
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Culture eats strategies and synergies for lunch.

-Dinkar Ayilavarapu, Partner, Bain & Company
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Millennials want to work for organizations that prioritize purpose as well as profit. It's as simple as that.

-Punit Renjen, CEO, Deloitte
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Innovation is the new competitive advantage.

-Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture

Question 5

How can you start as a Consultant?

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As a consultant one needs to be attentive and understand problems and provide solutions. So, if you feel you are someone who has attention to detail and is observant you then you can think about consulting. The problem identification is one aspect; the other one is problem solving which requires brainstorming, patience, team work and customer-orientation. Consulting is a role for people with strong decisiveness as it requires decision making at all levels and people who can adjust to client’s requirements and terms. Successful and effective consultants choose to be organized, manage time well, credible, empathetic to understand client's problem and communicate effectively.

Question 6

What are the challenges of being a Consultant?

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It is exciting to be a consultant, but it has its own challenges. Consulting is not a desk job, it may require visiting clients or even work for them which means adapting to the clients work culture. For some levels in organization consultants are required to be flexible to travel to different places to visit clients. Consulting requires one to be attentive and can be challenging when one is managing 2-3 clients simultaneously. Hence, time management is also challenging. Even though the factors stated as challenges might cause a obstacle but one can always overcome such challenges. Effective consultants adapt to the challenges and are able to thrive in their consultancy roles.

Question 7

How can you learn
Consulting at Xpert?

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Xpert enables you to learn from consultants who are at the top of their game. Yes, it not one of the academic and bookish knowledge we deliver. We deliver learning via the real life challenges, failures and success stories of the geniuses who have battled their way up to the top. They share how challenging their first step was, their first failure, what happened when their best bet failed, how did they initially start, what was the first job as consultant was like, the times when they felt like giving up, the hope they never lost, etc. It's their journey, techniques and opinions that we share with aspiring consultants to help them get close to their dream. We aim to equip you with all the required and correct information directly from experts to help you in your journey.