The MECE Muse: 100+ Selected Practices, Unwritten Rules, and Habits of Great Consultants

Christie Lindor is once again an award winning author! Her book, "The MECE Muse" is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Business: Careers category of the 2018 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest! "The MECE Muse is a 2018 Readers‘ Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Non-Fiction - Business/Finance genre." The MECE Muse is a Bronze Winner of the 2017 Wishing Shelf Independent Book Award and a playbook of how you too can become a great world-class business consultant! Great consultants possess a je ne sais quoi that are equal parts confidence, passion, technical acumen, purpose, and charisma. Great consultants are authentically imperfect; they take life by the reins and forge ahead with certainty no matter how complex a situation is, in an almost effortless way. Great consultants are humble yet make everyone around them step their game up. Great consultants take care of their people. Clients thank good consultants; clients are wowed by great consultants. The journey to greatness is infinite. You too can become a great, high-impact consultant, and build trusted relationships with your clients and teams while creating a high quality of life. Expert mentor and management consultant Christie Lindor shares lessons learned and hard-earned wisdom gleaned over her fifteen-year career working for some of the world‘s top consulting firms advising public and private sector clients. The MECE Muse is an insider‘s guide to consulting, providing invaluable insights and practical knowledge including unwritten rules, career strategies, in addition to interviews from top industry consulting leaders who relate their personal experiences and offer unique perspectives on building and maintaining a successful consulting career. "A generous primer, a useful toolbox for anyone seeking to become one of the rare and valuable cadre of great consultants." —Seth Godin, author of "Linchpin" "The MECE Muse is something not just for those thinking about or trying to get into consulting, but also for those in the middle of it or reflecting on their time in the space who seek to understand more about their experience. Having spent six years as a management consultant, I found myself repeatedly smiling by the clarity of the insights Christie shares, and wishing I had a mentor like her during my career to help it all make sense. As she says, "The journey to greatness is infinite," so I can use this book now to continue on the path I started on as a consultant."—Bryan Falchuk, ex-McKinsey consultant, Inc. Magazine contributor, and author of "Do a Day: How to Live a Better Life Everyday" "This book should be required reading for all new-hire consultants. Christie neatly packages and delivers lessons that normally are learned through years of high-pressure client meetings, late-night deliverables, and early-morning sprints through airports. Consulting is a journey, and the MECE Muse provides a practical roadmap for anticipating obstacles and maximizing the experience." —Destin Whitehurst, ex-Deloitte consultant and Founder, ConsultingInterviewCoach.com "The MECE Muse is what the consulting industry has been waiting for! Christie Lindor masterfully ties together the untold significance of soft-skills, political nuance comprehension, technical skills and relationship management that set great consultants apart from the rest. The consulting leader interviews are powerful and answer all the questions that I wanted to know as an MBA student and former consultant. This book offers critical tools and stories that have never been covered before in all the books I‘ve read on consulting and fills a gap of knowledge on the industry." —Natalie Gill-Mensah, ex-PwC consultant and non-profit senior manager