Strategy Simplified
Strategy Simplified
Management Consulted
S23E6: Steel Industry to McKinsey: What Most MBAs Get Wrong
38 minutes Posted May 1, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Daniel went from steel and automotive to McKinsey. His path wasn't conventional – and neither was his networking strategy. Instead of casting a wide net, he built 2 deep relationships at the firm – mentors who helped him at every stage. This episode breaks down what worked – and what the standard MBA playbook gets wrong. Why 2 deep relationships beat 30 surface connections in consulting recruitingHow to turn a "niche" background into a drawThe case prep habit that added...