This quick read provides confirmation to the way consultants handle many everyday challenges, what they think they already know, but have never been officially told. Rasiel does this through short sections and chapters alike. He cuts right to the chase. I think this is maybe why some other readers commented so negatively, maybe they were seeking out in depth methodologies or had extensive experience of their own to already draw from.

I enjoyed the bite-sized chucks of information and ear-marked many of the pages to use during future conversations with proteges.

I think the real key with this book is it should be targeted at traveling consultants with less than 5 years experience seeking to move up the ladder.

A good concept for a book. McKinsey are clearly the worlds most secretive consulting firm. However, Raisel's interpretation of their uniqueness is somewhat limited by his experience. For those readers out their who have worked in a consulting or professional services firm you will find alot of motherhood in this book which has been jazzed up as wow factor genius of McKinsey.

That said there are a few gems in this book too. For those who have heard of McKinsey methods such as the hypothesis driven approach, and the elusive waterfall diagram this book explains all.