Management Consulting Productivity Hacks (Udemy.com)

How to be lazy and still get things done

Created by: Asen Gyczew

Produced in 2021

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What you will learn

  • Set priorities
  • Select the right things to concentrate on
  • Do much faster tasks
  • Avoid doing many things altogether
  • Increase efficiency of your team
  • 10x your productivity

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

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Course Description

What is the aim of this course?

Management consultants are brutally efficient. They not only are taught to do their work fast, but also are very good in selecting the right issues. I know it from first-hand experience as I spend my first 5 years in this hostile environment of top consulting companies. Yes, we worked sometimes 10-15 hours a day; 6-7 days a week but we managed with a small team to do in 3 months what the the whole company was not able to do in years. Management consultants efficiency stems from 3 things: good organization, efficiency in daily activities and extremely good skills in picking the right topics. I think that those skills are crucial and I will teach how to acquire them.

In this course I will show you how to do the right things fast and efficiently so you can enjoy fully your work and life (depending what are your priorities ;) . The course is based on my 11 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 business analysts and consultants who now are Investment Directors, Senior Analyst, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc. On top of that my courses on Udemy have already been taken by more than 45 000 students. The course you will take has been taken also by people from EY, Walmart, Booz Allen Hamilton, Dell, Walgreens and many more as a part of Udemy for Business. I do not like to overcomplicate things so in every lecture I will be quite straightforward. In every lecture I described a different hack and I give examples how to use it, especially in services such as consulting. To every lecture you will find attached (in additional resources) many useful files: examples shown in the lecture, furthers suggestion, exercises etc.. If you dont find something that you need let me know - I will try to prepare something and I will added to the course

In the course I use 6 main frameworks: 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle), lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, getting things done, critical chain method, lean startup

Why I decided to create this course?

The companies I have worked with so far as a Board Member (I am usually, Chief Restructuring Officer VP responsible for Strategy and Development) still have huge problems with productivity on 3 levels: personal efficiency of team members, the general efficiency of the whole team (you can have efficient people that create inefficient team), selection of topics / tasks / projects.

I have always tried to coach them and increase the productivity but on-the-job training is not enough and it is always limited to people you have contact with . To go further and to have a bigger impact you need a material that you can refer people to when they are in need. Therefore, I decided to create this course. Since I work not only with mature companies but also with startups I have tested the material also on them. It proved very handy in making sure that the startups are improving their productivity.



In what way will you benefit from this course?

The course is a practical, step by step guide loaded with tones of, tricks, hints, examples that will significantly improve your productivity and improve the quality of your choices. There is little theory mainly examples, a lot of tips from my own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. Our intention is that thanks to the course you will know:

How to set priorities on tasks and projects?
How to select the right things to concentrate on, also on daily basesHow to do much faster tasks and to minimize the burden of boring tasks that everybody is faced with.
How to avoid doing many things altogetherHow to increase team efficiencyYou can also ask me any question either through the discussion mode or by messaging me directly.

I will produce the necessary content and



How the course is organized?

The course is divided currently in 5 sections and will be adding new section to address other important issues. Currently you will find the following sections:

Introduction. We begin with little intro into the course

How to do the right things. In the second section we go through ways you can use to decide what to do and what NOT to do. I will show you how to avoid common mistakes

How to work faster. In the third section I will show you how to do faster the tasks or avoid doing them altogether. This section will have the most useful productivity hacks that you can apply to make sure that your personal productivity jumps significantly. Some of them, after modification can be applied for the team

How to make the whole team work faster. Fourth section is still in production. It will show you how to apply the productivity hacks from previous section to the team. I will also show productivity hacks for the boss

How not to anything at all and still get things done. Fifth section is still in production. It will be devoted to the productivity hacks that can be applied by the CEO and the owner, founder of the business to make sure that the whole business is efficient.

You will be able also to download many additional resources Examples in Excel, Word, Power PointPresentation of slides show in the courseLinks to additional presentations and moviesLinks to books worth reading At the end of my course, students will be able to

Set priorities

Select the right things to concentrate on

Do much faster tasks

Avoid doing many things altogether

Increase efficiency of your team

Who this course is for:
Business analystsConsultantsResearchersTeam leadersSmall and medium business owners Startups founders

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Instructor Details

Asen Gyczew

Expert in performance improvement, startuping, and turning-around companies with significant experience both in management as well as in supervision of medium size companies (EUR 20 40 million) as well as startups. I have trained in person over 100 consultants, business analysts, and managers who now are Investment Directors, CEO, Partners in PE and VCfunds, Sales and Marketing Directors, Operational Directors, COO, Directors in Consulting Companies, Supply Chain Directors, Board Members, etc. On top of that my courses on Udemy were already taken by more than 77 000 students including people working in EY, Walmart, BoozAllen Hamilton, Alvarez &Marsal, Bain, PwC, Deloitte,Accenture, Dell, Adidas, Naspers, Walgreens, Orange, Citigroup, Cisco, IBM and many others.

Functional experience:
performance improvement, strategy development, startups, intrapreneurship, post-merger integration and cost reduction, due diligence, turn-arounds, PMO;
Industry experience: SMCG (domestic appliances, furniture, ceramic tiles), FMCG (cosmetics, juice, meat), retail (electronics, convenience shops, pharmaceuticals, DIY, vending, fashion, toys), B2B (aluminum system, plywood, alcohol, reagents, loading systems), services (MRO, consulting, outsourcing)
Countries: Poland, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine

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Reviews

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By Maria Villalobos on 10/25/2020

I find it interesting, I will find ways to apply what I'm learning possibly outside of work for in my current job description its not relevant. I hope I will recall this in the near future.

By Loh Chee Ai on 10/22/2020

Excellent course!

By Zharrize T Caminero on 9/27/2020

wonderful topic

By Julieta B Potes on 8/17/2020

It's a really useful training. I am doing many of the trainings this "start up akademia" has to offer because they are very good.

By Harry Kim on 8/1/2020

This course is essential for management consultants. Many of the lessons are insightful and directly applicable to the field. I would highly recommend this course.

By Lee Yi on 7/18/2020

Course was too basic

By Carlos Grajeda on 7/12/2020

very good

By Hillary Stevens on 7/10/2020

Too long and redundant at times. However, the information was valuable.

By Eric Harris on 7/9/2020

Informative

By Nancy Adame on 5/13/2020

good

By Juan Nesaro on 4/23/2020

Good practical tips with useful resources

By Andrew Pitzen on 4/23/2020

A few good nuggets of advice in there, could have been done in about half the time. I don't think any groundbreaking new ideas are introduced here, rather it's more this presenter's summary of existing accepted management practices. Good theory for beginners.