Consulting
Overview
Consulting spans industries and job functions, requiring practitioners to synthesize complex information and to approach problems nimbly. It demands a sophisticated understanding of the context in which business is done and of the stakeholders involved. The Yale School of Management's integrated core curriculum prepares students to drive change at the vanguard of business and society by challenging them to consider multiple perspectives and to create innovative solutions to problems.
Areas of Focus
Strategy, Leadership, Management, Operations, Nonprofit
Consulting Courses
Related Core Courses
Competitor • Customer • Sourcing and Managing Funds
Electives
Competitive Strategy • Pricing Strategy • Corporate Finance • Operations Strategy • Global Social Enterprise • Outreach and Nonprofit Consulting • Strategic Management of Nonprofits • Problem Framing • Advanced Competition, Economics & Policy • Managing Social Enterprises
Yale SOM Student Clubs
The Consulting Club is a major resource for MBA students interested in pursuing a career in consulting. In addition to bringing speakers to campus, the Consulting Club provides a skill-building curriculum geared toward preparing students for case interviews, with exceptional second-year club members coaching first-years. The Consulting Club also offers behavioral coaching for interviews and liaises with top employers in the field to streamline the recruitment process.
The Outreach Nonprofit Consulting Club offers its members real-world experience by providing pro-bono management consulting services to New Haven-area nonprofit organizations. Past clients have included the Housing Development Fund, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center, the City of New Haven’s Small Business Service Center, and Community Action Agency of New Haven.
Yale SOM Conferences and Events
The Integrated Leadership Case Competition convenes the best students from participating universities around the globe to develop creative solutions for business challenges that require the integration of multiple disciplines.
Student Profile: Jocina Becker '17
Yale SOM’s changed the way I think in three really distinct areas. Number one, it’s changed the way I look at problems; number two, it’s changed the way I lead; and number three, it’s changed the way that I look at how business and society can work together to solve global problems. I’m constantly trying to find frameworks, trying to find out who the stakeholders are, and really understanding the problem from all angles before going about finding a solution.
Jocina Becker ’17
Post-MBA position: McKinsey & Company
Student Profile: Vance Lewis '18
My goal long-term is to help find a way to close the educational achievement gap in the U.S. Yale SOM’s mission of educating leaders for business and society speaks directly to what I want to accomplish. I think the private sector can bring a lot of insight. I wanted to gain some management, financial, and analytical skills, and I also wanted to learn more about leadership and organizational behavior. It all comes into play in school districts.
Vance Lewis ’18
Post-MBA position: McKinsey & Company
Kelly Smith ’09 of Booz Allen Hamilton talks about her work for one of the country's leading consulting firms and Yale SOM’s influence on her career.
Class of 2018 Full-Time Employment by Industry1,2,3
Class of 2018 Full-Time Employment by Industry1,2,3
Related Consulting News
Students Share Their Experiences Consulting in India’s Social Sector
Yale SOM News
For Annie Chor ’15 and her teammates, trying to determine how to best assist a social-sector enterprise in India’s developing regions, getting to know the workers in the field was critical. As part of the Global Social Entrepreneurship course, Chor took part in a consulting project in rural India last semester.
A Summer Cross-Country Consulting Spree
Yale MBA Blog
This past summer, a group of intrepid Yale SOM students set off on cross-country consulting journeys designed to give small entrepreneurs a leg up. Some students joined teams sponsored by MBAx America (MBAs Across America), a nonprofit which every year sends teams of MBAs out to work with visionary entrepreneurs—and some students undertook a similar voyage on their own.
What makes an organization change?
Yale Insights, Phil Davis '85
With the financial sector attempting to adapt to regulatory and economic uncertainty, firms are forced to prioritize and change. Phil Davis '85, an experienced management consultant, discusses the factors that can make organizational change succeed or fail, whether in the financial industry or another sector.