MBA masterclass: Don Leslie
The second semester’s MBA masterclasses kicked off on Thursday 1st February with a talk from Don Leslie, Founder of Beament Leslie Thomas (BLT).
Don started off working for Deloitte and then went on to set up BLT - the first UK recruitment company to specialise in consultancy. With over 30 years’ experience of helping people move into the consultancy industry, Don had lots of tips and techniques to help students get in front of interviewers.
The session began with a demonstration of visualisation – a key tool used by consultants. Students took part in the interactive activity which represented different statistics about the growth of consultancy, for example, a 20% growth in consultancy expected in South East Asia in 2018. Don also identified growing areas within the consultancy industry to help students prepare and outlined the skills they would need such as; business process mapping, an awareness of cultural diversity and the ability to retrieve and summarise in-depth data.
The masterclass was useful for students thinking about pursuing a career in the consultancy industry and showed how much exposure it can give to a number of businesses across a range of sectors.