The McKinsey Way
Consulting mini-MBA course
based on practical cases
and storytelling
in presentations
communications
to problem solving
Ksenia Denisova
Business School
experience
client portfolio
I teach consulting approach to problem solving, corporate communications, idea structuring in business documents and writing presentation slides using PowerPoint and Think-cell.
Work experience: BBC Russian Service (London), McKinsey & Company, Sanofi, VTB Group, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.
Programme benefits
C-level executives value time and money. This is why the course consists of the main principles that allow your arguments to sound sharp and persuasive.
Idea structuring
in business documents
- Main principles of storytelling:
MECE, the Minto Pyramid - Storylining and storyboarding
- Action titles
Data visualisation
in presentations
and slide writing
- Consulting lifehacks for slide design in PowerPoint and think-cell
- Slide structure and the “so what?” principle
- Top-down approach
Consulting approach
to problem solving
- Problem definition and disaggregation
- Prioritization and frameworks
- Hypothesis approach and issue trees
Additional topics
It’s possible to add the following topics or to run a separate workshop
Business
communication
Business meetings, email and team chat correspondence. Agenda, context, minutes. The rule of three. The SCQA framework
Out-of-box thinking
in business design
Metaphors and concepts in presentations. Parallels and comparisons.
Best consulting techniques
Chart types, dashboards
and think-cell
Complex charts in think-cell.
Excel and PowerPoint data linking.
Dashboards
Testimonials
I'm pleased to recommend Ksenia as a true professional who is contributing with a maximum efforts to fulfil requirements of the client. We had requested to have 2 days full course presentation skills trainings complicated by focus on structuring and problem solving skills. Ksenia perfectly covered the required topics with preparation of special part directed to consultancy style problem solving skills. Visualization part provided with a lot of useful hints and tools as well. This training is the perfect choice to increase your teammates professionalism in structuring and presenting information and transform your routine boring presentations into something fresh and bright. Thank you, Ksenia!
I know Ksenia for a while already and have been very impressed with enthusiasm and energy she manages to keep up in the most difficult tasks. Enterpreneurial spirit, excellent social skills and dedication to purpose - allow her to reach targets others dont even try.
It's my pleasure to recommend Ksenia as a real partner to your projects, whether it's about visualizing complicated information blocks or coaching your people for written presentation skills. Ksenia has participated in many SKOLKOVO projects and got the highest rates both from our students and clients. If you need a professional touch to your informational materials, be sure that it will be done at the highest level.
Ksenia provided the two days Efficient Presentation training for our Company December’14. The course covered all vital methods and techniques for presenting analytical and marketing materials for management and clients. All the issues mentioned concerning both data structuring and visual implementation allowed us to achieve new level of competence and greatly improve our presentational skills. We so much appreciate her suggestions for creating the new corporate standards of visual communication based on market leaders’ best practices.
Ksenia is very talented person who is able to turn boring technical text to greatly looking visually perfect presentation. She is able to identify the core of your message and deliver it to your customers through focused slides. There is no need to mention that she knows how to use all graphical tools that are required to get the ideal result.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most of the time I work online via Zoom. But sometimes clients ask me to travel to their local offices to deliver a workshop offline. Everything is up for discussion.
I recommend spending 4 hours during 4 to 5 days on the course.
I recommend small groups of 12-17 participants. If larger groups are preferred, please do not go beyond 25 participants.
Corporate clients work through a UK entity.
Yes. Besides, I share over 100 ready-made consulting slides that can be used instantly and easily adjusted to your corporate template.