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Published in the year 2009, The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit For More Efficient And Effective Team Problem Solving is a book that is geared towards enabling its readers to experience phenomenal success in their respective businesses. Summary Of The Book The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit For More Efficient And Effective Team Problem Solving is the third part of the McKinsey trilogy. Through the course of this book, the readers are guided through the secret strategies of the world’s most renowned consulting firms, to help them achieve and maintain success. Friga, a former consultant, throws light on the key rules that were outlined in The McKinsey Way and the proven tips in The McKinsey Mind. This book presents these rules in combination with the principles followed by the military as well as other companies. It is divided into two parts and nine chapters in total. The chapters presented include Evaluate, Assist, Organize, Frame, Understand, Synthesize, Motivate, Talk, and Collect. The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit For More Efficient And Effective Team Problem Solving provides consultants and corporate problem solvers a proven guide to achieve success consistently. It focuses more on action than on theoretical aspects. The readers are given simple, yet effective action steps, strategies for solving difficulties, exercises, and checklists. At the end, the readers are also given insight into several success stories. If applied correctly, the problem-solving measures given in this book have the potential to completely revolutionize business solutions. In The McKinsey Engagement : A Powerful Toolkit For More Efficient And Effective Team Problem Solving, people like students, executives, corporate trainers, and managers will find a powerful recipe for success. About Paul N. Friga The author of this book, Paul N. Friga, is a renowned professor of management studies. Apart from this book, he has authored a book titled The McKinsey Mind: Understanding And Implementing The Problem-Solving Tools And Management Techniques Of The World’s Top Strategic Consulting Firm. Friga holds a BS degree in Management and Accounting from Saint Francis University. He also has an MBA from the University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a doctoral degree in Strategic Management from the same university. He is currently the associate professor at Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he teaches Management Consulting and Strategy. Apart from teaching, Friga serves as a consultant for a number of entrepreneurial ventures, Fortune 100 companies, and non-profit organizations from time to time. Some of his clients include Microsoft, the US Army, Kimball Office Furniture, and the US Navy. He resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, along with his spouse and son.