Pushing the Boundaries: Recollections of a Mckinsey Consultant

About this book

This is the autobiography of one of the most influential management consultants of recent times. Herbert Henzler grew up in the German village of Neckarhausen during the Second World War. Starting his career as a sales apprentice with Shell he went on to study at the universities of Saarland Ludwig-Maximillian and California Berkeley where he received his PhD in economics. In 1970 Henzler accepted an offer to join McKinsey & Company a rapidly growing firm that would eventually become the worlds leading consultancy group. Working in its German office Henzler quickly rose to Partner in 1975 and then Director in 1978. His spectacular rise continued when in 1985 Henzler became head of McKinseys German office and one of the most powerful management consultants in the world. Honest and at times direct this book provides a rare insight into the world of management consultancy and how one man made it to the top by constantly pushing the boundaries.