James Havlicek
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Ex-McKinsey interviewer | Top 5 coach | Helping 60+ clients break into MBB
10,765 min coached
570 followers
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Studied at Columbia Business School
Worked at McKinsey & Company
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James's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $229/hr
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James’s Management Consulting Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Consultant
60+ people coached for Management Consulting
James has helped clients get into these companies:
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James can help with:
Cover Letters
Presentations
General Exploration
Skill Building
Job Search Strategies
Case Interview Prep
Resume Review
Frameworks
Behavioral Interview Prep
Case Math
Salary Negotiation
Promotion Strategy
Networking Strategy
LinkedIn Review
James also coaches for Career Coaching, MBA, and Film & Television. View all.
About James
Hi! I'm a Columbia MBA, former McKinsey consultant, and current Head of Partner Strategy & Operations at Salsa. I started my career in the agent training program at United Talent Agency, and was a non-traditional MBA applicant. I like to drum, play golf, see as many movies as possible, and have recently gotten addicted to Peleton...
Why do I coach?
If it hadn't been for the amazing coaches and mentors I've had throughout my career, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve my goals. I love to pay it forward and help others do the same.
Work Experience
Head of Partner Strategy & Operations
Salsa
2025 - Present
Senior Associate
McKinsey & Company
August 2022 - October 2024
Enterprise Sales
Frame.io
May 2018 - November 2019
Video collaboration startup (acquired by Adobe for $1.3B)
Original Series Development
NBCUniversal
February 2017 - April 2018
Agent Trainee
United Talent Agency
September 2014 - February 2017
Education
Columbia Business School
MBA
Claremont McKenna College
BA, Economics & International Relations
Thesis: The Performance of Global Film Franchises: Installment Effects & Extension Decisions (published in the Journal of Cultural Economics, January 2018)
James was also personally admitted to
Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
76 Reviews
Overall Rating
5.0
Knowledge
4.9
Value
5.0
Responsiveness
5.0
Supportiveness
5.0
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