James Havlicek
The McKinsey Guy | PEI & Casing Specialist | Top 5 Coach (2026)
14,055 min coached
7,072 followers
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Studied at Columbia Business School
Worked at McKinsey & Company
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James's Offerings
Custom hourly · $269/hr
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McKinsey PEI Masterclass: Learnings from 80+ Clients
Jul 13 at 10:00 PM UTC
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James’s Management Consulting Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Consultant
80+ people coached for Management Consulting
James has helped clients get into these companies:
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James can help with:
Behavioral Interview Prep
Case Interview Prep
Case Math
Cover Letters
Frameworks
General Exploration
Job Search Strategies
LinkedIn Review
Networking Strategy
Presentations
Promotion Strategy
Resume Review
Salary Negotiation
Skill Building
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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
Founding Strategy & Ops
Squad
2026 - Present
Head of Partner Strategy & Operations
Salsa
2025 - 2026
Senior Associate
McKinsey & Company
2022 - 2024
Enterprise Sales
Frame.io
2018 - 2019
Video collaboration startup (acquired by Adobe for $1.3B)
Original Series Development
NBCUniversal
2017 - 2018
Agent Trainee
United Talent Agency
2014 - 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)
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Overall Rating
5.0
Knowledge
4.9
Value
5.0
Responsiveness
5.0
Supportiveness
5.0
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