McKinsey-Style Consultant vs Board Deck Narrative

McKinsey-Style Consultant

By Fleury (McKinsey-style Skills)

Generate executive consulting decks with pyramid principle, issue trees, and McKinsey layouts.

Board Deck Narrative

By Mohit Agarwal (PM Skills)

Build a complete slide-by-slide storyline for your board presentation with talking points.

McKinsey-Style Consultant

• Breaks down business problems using issue trees and the pyramid principle
• Designs McKinsey-style slide layouts with proper hierarchy and data visualization
• Searches for supporting data and organizes it into Excel sheets with source URLs
• Generates PowerPoint decks page by page with clean charts and executive summaries
• Manages complex multi-page projects across sessions with dependency tracking

Board Deck Narrative

• Creates a complete slide structure for board presentations with narrative flow and timing
• Builds slide-by-slide content guidance including scorecards, revenue deep dives, strategic updates, and financial summaries
• Generates presenter notes and talking points for each section
• Structures board asks and decision points clearly
• Provides quality checks and narrative principles for effective board communication

Reach for McKinsey-Style Consultant when…

• You need to present a strategic analysis to executives or investors
• You're exploring a market opportunity and want a structured research deck
• You want a consulting-quality presentation without hiring a firm
• You have a business problem and need a clear, data-backed recommendation

Reach for Board Deck Narrative when…

• You're preparing for a quarterly board meeting and need to structure your presentation
• You need to frame a strategic decision or tough quarter honestly for your board
• You're building your first board deck and want proven structure and best practices