The “miLEAD Method” is the system our organization employs to ensure high-quality consulting while providing a valuable development opportunity for our members. With each project, a team of six works closely together to provide your business with personalized consulting.
Student-to-Student Leadership
Our members are composed of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from diverse backgrounds and interests. Project teams are structured to give active members the opportunity to experience various industries first-hand while working in a highly collaborative team among other high-achieving students. Experienced members gain valuable professional experience by leading teams, directing projects, and interfacing with clients as project managers.
ADVISER
The adviser is a miLEAD Board Member who oversees the project and ensures that the results and recommendations fit miLEAD’s standards. An adviser has experience acting as both a project manager and consultant on previous projects.
Project Manager
The project manager interacts with the client to ensure the progression of the project aligns with the clients’ needs and directs consultants to ensure high quality deliverables. A project manager has extensive experience as a miLEAD consultant and is selected based on their performance and aptitude for leadership in past projects.
Consultants
Under the project manager’s lead, a group of 3 to 4 consultants conduct the proper research to provide each deliverable. Projects are comprised of a diverse set of consultants with varying levels of experience who work closely together to provide quality consulting.
Data Driven Approach
miLEAD harnesses the skills of our graduate students by employing data-driven approaches using primary and secondary research to address the business needs of our partners across industries.
We ensure that all of our recommendations are fully backed by market reports, scientific literature, and interviews with professionals from each industry. miLEAD consultants learn to exhaustively fact-check their research throughout the project by compiling data points from a multitude of resources. This data-driven approach ensures the success of our projects and is a major reason 30% of our clients return to miLEAD when they have additional problems to address.
Multi-Week Projects
Projects typically span 6-8 weeks, beginning with a meeting at the start of the project so that our team can meet with the client face-to-face and the client can gather a complete understanding of what miLEAD can provide. The team meets weekly to report findings and develop deliverables. Progress reports throughout the project provide updates on the research of the team and ensure that the scope and quality of the findings match the expectations of the client. At the summation of the project, the team presents their final results and recommendations to the client.
