How to change your career to consulting

Launch Your New Career:Overcome 5 Great ObstaclesFebruary 22, 2013

First real life case you will be solving will be YOU. 2

Your case framework will look like this…3

Your case’ framework You. External Internal factors factors Consulting Your ﬁrms background Consultants Your talent Case Your studies passion4

No help available,Lot of help available You are the only expert You. External Internal factors factors Consulting Your ﬁrms background Consultants Your talent Case Your studies passion 5

Why me? Not many years back, I was in your place. 6

Objective: Prevent you from making the same career mistakes that I made 7

Each one of you can become a Strategy Consultant 8

This is a brain.Any smart brain. 9

Left Brain Right Brain Numbers Creativity Logic Analysis Imagination10

So where is the strategy consulting located in the brain? 11

StrategyConsulting12

Which means all smart people can become strategy consultants?13

Just having it in your brains is not enough! 14

Let’s look at an example: Here is my brain…15

Business Management Architecture Finance InnovationProject ArtManagement16

With a StrategyConsultant’sbrain, I felt like aqueen.17

That was an illusion. 18

This was thereality.19

Then how did I survive and thrive? 20

So let’s start my story, at the beginning …21

When I decided to become a consultant …22

Looks familiar? That’s how I look when Ipull my hair. 23

On self diagnosis I found…24

The 5 Great Obstacles25

New My Ex Kids Starting Point Networking Perfect Fit26

Solution? Let’s work on this case together, 27

Structure for solving the5 great obstacles: 1.  Obstacle 2.  Your Solution? 3.  My Solution. 28

Obstacle #1. My Ex29

#1. My ExEx careers areingrained inour identity 30

#1 My Ex: My Solution Tell yourself you are a consultant31

#1. My Ex: My Solution Hold on to the transferable skills and let go the non transferable skills Look at yourself from a new perspective. Let it reﬂect in the way you introduced yourself to people, and the way you plan your career. 32

Obstacle #2. Starting Point33

#2. Starting Point Where Do I Start? 34

#2. Starting Point: My Solution Be your own consultant35

#2. Starting Point: My Solution §  Research yourself §  Do your own SCQ (situation, complication, question) §  Build a strategy for answering the question in SCQ §  Design a career action plan, including a plan B 36

Obstacle #3. Perfect Fit37

#3. Perfect Fit Where Do I Fit? 38

#3. Perfect FitBig firm/small firm? Management consulting/ Industry? strategy consulting? level? Analyst/ US/ home country? Consultant/ Sr. consultant/ Project Manager? For profit/ non profit? Where Do I Fit? 39

#3. Perfect Fit: My Solution Once again! Think like a Consultant40

#3. Perfect Fit: My Solution Talent Market PassionFind that sweet spot. 41 Ref: Greg McKeown in a blogpost: #1 career mistake capable people make

Obstacle #4. Networking42

#4. NetworkingNetworkingNot Working?43

#4. Networking:My Solution Become a nicer person, stop selling so hard44

#4. Networking:My Solution §  Make mentors, make friends §  Interpersonal relationships §  Trust people (remember you are asking strangers to trust you!) and respect their time §  Cast wide but focused net 45

Obstacle #5. New Kids46

#5. New Kids Younger people getting hired more easily? 47

#5. New Kids:My solution Develop and show off new abilities48

#5. New Kids:My solution §  Ability to adapt §  Ability to learn §  Flexibility 49

Working around these 5obstacles helped meachieve what I wanted. 50

New My Ex Kids Start Point Networking Perfect Fit51

Consultant New abilities Consultant Nice person Consultant52

And now that I am already a consultant, it’s your turn. 53

More obstacles? Questions? Comments? Sarcasm? Say now or email later: purnima@reﬁneandfocus.com54

How to change your career to consulting

by Purnima Thakre on Mar 08, 2013

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