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2-3 is a rarity…4-5 to never is typical
It never happens and they are lying to you. They will lead you on for like 5 years.
The people I see on the fast track typically:
1. Stick to a large account and support deal flow
2. Specialize in a craft and cater that specialty across accounts
3. Develop strong relationships with practice leadership
4. Own relationships with the client
5. Excel in large scale delivery or independently lead the smaller scale strategy teams
6. Know how the internal sales systems and processes work, need credit on the back end to support the story
Accenture has a lot of people that think they are owed a promotion to MD from working a certain number of years at SM. It’s all about creating a winning story for practice leadership.
I’m an executive but not an MD, much of this advice was given to me by a senior client account lead at a diamond account
I joined as an SM, and made MD in 3 years. So it’s possible.
Everything I hear is that MD push is very difficult and even if you do everything right, bad luck can delay you for years. Internally people say SM is the most difficult, highest pressure level.
2 years will never happen. Typically 5-7 years at SM in a good economy which this is not. Most that go for MD also don’t make it in the first year up.
Pro
MBA classmate of mine made MD five years after joining as a consultant
It’ll take you like two years to even get integrated into your group… lol