Any suggestions / advice on how to fast-track SM to PPMD (assumption - there is space at the top for new P/MDs)?

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Sell, sell, sell.

I can't speak for Deloitte in particular, but across the industry the one metric that consistently gets you looks for early promotions is going well above and beyond the minimum requirements for sales.

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A1 - It entails listening. Listening for opportunities, listening for pain points, listening and understanding org structure. And then connecting the dots. Also building trust and nurturing relationships as that will open the door to those conversations.

Build a book of business that’s quantifiable, exceed your metrics, and make friends with the right people.

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Thank you!

I would agree with all the points mentioned here. The only thing to add though is striking a balance in how fast you want to get there vs you being ready. Once you get there it’s lonely and you are the last one standing as far as both sales and delivery is concerned. So you want to learn the art of scoping, resourcing and selling all at the same time to contain the risk of failure because that’s too great at these levels of management. Remember sometimes you can’t rush experience. So I wouldn’t be too focused on how fast u can do it but rather do u feel comfortable under your skin that you are able to scope, resource and have a broad based relationships in the firm to be able to fall back on for sales. In the long run it will pay you well and this is a long game.

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What D1 said. Be careful what you wish for.

Better a year too late than a year too early. If you don’t understand the wisdom of that, you’re not ready. The Partnership isn’t exactly the most forgiving environment of you don’t pull your weight. An extra year or two won’t make that big a difference in the grand scheme of things if it means you hit the ground running faster.

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