For those who started into consulting remotely during the pandemic - how have you been adjusting to your role/getting ramped up?

I’m 9 months in and still feel like I’m having a hard time getting getting adjusted

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I am in my 9th year of consulting and did struggle ramping up a new engagement with complete set of new folks. Don’t be too hard on yourself, you are not alone.

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Find people to help and just set up 1:1s. Try to establish friendships or join any extra groups to stay motivated and remind yourself you aren’t merely a resource. Starting remotely and being effective at my job has been extremely challenging. Just know you’re not alone and tell team members you started remotely so they can be aware

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This is my second consulting on boarding during Covid but I’ve only worked during Covid but I feel that establishing a day to day flow is difficult and I wonder if things would be better in person. Not only that but virtual meeting engagements have been getting worse for me while my responsibility increases my retention and understanding worsens. I’ll sometimes just nod and say yes because I myself get tired of asking clarifying questions and don’t want to feel slow myself or make my team slower.

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