Goal is F500 executive. Have 4 years of consulting experience. Planning on business school this year. Worth coming back to consulting, make manager, and then jump? Or straight to industry after mba?

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Go to a top mba, then to a corporate leadership / rotation program. Those programs are generally filled with a mix of very motivated corporate types and others who couldn’t get consulting or finance offers. Expectations are pretty low in terms of impact during the rotations. Differentiate yourself and try to get a line position as your first placement after the program. Jump jobs within the company about every 12-24 months, making sure you have made some very tangible impact. Focus on growth areas or growth functions (emerging tech, new geography, etc what ever is hot in the company)

Try to make Director level within your 2nd or third jump. Then vp, svp, evp, etc few jumps after that. Most people will top out and get complacent at some point along the line, but you keep moving. If you feel your company isn’t valuing you, jump to another firm. If you work hard, work relationships, and are very lucky, you may be able to get to c in about 20 years or so when you are late 40s, early 50s.

You could also get mba and come back to consulting and try to jump back into corporate, but I think in general it’s tougher for a consultant to take over a line position (usually you’d get something in ops or finance or it) which makes it difficult unless you are going for more of a coo or cio type role. Also you will probably get sucked into the partner story and try to hit that milestone which is much much faster and easier to achieve than ceo at a f500. You could also make partner, then retire from your firm and try to pop over to a c suite role or a board position

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It’s about 100% luck, bruh

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