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Ask to own something --- exceed expectations on that and they will give you more. You have to prove you can be trusted and then they will give you the important stuff. Just don't ever under-deliver because trust can be hard to gain back.
Assigning someone to take notes is not consulting BS. It is highly important especially if in the beginning of an engagement your information is coming from multi-hour meetings. By being note take you also can become quite important on the engagement by being the keeper of all client facts. Use that and grow.
You just started and haven't made partner yet?!
I hope to God you're not my staff who I just had a related conversation with.
As someone else said - make your meeting minutes spotless and organized. Then in your "spare time" study the notes. Begin learning and remembering what was discussed. From there you can start contributing even if it is purely to relay "facts" rather than deep content.
You'll get to do more interesting stuff. Just kill it on the notes and make them look really pretty. And then they'll give you more.
OP, note taking is useful beyond having notes at the end of it - you get to observe and learn. My advice: sit up straight, pay attention, and take in what's going on around you. And also do a killer job on the notes themselves, to show you're committed. You'll get more responsibility in due time.
Carry on 😂
What level btw? If you're a staff, then I say buckle up because you still have a few more years of note taking. In fact just prepare for always being expected to take notes if you're the most junior in the room (even if PPED).
You're not plankton. You're a sponge. Be the sponge
Thanks everyone, I feel a lot better after seeing all your responses. I just have to be patient. Will not disappoint you all. These notes will be perfected!!
Tasking a person exclusively to take notes is pure and utter consulting BS. Not only it's costing the client a lot of money but is also demotivating.
Anybody on here who says notes are useless does not get the essence of consulting. If your notes are great, they should really feed the content for the slides. Creating great slides requires the same skills as creating good notes - attention to detail, understanding who the audience is, tailoring the messaging to them etc.
Also it's the best way to learn what's going on
Much to learn you have, young Padowan
To be straight up I sucked as a staff and taking notes. My way of overcoming was to study the hell out of topics relevant to my practice. Eventually I was able to demonstrate my value by knowing the subject matter and there was less expectation on me to be a note taker in meetings. That doesn't always work out perfectly though.
Fake it til you make it, guarantee those guys on your team that you think have a ton of expertise, don't, they learned how to play the game
Two whole years of experience??? Be patient, I just don't see a lot of advisory value from someone with only two years experience. Don't complain, kill it on the notes, volunteer to provide status in the meetings based on your notes. Be assertive when giving those status and maybe you'll start adding some value in 3-4 years
Nope I work in the northeast region
Notetaking is critical and an amazing way to learn. You actually get better and better at it. My associates and seniors sometime suck at taking notes because they don't get it, and I end up just sending them mine.
one. You will learn because it's a more active way of listening.
Two. Ask for feedback on your notes. This is a really good way to realize what where your gaps are. Like I said, my reports often miss things, and that's where I'll give them more information on what it is missing or what it is that they got wrong.
Three. We often go back to notes, especially when we win phase 2, or need to remember a decision from the client.