Poll for equity partners (or equivalent)
In a “typical” week, what percentage of your time would you say you spend on 1 client facing (sold) work, 2 on proposals, 3 on longer term business development, 4 on IP / other internal but commercial initiatives, and 5 on “truly internal” time? How has that changed with your career growth?

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1-10%
2/3-75%
4-10%
5-5%

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1. 70
2.10
3.10
4.5
5.5

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1-5: 10
Doom scrolling on Tiktok: 90

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1 60-70%,
2 10-20%
3 <5%,
4 5-10%
5 5-10%

Doesn’t quite add to 100 but it’s close.

I am a couple years in as a partner.

P1 you spend more than a day a week on long term BD?

1 - client - 30
2 - proposals - 20
3 - lt biz dev - 20
4 - ip - 10
5 - internal (mostly people but also timesheet, compliance, culture building, etc) - 20

1. 15
2. 25
3. 20
4. 0
5. 40

40/20/20/10/10. 4th year MBB partner

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