What is something a new senior mgmt employee can do in their first few weeks/months to set themselves apart as an exceptional new recruit?

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Listen actively, engage with all of your direct reports, peers, and leaders. Stay value add and don’t attempt to change anything out of fear of inaction.

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Bring in a new, profitable client yourself. Taking over some BD in flight is normal, but bringing in a new logo on your own (your own contact, not borrowing one from the new firm) will help you stand out.

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Go see your directs and listen to them. Get their honest feedback on the state of the business you’re inheriting.

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Promote yourself, accelerate your learning, secure early wins, build your team, create coalitions and most importantly negotiate success in your role.

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Recs for cute towns to visit during winter and perhaps outdoorsy places?

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My apartment has large windows, so I get plenty of sunlight. I’ve never really taken care of plants, but I would really like to have a few. What plants do you suggest for newbies???

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What kind of personality do you have to have to thrive in IB ?
Do you need to have the ability to chew out people built into you or can it come through experience?
Secondly, everyone says that IB is a 60% sales game and 40% number game. But who do they talk to ??
At a junior level, wouldn't you be just doing grunt work and not closing deals with clients ?

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Hi, m 3d artist , do you think is it possible for me to shift as ui/ ux designer or can I go along with , m bit of confuse ..i have seen lot of opportunities in ui/ ux designer ..most of them landed in reputed company

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Hi Sharks,
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What’s the best way for more junior team members to say “thanks” to leaders (aside from working hard for them and producing quality work). Current MD is a great mentor, leader...cont...

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Any partners on here that would consider themselves happy and successful that have struggled (or continue to struggle) with mental issues (e.g., depression)? How do you consistently perform well?

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What can I, as a newly promoted manager do to overdeliver on your expectations (assuming project delivery is great, deadlines are met, client and team are happy, project budget is on track)? What can a manager do to make your life easier and help you sell more work?

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Partners, now that you are earning loads, do you regret not spending more on activities you enjoyed (i.e. traveling) when you were in your late 20s? (Cont'd)

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Partners - absent the paycheck, do you enjoy your job? Regardless of yes/no, did you enjoy the path to getting there? If you didn't, what convinced you to keep going at it?

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Partners - how do you feel about the forced retirement age at many of our firms? Are you counting down the days or trying to find a second/third act to your career? Would you stay longer if you could?

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I’ve done a few searches but feel free to rip me a new one if this has been asked before:

I’m planning on reaching out to a partner at a firm I’m targeting. They’re aligned to the industry I’m currently in but there doesn’t seem to be any roles available at my level (consultant/associate), only EM roles.

Is it worth reaching out via LinkedIn or am I just going to appear a bit desperate?

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For homegrown partners (ie, you remained at the same firm since entering consulting after college), at what age did you become partner?

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How much do you make as a partner/which firm do you work for? I’m also interested in how your TC has changed from the start of your career to now

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Partners / MDS - Have any of you stayed with the same firm from analyst to Partner/MD? If so, what made you stay despite probably receiving offers for more compensation? Also, what benefits are there to staying in consulting your entire career?

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Are all 529 plans not allowed if one makes partner at PwC? Seems like everything is showing up as not permitted on independence checkpoint.

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This is meant as a compliment to your superior ability to balance your life: How do partners have time for fishbowl? It seems so small compared to yalls lives?

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Joined from industry as an AP - while salary bump was great, nobody really speaks about the variable pay/bonus component. Anything you can share to help me understand what to expect on average assuming profitable year (ranges)?

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Partners! I'd like to ask how you differentiated yourself from other senior managers. I get the basic stuff, sell, work hard, client relationships etc, but I'm assuming there are many SMs that boast the same trait. Keeping the obvious aside - what's that oomph factor to reach the pinnacle ?

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Has anyone here not pursued an extension because client isn’t listening to advice, whitewashes statuses, purposefully misreports (read: lies) despite what data clearly shows, misses deadlines and then just rebaselines dates, etc. because of concern they will fail and try to blame consultants (so reputational risk) and for other reasons (e.g., no value in time billed, other work could be pursued, mental health, etc)?

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How are you hold up in terms of driving new initiatives with the same energy as “normal times”? Personally I’m struggling to stay motivated and sense that my leadership is also going through the motions while just doing enough to keep the lights on.

I’m curious if this is the norm or if I’m just falling behind.

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Out of curiosity- can you buy into partnership on a work visa (eg., H1B) or do you need to have a green card?

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Partners: what car do you drive?

Asking as a genuine car person.

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