What Type Of Person Thrives In Consulting According To A Consultant At Boston Consulting Group

I think people who thrive in consulting have two types of answers. There's the generic answer, which is that you need to be a self-starter. You need to be independent and able to own your work, and be comfortable with ambiguity.

You also need to be able to work in a fast-paced, high-stakes context. I know many athletes and academics, like PhDs, go into consulting. These are people who love to get to the bottom of a question and really find everything about the answer.

I think the thing we all have in common is that once we stick our teeth into a problem, we're not letting go until we figure it out. This is a really important skill because it enables you to work the long hours or take different approaches to a problem so you can find the best answer. I think that's what enables people to do the job really well.

Now, for people to thrive, I think you need to know what your boundaries are. Consulting is a job where work-life balance is not always great. Work will take a lot of time, and sometimes there won't be much work to do.

You can play, but you need to have a sense of what's important to you and what you're willing to sacrifice for work, because otherwise it will just take over everything. The people who thrive in consulting and can do it for a long time are people who have very clear boundaries that they can set and maintain. This allows them to do the job as well as they need to, without letting it take away from the rest of their life. That's the recipe for being able to do a job for a long time.