What does it take to become… The Youngest Partner Running a Key Practice

We just released new episodes of the much anticipated Analyzing a Strategy Partner’s Career program (24 episodes overall). Here are the new episodes you can look forward to (40 minutes of new riveting, thought-provoking transformational training):

ASPC 21 Where Will You Master the Business Side of Things (10:33)
ASPC 22 Know Your Knock-In And Knock-Out Metrics (08:50)
ASPC 23 Why Functional (Domain) Specialization is a Bad Sales Model (08:19)
ASPC 24 Formal Training Does Not Help Trailblazers (12:09)

Some points we cover:

– Four activities that taught Michael the business side of things (Ep 21 2:00)
– One ability that changed Michael’s entire career (Ep 21 3:00)
– Transforming a country into a regional powerhouse (Ep 21 4:30)
– Skills that most people don’t learn (Ep 21 8:00)
– A plan for learning these skills (Ep 21 9:00)
– From being someone good at analyses to being someone who leads organizations (Ep 21 10:00)
– Knock-in and knock-out metrics. The thing that knocked you in or out of the game (Ep 22 1:48)
– Running 6 engagements back to back (Ep 22 2:45)
– Understanding knock-in criteria for different levels. How is power generated (Ep 22 4:10)
– How is power generated in industry (versus in consulting) (Ep 22 4:50)
– Sales model of doing fewer proposals (Ep 22 5:30)
– Homework for you to help you figure out how to get promoted to the next level (Ep 22 7:00)
– How you introduce yourself signals your level of seniority (Ep 23 0:30)
– Why senior people in consulting introduce themselves a certain way (Ep 23 0:50)
– Sustainable way to generate sales (Ep 23 3:00)
– What kind of experts are CEOs and senior business leaders interested in (Ep 23 4:90)
– As you become a more senior management consultant, you will discover something very important that you wished you had known about sooner (Ep 23 5:50)
– An approach to sales that set Michael up for accelerated promotions (Ep 23 6:50)
– A decision you need to make (Ep 23 7:30)
– One of the most widely misunderstood approaches to professional careers (Ep 24 0:30)
– Managing 9 initiatives (Ep 24 1:00)
– The mindset that allowed Michael to get promoted to partner in record time (Ep 24 4:00)
– An important thing to understand about the way firms are set up (Ep 24 5:00)
– What you should not do even though most people in the firm will tell you that you should (Ep 24 6:40)
– Why firms can’t institutionalize the mode of operation Michael was using (Ep 24 9:30)
– An approach Michael used for managing teams (Ep 24 10:00)
– What makes you a trailblazer (Ep 24 11:30)

This program builds upon the foundational knowledge established in Partnership. Memoir and (Re)Building a Consulting Practice.

You will find detailed maps, charts, and analyses to break down and analyze a strategy partner’s key career moments. We address pivotal questions that can shape your career, such as:

• What does it take to become a partner in just 5 years?
• How many engagements does one need to master strategy?
• How many years will it take for a partner to master strategy?
• What types of engagements teach the core strategy skills?
• What types of skills must a consultant cumulatively learn to become a strategy partner?
• Does a weak/average engagement rating lead to a CTL?
• How important is the first engagement?
• What mix of clients must an aspiring strategy partner serve?
• Does public sector work help with the partnership nomination?
• How to professionally and correctly challenge decisions at the firm?
• How do remuneration and special bonuses change over time, levels, and across regions?
• Does one learn more in an engagement that is going well or poorly?
• Is it better to be staffed in an elite/weaker and/or western/emerging markets office?
• What types of partner mentors are needed?
• What is the mix (and number) of corporate strategy engagements needed to master corporate strategy?
• How to take a leadership role as an associate and where to take a leadership role as an associate.
• Can one specialize early, and how can this be done?
• How does one sell the right way, and why is this important?
• What is the partner engagement workload like?
• What drives happiness levels as one becomes a partner?
• Can one be promoted from the Solutions Team to generalist consultant?
• What happens if the top consultants do not follow you as a partner?
• What are the pivotal career moments?
• Does one need to work with many different partners to improve the odds of a partnership nomination?
• What types of internal roles create the most value?
• What types of sales strategies can be used?
• What happens at the senior partner level?
• What can you not be good at and still be promoted?
• Who checks the partners’ thinking?
• How does a partner develop new ways of thinking and build a reputation?

This program is designed to impart approaches, ways of thinking, techniques, and strategies that transcend the consulting industry. It offers valuable lessons for any professional seeking to enhance their strategic thinking, leadership skills, ability to influence, and career progression.

Some people are successful wherever you place them because they just get things done. They know how to figure out and navigate the system. And they create the kind of outsized value that makes them valued highly by the most influential people within the system.

The skills you can develop by going through this trilogy (Analyzing a Strategy Partner’s Career—Partnership. Memoir—(Re)Building a Consulting Practice) are highly transferable and should not be ignored regardless of whether you are in consulting or not.

As with all of Michael’s programs, these episodes are delivered in a riveting manner, ensuring that you are not only learning but thoroughly engaged with the content. Multiple times, clients have told us that our programs are better than Netflix and HBO. Plus, they can make you the most influential person in the room.

Analyzing a Strategy Partner’s Career (Insiders & Legacy Members)

If you are not an Insider or Legacy member, you can enroll here to access this and other programs (scroll down to membership options and select Insider or Legacy membership to immediately gain access to this program):

www.strategytraining.com

Take care,
Kris Safarova