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Onboarding soon - finding a coach to help me excel in the consultant role

Dear PrepLounge Coaches:

I am starting my position as a consultant at an MBB firm in a few weeks. I am considering hiring a coach to help me prepare with core consulting skills before I onboard, and also help me in my first 3 months (at least) into the job, to make sure I will be on track and excel in the role.

However, in the past I have worked with a few PrepLounge Coaches for the same requirement (I worked at another consulting firm), but the sessions were quite useless, unstructured, and low value-add. For instance, I mentioned that I want to work on storylining. And the session ended up as me talking through the slides, whereas the coach provided minor ad-hoc advice. These useless sessions made me question whether it is really helpful to hire a coach to guide me in my first few months. 

What I aim for is structured, tailored, and impactful sessions. For instance, examining the slides that I made and give real time feedback, or giving me exercise to form storylines and discussing it in the next session. I am looking for practical sessions and resources, instead of theoretical and generic advice. 

What would be your suggestion? If you have enriched experience helping consultants to excel in the role, feel free to advertise and briefly mention how you conduct the sessions. 

Looking forward to your suggestions.

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Fathu
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am 13. Sept. 2024
Ex-BCG Europe/ME/Africa | 50+ offers from MBB, Kearney, OW | Personalized coaching | Free 15-min intro call

Hello there,

Sure, keen to help on this!

There's 2 primary methods I've adopted to coaching early career consultants in the past depending on experience level, career stage, and development goals:

  1. Mini projects: I provide a sample project context for you to drive the project framing, storylining, analysis, and recommendations in slides. We'll have predetermined regular touchpoints for me to provide you targeted feedback and specific resources to improve any weaknesses
  2. Targeted drills: Based on specific goals you have or feedback provided while on the job, I will provide curated drills to address these areas with specific feedback for rapid improvements

Feel free to reach out if you would like to discuss further or explore any of the above.

Fathu

am 13. Sept. 2024
Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Hi,

Happy to have a chat on this. I do provide on-the-job coaching, my approach is based on my experience as a PL/Principal at BCG managing teams of consultants as well as having conducted formal training for consultants at BCG. Drop me a dm and we can discuss more. 

Brian
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am 4. Okt. 2024
3+ years in McKinsey as an Associate and JEM | Free intro calls | Interviewed 40+ CAs to Associates (MBA-level)

Frankly speaking, this isnt the right platform for this purpose.

There are several niche coaching services that offer what you need, but they frankly don't come cheap. Ping me directly and I can bounce off a few names for you and see whether it may be fit for purpose. 

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