Hi there,

Good question! I would say the main things you will learn and can apply to your future jobs are the following:

1. Solve complex problems. You will learn how to find appropriate solutions for complex issues, even in areas you are not familiar with, using a defined structured approach.
2. Develop great communication skills. You will learn how to communicate properly with everyone in a company from new hires to C-levels.
3. Acquire knowledge of multiple industries. You will learn insider aspects of several industries in a very short period of time.
4. Reach challenging goals with a set time frame. You will learn how to respect apparently impossible deadlines and achieve the objectives required.
5. Delegate and be a team player. You will learn how to allocate tasks to others and have a team-based mentality, as your job as a consultant will be strongly influenced by your team performance.
6. Master Excel and PowerPoint. You will learn how to become a lot faster and proficient with these tools than the average user.
7. Prioritize activities. You will learn how to become 80-20...or alternatively how to sleep very few hours ;). As a consultant, you will always have more things to do than the ones achievable in a certain time frame, hence you will have to constantly decide what to give priority to.

Best,

Francesco

Few years (3-5 years +) in Consulting and in a good firm equips you with following skills which are so crucial in the post-Consulting career:

• Stuctured thinking
• Problem solving
• Storytelling
• Ability to manage chaos & get the job done
• Stakeholder management
• Relationship building
• Presentation & Communiction
• Wider industry exposure/multi industry exposure

The downside:

• Ppt bias
• Weak delivery/implementation skills specially if you come from Strat consulting
• Tendency to come across as extroverted
• Tendency to wing it/BS unnecessarily

Hi, the most appreciated skills are:
- the ability to frame complex problem, prioritizing what really matters
- top-down communication, being able to communicate with top management as well as operational teams
- goal orientation and ability to achieve important results quicker

Best,
Antonello

To everything which was already said before, I would add, that MBB consultants bear truly irreplaceable experience in a huge number of areas, as well as with projects of varying complexity. This background makes them successful in their careers after exiting consulting.

Mainly a few solid years in consulting equips you with a very transferable general business toolkit which many companies value including,

• The ability to digest a lot of new information
• The ability to structure unstructured problems
• Being analytical and apply data-driven decision making
• Executive presence
• The ability to manage stakeholders
• Influencing skills
• Management skills
• Broad industry acumen
• ...