Episode 280

Understanding Management Consultants

Takeaways

  • Be persistent and helpful in all aspects of your work.
  • Consider the value and challenges of being a management consultant.
  • Assess the performance of consultants based on the implementation of recommendations, economic value created, and potential for future work.
  • Transitioning from the consulting world to the industry world requires adjusting to being part of a permanent team and owning the work you do.

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Chapter Markers:

00:00 - Be Persistent and Helpful

02:42 - Don't be a Management Consultant

03:17 - The Power of Persistence and Helpfulness

07:14 - Navigating the Consulting World

11:47 - Assessing the Performance of Consultants

14:12 - Transitioning from Consulting to the Industry

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Travis Maus

Travis Maus is the Chief Executive Officer of S.E.E.D. Planning Group is a fee-only financial planning firm with over 30 employees and locations in New York and Tennessee.

He hosts Unleashing Leadership and co-hosts the award-winning Ditch the Suits Podcast. Ditch the Suits aim is to help listeners get the most from their money and lives.

He is passionate, unfiltered, and committed to building great businesses.