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Can you mention what are the daily challenges that consultants would face daily?

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Narine E. asked during the live chat Working in consultancy & being socially committed or promoting your own business idea? Roland Berger makes it possible! to Roland Berger

Category: Day to Day

Date asked: Friday, February 11, 2022

Last reviewed: Friday, February 11, 2022

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Lena D.

Senior Consultant

Hi Narine - hope you're doing well! Maybe I can tell you a bit about my past/current challenges: as a new consultant you always need to familiarize with new topics, sometimes the time is short and the topic is completely new.

Friday, February 11, 2022

Rohit K.

Any advice on how does one manage lifestyle challenges work at Roland ​Berger

Friday, February 11, 2022

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Lena D.

Senior Consultant

Hi Rohit - do you mean how to find a good work life balance?

Friday, February 11, 2022

Rohit K.

Yes

Friday, February 11, 2022

Christian R.

Hi Lena. Do you believe over the course of your time as a consultant your challenges respectively the skills it requires as a consultant shifted with more responsibility?

Friday, February 11, 2022

Rohit K.

The perception is that work culture at consulting companies is always very hectic

Friday, February 11, 2022

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Lena D.

Senior Consultant

In hectic times, for example esp. in home office times, you can block some slots to do sports or move the meeting to walk-and-talk-meetings.

Friday, February 11, 2022

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Narine E.

In RB, is it always required fir a consultant to choose a specific industry?

Friday, February 11, 2022

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Lena D.

Senior Consultant

In general it is always good to talk to your project manager in order to find a good balance.

Friday, February 11, 2022

Rohit K.

How are generalist vs specialist handled in RB?

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Narine E.

And i know it depends on you work but in general how many months or years does it take to pass from the business analyst position to a consultant?

Friday, February 11, 2022

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Lena D.

Senior Consultant

@Narine - yes, when you enter you need to choose a platform, which is mainly a function or an industry. However, this does not mean that you can only do project in this sector. I have a lot of colleagues who also did a project within a different platform.

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