| The day of a strategy consultant can be long, | | | | used for a new client she is meeting with tomorrow. |
| starting at seven a.m. or earlier and not ending until | | | | This client wants to change the way he does global |
| midnight (if not later.) A given day for a strategy | | | | manufacturing, and Dianne wants to discuss ways to |
| consultant may contain many different activities. | | | | have a productive conversation on this topic, and |
| Below is a sample day in the life for a strategy | | | | goals for her consulting company. |
| consultant, Dianne. | | | | 2:00 p.m. -Dianne spends time checking her email, |
| 8 a.m. -Dianne leaves the house to meet with a client | | | | returning calls, and responding to client inquiries. During |
| executive. She hopes to convince the client to drop | | | | this time, she makes sure to take care of the |
| some of the product lines that are not profiting his | | | | concerns from her client executive. During her other |
| company. Because Diane was expecting there to be | | | | activities, he sent many emails expressing concerns |
| a confrontation when this idea was brought up, she is | | | | over discontinuing a product line that wasn't |
| not surprised when he disagrees with her. Two hours | | | | profitable, but was quite popular among a certain |
| later, he finally concedes that it is time to create a | | | | market. |
| more marketable product line and agrees to | | | | 4:00 p.m.-Dianne meets with a partner and works on |
| discontinue product lines that are no longer selling. | | | | a document for a recruiting presentation about what |
| 11:00 a.m. - Dianne is at her desk and calls in for a | | | | strategy consultants do. |
| team conference call discussing a shared document | | | | 6:15 p.m. -Dianne returns home, but only briefly. She |
| to be presented at a committee meeting later in the | | | | has a dinner meeting with a client and team members |
| week. They made sure the structure and | | | | to discuss informally the status of one of their |
| presentation of the document was satisfactory to all | | | | projects. |
| on the team. | | | | 9:00 p.m. -Dianne returns home after the dinner to |
| 12:15 p.m. -Dianne replies to her missed phone calls | | | | discuss a design project with an expert on the West |
| and emails received while in morning activities. Once | | | | Coast. After an hour-long conversation, Dianne begins |
| she has caught up on communication, she brings out | | | | to wind down for the evening and prepare for |
| her lunch to eat. | | | | another long day of work. Tomorrow her and her |
| 1:00 p.m. -Dianne meets with the vice president of | | | | team will present their document, she has a meeting |
| strategy. She goes over current projects with him, | | | | with a client vice president, and she will be |
| and she wanted to talk about strategies that can be | | | | interviewing candidates. |