A little over a month ago, I gave notice that I would be resigning from Genpact.
I have been transitioning out of my role since then, and with my last day (Friday) just around the corner, I want to share some reflections across 17 years of corporate consulting.
I’ll start at the beginning.
When I accepted my first role as an Analyst at Accenture, my intent was to remain in consulting for two or maybe three years. As a new graduate, I felt that consulting would provide a diversity of cross-industry and cross-functional experiences that would springboard my career into a meaningful industry role. I gained the experience, but stayed.
For most of my time at Accenture, I, along with so many other consultants, travelled to clients each week. In a typical year, my work affected dozens of teams, some of the biggest companies in the world, and I spent over 250 nights in hotel rooms. It’s not hard to understand why there are steep drop offs at the two- and then five-year marks in this industry.
After ten years, my plans to leave consulting had become more abstract. I left Accenture to join Genpact; I was sold on the idea of building a practice, leading major projects, and then, eventually, influencing an industry with some of the top talent I have encountered. The highlights kept me here for almost seven more years. As with my time at Accenture, I enjoyed (and still do) fixing the most pressing problems companies face – and, as I moved up in my career, it changed the scope and impact of the problems I got to work on. Admittedly, corporate consulting has been a rewarding but demanding career path, and there are times that it has taken a toll on my family, health, and personal life. That said, many of my best friends are consultants I’ve worked with over the years. My clients, colleagues, and mentors have transformed my thinking and I’ve grown in ways I’d have never anticipated.
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been driven by a desire to take the skills I’ve developed while helping large companies transform, and use them to help small businesses launch, grow, and
scale their businesses. In addition, I remain passionate about and will continue to dedicate part of my time to a few strategic projects that help shape an industry. I’m transitioning out of my role and towards my own entrepreneurial journey in a way that merges my capabilities with a greater purpose. Taking the leap into entrepreneurship is terrifying and exciting at the same time.
So, what am I most excited about?
1. Freedom and flexibility over my schedule and how I allocate my time,
2. Control over what I get to build and focus on, and
3. Impacting others’ lives in a positive way.
I feel that this path is truer to who I am and the difference I hope to make.
I look forward to sharing more about this new path in the next few months, but in the meantime, I plan to take a pause and reset before my next adventure – which means getting to spend more quality time with this guy!
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