Mixing business & technology with a human touch, with Pamela Maruschke

Hello PostdocTransformer,

in this episode of the PostdocTransformation show, you will be inspired by Pamela Maruschke , an appreciated mentor and leadership role model.

We discuss Pamela's journey from a managing director at Accenture, with experience as a partner at IBM, to her current role as a managing director, leading the business advisory services at Slalom in #Germany.?

Follow #Slalom for exciting #consulting and collaboration opportunities!

Our personal conversation highlights her values for life, her four-day workweek due to social responsibilities, and her mentorship principles.

Let her way of integrating business and technology with a human touch guide you for your future of work.

Valuable for all #bachelor, #master and #PhD students, #postdoc scientists leaping into #consulting!

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Highlights:

Eleonore:

So when we're talking about scientists who want to leap into industries or business, do you think that consulting is a great place to start the industry journey? Or is it less receptive of career transitions?

Pamela Maruschke:

What I can only say is that the consultancies are open for career transitioners. If you bring in your skill set, if you're open to learn from different industries, if you're open to learn more methodologies on how to align on a project, how to set up a new customer journey, for instance, how to understand and interpret data, how you apply technology. There are so many things and, I think as an academic person, you always proved already that you can go through material that is probably not always your, the best strength of yourself and always fun.

Sometimes you just learn to get yourself through quite complex, documents and projects as well. And therefore, whenever you apply to consultancy, understand within your network, how the company ticks, if that fits to you as well, personally, because I think, the theory is always clear.

But the problem is, you know, does it really fit into your way of working? Does it fit to you? And, looking into some of the scientists, most of you are very proud of your doctor's title. And, you know, it could be that your title is not really, the biggest thing, it's your personal interaction, it's your personality, it's your way how to deal with people and how to deal with complex situations and therefore forget about the title, find something for you that really gives you the chance to grow.

Eleonore: These last two minutes are really important. If you haven't listened to it, come back to this, rewind it, because really that is important about having the doctor title in industries, facing clients. It's not about the title. It's about the impact that you can make.

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Pamela Maruschke:: Just one addition, in the consultancy, you can imagine that it's a kind of playground. You can play in the sand, you can also be on a swing, there are so many different places and I think for you, even with the doctor title, it's just a great place to bring yourself in.

Eleonore: Absolutely. I have joined Accenture also as a lateral hire and I started in a corporate setting I love my work there. I absolutely am grateful for the opportunities that I had, but it was a role that was fixed and I did not have this freedom that I was used to have in science. And I learned that at Accenture, I would have had these opportunities.

So yeah, a lot of more creative job crafting opportunities than anywhere else.

I have already alluded to in the introduction that. Pamela is actually working in.

a four day week. So how can you do this as a managing director? Because I haven't heard someone sharing about this so publicly.

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