Having worked primarily in operational roles in my career, I shifted to consulting over two years ago. So how are the two different and what are the advantages/disadvantages of each of these two very different role profiles over the other.
Business decisions, and I mean all business decisions, are about developing a method to answer two basic questions
- What business to do?
- How to go about doing it?
To my mind, an operational role helps you answer the second question, while a consultant role should ideally help you develop a perspective to answer the first.
A consultant role however, usually keeps you miles away from any execution/implementation of strategy. And god is usually found in those details...
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