To succeed in the highly competitive world of management consulting, you need a very specific set of professional skills and personal characteristics.<\/p>\n
But what exactly does it take?<\/p>\n
Top executives from Monocle \u2013 one of South Africa\u2019s fastest growing independent management consulting firms \u2013 provide their unique perspectives on what you need to excel in a consulting career.<\/p>\n
Over the last 20 years the company has grown from a pragmatic start-up to a preferred execution partner with a focus on implementing regulatory and data-driven changes at their industry-leading banking and insurance clients, locally and abroad.<\/p>\n
Knowledge is power \u2013 and nowhere is this truer than in the dynamic world of consulting.<\/p>\n
To succeed as a consultant, you must have an inquisitive mind that is always absorbing knowledge and analysing new information.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur people are Monocle\u2019s greatest assets,\u201d explains Patrick Byrne, Monocle\u2019s Head of People and Culture, \u201cand our specialised skillset is a very detailed understanding of the banking and insurance landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monocle invests heavily in its training and development programmes, ensuring every employee has the chance to continually upskill themselves in a range of competencies, including the business subject matter involved and specifically hard technical skills such as coding.<\/p>\n
Consultants also have the unique opportunity to gain invaluable exposure to a variety of financial institutions and business areas the company operates in such as finance, risk, treasury, and compliance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sell a very unique service,\u201d says David Buckham, Monocle\u2019s founder and CEO.<\/p>\n
\u201cA deep knowledge of banking and insurance, coupled with a desire to get one\u2019s hands dirty with the data and systems that actually make these financial organisations work.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is what makes Monocle different from other management consulting firms.<\/p>\n
Monocle not only specialises in the strategic design of business change, but it also ensures that every consultant is equipped to implement these complex changes at a data and system level, when executing the bespoke implementation solutions that the company provides its clients.<\/p>\n
In the world of consulting, no one day looks like another, and each day brings a new challenge. Successful consultants never give up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look for well-rounded individuals with a very positive attitude, who are willing to roll up their sleeves and keep going to get the job done, no matter how tough it gets,\u201d says Patrick Byrne.<\/p>\n
These are people who are naturally competitive and determined, but who also work well with others and seek to succeed in a manner that benefits their team as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe like to employ nice people,\u201d says David Buckham.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat may sound na\u00efve, but it\u2019s true. We employ people who work well with others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Consulting is ultimately a people-centric business \u2013 to be an exceptional consultant, you must be a team player, whilst also using your initiative and intuition to complete complex and challenging tasks.<\/p>\n
So far this year, Monocle has increased its staff compliment by 25%.<\/p>\n
With demand for its services growing locally and internationally, the company is looking to add 100 more people to its ranks in the next six months.<\/p>\n
At Monocle, consultants gain a breadth and depth of exposure in the banking and insurance industries that is unparalleled in the consulting landscape.<\/p>\n
Monocle is uniquely positioned to undertake projects across the most critical areas of the financial industry, working with cutting-edge technologies to implement dynamic solutions at some of the largest and most prestigious banks and insurers in South Africa and across Europe, from Monocle\u2019s offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
If you are interested in taking your career to a whole new level, with opportunities to work on a wide variety of exciting consulting projects across industry-leading financial institutions, visit the company\u2019s website<\/strong><\/a> to find out how to apply or view their job posts on LinkedIn.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To succeed in the highly competitive world of management consulting, you need a very specific set of professional skills and personal characteristics. But what exactly does it take?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":515854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[16196],"class_list":["post-515850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-monocle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515850"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544946,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515850\/revisions\/544946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}