Clarkson’s LaToya Lee Jones Shares Advice For Women Pursuing Consulting Careers
January 16, 2025 | Clarkston Consulting’s LaToya Lee Jones, partner, Quality + Compliance Lead, and Diversity Chair Emeritus, recently shared consulting career advice on a panel alongside leaders at Bain & Company, Bates White, Capco, ClearView Healthcare Partners, and Putnam. Hosted by Management Consulted, LaToya shared insights on how women can build thriving careers in consulting. View a few quotes from LaToya or watch a video replay here.
Women in Consulting – Building a Thriving Career (2025)
“I believe that there’s a wide range of opportunity to get exposure to the industry. You get hands-on practical experience finding and delivering solutions to these companies and understanding their business challenges, which is just way more than you’ll ever get than working in an industry sector, I believe. Also, if more women go into consulting, we have greater chances of changing that gender diversity at the highest levels, at the decision-making levels, at those leadership levels and then inherently having an impact on the companies that we serve as well.”
“We’re seeing more women in leadership. Seeing examples that look like us, and seeing how they’re managing their work/life and how they’re navigating careers in this industry is really impactful on those who want to come into this space — to know that there is a way to go about it and that that opportunity is there for them because they’re seeing those examples.”
“Be flexible and adaptable. Have a clear goal in mind for what you want your career to be, but be willing to take an unexpected route, take a risk, do something that you weren’t planning to get there. It’s important to have that end goal and know what the end goal is so you keep your focus, but you never know what life is going to throw at you. Being able to take an unexpected path is going to keep you moving in a positive direction. I always believe that the most growth comes in the discomfort. So, being willing to be a little bit uncomfortable is going to be positive for you.”