1. Start my day 7:30 am….read the newspaper/coffee
2. 8:30 am leave for office – for 20 minutes on BB checking emails/other developments/phone calls….
3. Reach office at 9am – login to phone service, check emails/respond, , look at what needs to get done today from the list made previous night, grab another cup of coffee
4. 10 am – review with team on on-going projects ( usually leading two or three projects at the same time)
5. 11 am – call up clients to provide them the updates on the engagement…
6. 11:30 to 12 – do administrative tasks (expense reports, time sheets, check project costs, re-aligning time to team members, updating project timelines…
12: check in with the director on upcoming pitches/proposals…we usually do 3 proposals a week.
12:30 – find an approach/methodology for a pitch lets say ” market entry into hotel business”….either I work on it or assign a consultant or  a-con to help me with the proposal…
1:00 lunch – 15 minutes , and then followed by coffee , yes 3rd cup…
1:30 back on the desk for another project review of another on-going projects….which would last few hours…

4:00pm – one of the client is coming in and there is a project update delivery due…review the presentation, analysis etc….get the admin folks to set-up snacks/tea etc.. also grab another cup of coffee = 4th cup

7:00-pm – client leaves with expectation of all changes discussed to be delivered in the morning, for the next two hours work on the changes…

9:00- pm – back to the proposal review which apparently needs to go out tonight since boss has decided to take the red eye flight to meet the potential client tomorrow morning…an hour of review.

Between 7 and 9 , find time with the team members to get a snack from the office cafeteria…probably 15 minutes gone…

10 pm- send the proposal out to the boss, send the presentation out to the client…
10:15 to 10:30 – make a list of things to do for the next day and what needs to get done….
10:30 pm – close shop and reach home at 11 pm…take a shower, eat dinner, 12 ish…
12 am – check office emails for any last minutes messages/emergencies…
12:30 am – off to bed…

This is a normal day…on a average 12 hours/day and including weekends if the project deadlines are near

Tough day is usually 16 to 18 hours day which happens at least once a week if some deliverable is due or team is trying to find solutions to client problem…

In between all this we are suppose to call up potential leads for business as well…on-going BD work, calling up some old clients that you have done business with to see how is it going….

There are also days/weeks when we are on the road…those get even worse – constant travel….