Deepen Client Relationships

First, speak with your manager. Let them know that while you enjoy the exposure to different clients from a professional growth perspective you would like to try something different. While another project may not be available perhaps taking on a different role on the team or getting additional responsibilities. If that option is not available, look for other ways you can push yourself. Take a step back and evaluate all the client engagements you have been on where you feel like you are doing the same thing. See if you can observe any insights such as frequent challenges, differences in sectors/industry, inefficiencies in the team, etc. and think through possible solutions. Then document in a short succinct manner (high level) but ensuring you can speak in detail. Then present it to your manager as a side project you took on your own initiative to capture successes and lessons learned from your last few engagements leading with the conclusion (insights) first to capture there attention.

-What and why I did

-What I learned

-What I suggest

-Details to support the three above

I’m sure there are 100s of right answers or techniques, but one thing that will always help when dealing with scope creep is document every conversation. Reflecting a mirror on what was said helps manage expectations through greater transparency. If you have a voice conversation, simply follow up with an email that says, “As we discuss on our call...” It won’t solve every problem, of course, but it is at the foundation of addressing many problems and it simply a good practice to follow in general.