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Defining the Team and the Goal

I hope at this point you are excited to try PTO on your own team. Before gathering your team to launch PTO, however, a few critical decisions must be made: (1) Who will be involved? (2) In what forum will you meet? And (3) What will be your collective goal of predictable time off?

The Team

The PTO team’s membership may be obvious. Or it may be a bit more complicated and require a careful selection process. At BCG, the choice was clear: BCG consultants—from the newest associate all the way up to the level just below partner—are typically staffed full-time as part of a single case team. In many fields, however, individuals are part of multiple teams at the same time. For instance, lawyers and investment bankers ...

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