JACQUELINE MURPHY
BAIN & COMPANY
TITLE: Manager
AWARD CATEGORY: Client Service
AGE: 30
Shortly after joining Bain & Company, Jacqueline Murphy transferred to South Africa on a six-month assignment. There, she developed a mine safety strategy for nearly 20,000 mine workers. After a quick detour to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, she returned to the U.S. and has been advising technology clients ever since.
So it's probably no surprise that she says she's energized by Bain's ability to "push beyond traditional approaches" to deliver value.
Murphy says she attributes her success thus far to two factors: Her Bain colleagues and her approach to solving challenges.
"I feel fortunate to work with a brilliant, diverse and supportive group of co-workers. I'm given room to stretch my skills and challenge myself, but I always know I have their support and collaboration," she says. "I value the coaching I receive at Bain—whether it's 'in-the-moment' walking out of a meeting, or reaching out for advice about a challenging situation I'm trying to solve."
Secondly, Murphy says she is "an idealistic pragmatist" who stretches for what could or should be, while staying grounded in an understanding of what it will take to execute.
"Often this requires an ability to adapt. Embedding significant change in organizations is incredibly difficult and requires me to adapt my style—sometimes I need to be a visionary, sometimes a cheerleader, and at other times a task master or a data guru," she says. "I think acknowledging that there are ups and downs, and adapting my style to how my team or client is feeling, is key to successfully embedding change. I love rolling up my sleeves and working together to determine what it's going to take to deliver results."
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