Balancing Global Delivery with Real Life
As a Principal Consultant at Liberty Advisor Group, no two days look exactly the same—but each one requires focus, adaptability, and connection. From early morning vendor syncs across time zones to late-night follow-ups after family dinner, my day reflects what so many professionals are navigating: the constant balancing act between high-stakes client work and meaningful moments at home. This snapshot offers a look inside how I manage global teams, strategic priorities, and C-level expectations, while also making time for morning diapers, daycare drop-off, and dinner with my family.
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5:45 AM – 6:30 AM | Morning Routine
The day starts early, sometimes earlier if my one-year-old son wakes up earlier than expected. If he’s up at 4:00 a.m., and I lose the coin flip, then I’m up. If not, I take this time to eat, shower, and get ready for the day.
6:30 – 7:00 AM | Morning Catch-Up
By 6:30 a.m. I’m at my desk catching up on emails from the night before. This is the time to get organized, review my calendar, and prepare for upcoming vendor calls. Additionally, I read any client feedback or project updates to ensure I’m aligned with the day’s work.
7:00 – 9:00 AM | Vendor Working Sessions
Our development vendors are located all over the world, so we utilize the morning overlapping business hours to address design and technical questions and conduct integration tests in live collaborative sessions. Around the same time, my son typically wakes up, requiring my attention, and it is one of my favorite moments each day. In the mornings, my wife and I are juggling, squeezing in calls or messages while making breakfast, dressing him, or changing diapers. While we are getting him out the door, I’ll take calls on my AirPods. If a discussion requires deeper engagement, my wife steps in so I can fully focus.
9:00 AM – Noon | Recurring Client Calls
On days I’m in the office, I typically take client calls during my drive into the West Loop. Otherwise, I work from home, as these recurring client calls demand my full focus and can leave little time for a commute. These meetings are essential for gaining input from business SMEs, identifying potential roadblocks, and ensuring everything is on track.
12:30 – 2:30 PM | Internal Alignment and Vendor Meetings
After a quick lunch, I focus on internal alignment with my team and divide critical tasks that require attention before our senior leadership check-in. I’ll join scheduled vendor status meetings and push for continued progress, listening closely for risks or issues that may impact our timelines. Generally speaking, this time is when I address ongoing issues across teams to ensure that progress remains on track.
2:30 – 3:00 PM | C-level Check-In
Every day, I have a quick check-in with senior leadership. It’s my responsibility to provide the C-suite with clear, fact-based updates on what’s on schedule, what isn’t, and how we are addressing any issues and risks. For instance, today we reviewed data migration plans that were estimated to take nine days to complete. By working closely with the business on data requirements and vendors on migration bottlenecks, we developed a plan to perform the migration in just two days, and it’s my role to coordinate these activities to achieve this. Leadership not only wants project success and transparency, but they also want to know how it’s being achieved and what I’m doing to reduce project duration and risks. These check-ins also ensure alignment with strategic priorities and evolving objectives, which is necessary when managing disruption in complex projects.
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Focused work
The late afternoon is when I focus on tasks that couldn’t be completed earlier due to pressing meetings, such as updating presentations and project tracking artifacts, or drafting minutes to memorialize key decisions from meetings earlier in the day. It’s when I catch up on any leftover work from morning meetings and prepare for the next day. I review upcoming deadlines and resolve any last-minute challenges that come up, ensuring we stay on course.
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Family Time
At this point, work takes a backseat as I pick up my son from daycare and have dinner. We eat together as a family and enjoy some downtime. It’s a chance to reset before the evening, focus on my son, and enjoy the calm (or chaos) of family time.
7:00–9:00 PM | Finishing things up
Once my son is asleep, I have a couple of solid hours to finish anything that still needs to be done. It’s a quiet and focused time that allows me to ensure everything is in order. Some days, this takes only a few minutes, and others, it may take me later into the evening.
Conclusion
At Liberty, we understand that life doesn’t stop just because work is demanding. We’re all human, balancing family, personal needs, and professional responsibilities. With an average of more than 20 years of experience, our team is used to managing this balance while staying focused on what matters most: delivering meaningful results for our clients.
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