Moving from IB to Consulting. Tips?

As the title states, I am moving from banking to consulting and wanted to know if there is anyone who has made this move before and can recommend what actions should I take to succeed in consulting. What skills from banking are the most useful to apply in consulting, which ones should I immediately focus on developing that I probably didn't have to use in IB? Any tips are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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