10 Winning Qualities of Consultants
You can find success in consulting by developing certain qualities. They make you more effective. After years of consulting experience, I have distilled these qualities into a top ten list. [Read more...]
Learning With Open Courseware
To maintain their status as experts, consultants require a variety of cost-effective and efficient ways to continue to learn. [Read more...]
Networking: It’s More Than Business Card Exchange
In this issue, networking guru and author, Andrea Nierenberg, kindly submitted to an interview while on vacation. As a networking evangelist, Andrea has lots of advice for consultants. [Read more...]
Effective Leadership
Are you looking for a way to stand out as a consultant? Consider this. When you interact with clients, you can be more than a collaborator⎯you can also be a leader. Here are some key ways that you can demonstrate effective leadership to your client’s organization. [Read more...]
Tips for Working on Large Initiatives
Consulting on large initiatives requires patience, focus and the ability to juggle many simultaneous tasks. [Read more...]
Customer Communication and the Story of Company B
Company B is a well-known brand, a company that was once feted for going from good to great but that let its customer communication strategy dissipate and has suffered greatly as a result. Most observers would agree that Company B slid from great to good a few years back and has continued to slide toward mediocrity and eventual dissolution. [Read more...]
Keys to Successful Consulting Projects
Technical consultants know that it takes a great deal of effort for a project to run smoothly and to culminate in successful results. You know about the intensity of planning and project management, the need to simultaneously see both the larger picture and the small details, and the need to satisfy both users and upper management. But have you ever stood back to understand what it is that makes a successful project? [Read more...]
