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6 Reasons Client Employees Hate Consultants

When a consultant shows up at a new client, it's always a good idea to have one's guard up. It's very possible that he or she is entering hostile territory. It's nothing personal. Okay, maybe it's a little personal. You did decide to become a consultant after all. I...

5 Things I Hate About Consulting

Since I wrote the first edition of Consulting 101 in 2010, an updated 2nd Edition this year, over 200 consulting-related blogs, and recording over fifty podcasts on Consulting and Professional Services Radio, I have done a lot to profess my love for the consulting...

How the Client Senses the Consultant Spy

In the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the 5th book of the insanely popular series by J. K. Rowling, a new teacher is introduced. Professor Umbridge becomes a formidable antagonist in the story. She is appointed by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge,...

How Conflicting Objectives Cause Office Politics

On the morning of January 5th, Tom Parks, director of application development, filed into the company auditorium with the rest of his co-workers to hear the president give his "state of the company" speech. It was a routine Tom knew well. The president gave this...

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