by lewsauder | Nov 24, 2017 | Career Management, Communication, Personal Branding
In marketing, how you brand your product is the most important aspect you consider. Virtually everything you do affects your product’s branding. The brand is essentially, how the public views the product. The packaging, where it is sold, its price, advertising:...
by lewsauder | Nov 18, 2013 | Career Management
In days gone by, the terms job and career were synonymous. Whether you were fresh out of high school, college or the military, you got a job and worked there until you retired. It was rare to have two or more jobs in one’s career Today’s world is different. ...
by lewsauder | Feb 20, 2012 | Career Management
Like many industries, the consulting industry can be feast or famine. There can be more work than you have time to complete it. In those cases you have to decide which work to decline. It’s not easy to walk away from billable work. At other times, you can’t find...
by lewsauder | Nov 7, 2011 | Career Management
Unless you’re an undertaker, repeat business should always be your goal. Whether you are an independent consultant or serving on a large project from a large firm, your main goal is to get billable and remain that way. Developing a relationship Consulting...
by lewsauder | Sep 12, 2011 | Career Management
At one point in my career, I worked for a top tier consulting firm that was acquired by another firm. As happens in just about any merger or acquisition, management announced how great this would be for the future of the firm and that no layoffs were planned as a...