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Consulting Downside: Separation Anxiety

Aug 11, 2014 | Career Management

When I began interviewing with companies during my senior year of college, it was important for me to find a company that had a good culture. I had an outgoing personality and liked to have fun. I wanted a corporate culture that closely matched my personality....

Is That an Employee or Consultant?

Aug 4, 2014 | Career Management

When I started my career in consulting, I was part of a consulting team. We went to the client and worked as a blended team where there were approximately half of us as consultants and half as client employees. It wasn't long until I realized that some of the folks...

The 3 Types of Consulting Approaches

Jul 28, 2014 | Career Management

If you mention to someone that you are a consultant, you tend to get a wide variety of responses. You can usually tell immediately whether the person has had a good experience with consultants by their response. If there is a pregnant pause as they try to think of...

A High Status Workspace is Not Usually Given to a Consultant

Jul 21, 2014 | Career Management

We see evidence of status all over the work place. The boss in the corner office; larger, more comfortable chairs for management; and cubicles by the window for people with more seniority. There are companies who try to remove the haughty symbols of status in...

The Best Route to Success – Incremental Gains

Jul 14, 2014 | Career Management

I remember an old cartoon of a reporter asking a famous star, "How do you account for your overnight success?" To which the star responded, "Twenty years of hard work." In our current, reality-TV world, there are people who become household names in a very short time....

Good Manager, Poor Leader. What’s Missing?

Jul 7, 2014 | Career Management

The baseball coach was frustrated with his team. They just weren't executing. When they were up to bat, they couldn't buy a hit. The pitchers gave up too many hits. Even when the pitching was good, the fielders made errors that cost the team too many runs. The coach...