by lewsauder | Nov 24, 2014 | Career Management
One of my best friends died last week. As toddlers, Robb and I played together in the nursery of our church. We were in the same kindergarten class. We were friends through high school, college and throughout our adult lives. Over the past decade or so, even though...
by lewsauder | Nov 10, 2014 | Career Management
The most common feedback I get from my book Consulting 101, or from this blog, comes from experienced consultants. Invariably, they say something like, “That’s great advice. I wish I had known this ten years ago.” Many of them have stated that they...
by lewsauder | Oct 27, 2014 | Career Management
As we recover from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, unemployment continues to inch downward. Lingering effects remain, however. Many people who were unable to find jobs with traditional employers became consultants. Some were consultants in name only. They had no...
by lewsauder | Oct 13, 2014 | Client relations
I’ve worked with clients who had their own project methodologies. In most cases it was a binder or two somewhere on a bookshelf. It might have even been distributed in binders on everyone’s desk. Unfortunately, that was often where it ended. It has been my...
by lewsauder | Sep 29, 2014 | Client relations
Ask any random business people what first comes to mind when they think of the word “consultant.” Some will tell you that they steal your watch to tell you the time. You might hear that they train their people on one client in order to charge higher rates...
