by lewsauder | Sep 15, 2014 | Client relations
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...
by lewsauder | Sep 8, 2014 | Career Management
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...
by lewsauder | Sep 1, 2014 | Client relations
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,...
by lewsauder | Aug 25, 2014 | Career Management
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...
by lewsauder | Aug 18, 2014 | Career Management
If you follow how people behave in movies and television, you would think that management is a series of orders barked out by managers with the obedient, if not disgruntled, employee following those orders. My way or the highway I’m certain that type of...
