by lewsauder | May 5, 2014 | Career Management
I once worked for a client that engaged with consultants through a preferred vendor list. On an annual basis, competing consultants proposed for the pleasure of serving the client for another year. This included locking in billing rates among other terms. Each year...
by lewsauder | Apr 28, 2014 | Career Management
When a project team starts up, there are the typical team building practices that take place. Although some teams implement formal team-building exercises like walking together on a beam, that’s not the type of thing I’m talking about. There are natural team building...
by lewsauder | Apr 21, 2014 | Career Management
I once worked with an individual who was described to me as follows: “He is one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met. But he’s incredibly incompetent at what he does.” I had to laugh when I first heard that. I wasn’t sure how anyone that intelligent could...
by lewsauder | Apr 14, 2014 | Client relations
Consultants are hired by clients for a number of reasons. A client may need to increase their staff temporarily for a special project. Or they may need specialized knowledge that isn’t necessary for the client to hire on a full-time basis. Still other times, the...
by lewsauder | Apr 7, 2014 | Career Management
We hear about people “playing it safe” all the time. You hear it in investing scenarios when someone invests in vehicles that may not aggressively increase in value, but probably won’t lose value. Sport team’s do it all the time. Football teams develop prevent...
