by lewsauder | Aug 21, 2020 | Career Management, Getting in to Consulting
I have often discussed the many purposes for which companies use consultants. Sometimes they need a specialty skill that they do not have in-house and do not want to hire full-time. This can be an individual consultant or a team. Other times companies will use...
by lewsauder | Jun 26, 2020 | Career Management, Consulting Sales
We are supposed to learn from our mistakes. I usually learn from mine. Sometimes that learning process can be painfully embarrassing. I will discuss one that was so embarrassing, I have made sure to never repeat it. An Internal Project Several years ago, I was working...
by lewsauder | May 29, 2020 | Career Management, Client relations, Uncategorized
We are experiencing a phenomenon that none of us has experienced in our lifetimes. It is not just a once in a lifetime thing. It is a once in three lifetimes thing. When I was a young kid in the 1970s, we talked about an energy crisis. We had to save energy by turning...
by lewsauder | May 15, 2020 | Career Management, Client relations, Communication, Uncategorized
At the time of this writing, many of us are still in the midst of a quarantine that could last, in some form, for several months. There still are more questions than answers. And that could be the situation for quite some time to come. With such uncertainty, I wanted...
by lewsauder | Jan 26, 2018 | Career Management, Client relations, Communication
The work from home trend has taken off. According to CNN Money, the number of people telecommuting has increased 115% in the last decade. A number of indicators show that that will only increase. Organizations have moved on from the trust issue and realized just how...
by lewsauder | Jan 5, 2018 | Career Management
I had a friend start a new job. Once he got acclimated with his surroundings, he developed a daily routine once he got to work. He would always be there by the required 8:30 am. He would hang up his coat, stop at the restroom, grab his coffee cup, and get some coffee...
