by lewsauder | Mar 26, 2012 | Career Management
You’ve probably known people who are in perpetual job-search mode. As soon as they get a new job, they’re actively looking for their next job. I’ve known people who don’t even hide it. They talk to recruiters on the phone right out in the open as if to advertise...
by lewsauder | Mar 19, 2012 | Career Management
Kodak was once a dominant player in the photography industry leading all players in the film and camera market by a seemingly insurmountable lead. As digital photography – which they invented – took over film, Kodak had difficulty developing a profitable strategy to...
by lewsauder | Mar 8, 2012 | Career Management
I’ve always hated control freaks. I’ve known and worked with quite a few. Maybe because of my experiences with them, I’ve always tried to resist the need for control. But as a consulting project manager, it helps to be both a control freak and an order freak. I...
by lewsauder | Mar 1, 2012 | Career Management
Think back to people you’ve worked or gone to school with. I’ll venture to bet that you can remember one that you labeled Debbie Downer. Despite the feminine name, it can apply to either gender. You may have even sung the sad trombone that was made famous in the...
by lewsauder | Feb 26, 2012 | Career Management
I’ve commented in my book and in this blog about working with difficult clients (see The Client Jerk). One concern I’ve had about focusing on this topic too much is that readers – especially those who are just considering a career in consulting – will walk away with...
by lewsauder | Feb 20, 2012 | Career Management
Like many industries, the consulting industry can be feast or famine. There can be more work than you have time to complete it. In those cases you have to decide which work to decline. It’s not easy to walk away from billable work. At other times, you can’t find...
