by lewsauder | Dec 18, 2020 | Career Management, Client relations, Communication, Consulting Sales, Getting in to Consulting
I’ve written extensively in this blog about how I believe consulting is a great way to make a career. I’m one of those who have chosen to make a career of it. But there are many other career opportunities that consulting can provide. The primary reason for that is...
by lewsauder | Dec 4, 2020 | Client relations, Consulting Sales
There was a time when knowledge was power. In the consulting world, this implied that the more you knew, the more people would turn to you for advice. But now we’re in the world of Google. You can now Google any fact or list of statistics to find out virtually any...
by lewsauder | Nov 13, 2020 | Client relations, Communication, Personal Branding
I was once in a difficult consulting situation. I was hired by a consulting firm to take over as a program manager for a program that was already about 25% complete. Their original program manager was leaving for another opportunity. This program was for a large...
by lewsauder | Oct 16, 2020 | Career Management, Client relations, Consulting Sales, Getting in to Consulting
I’ve spent most of my twenty-five plus years in consulting. The exception is a two-and-a-half year period when I tried out “the client life.” I can’t say there is anything bad about working as a full-time employee at a company. But I can say that it’s not for me. For...
by lewsauder | Oct 2, 2020 | Client relations, Communication
Johnny Carson was the host of The Tonight show for nearly thirty years from 1962 to 1992. He once said that the key to comedy is the following: “Tell them what you’re going to do, do it, and tell them when you’re done.” There is a lot of consulting philosophy in that...
by lewsauder | Sep 18, 2020 | Career Management, Client relations, Communication
I have always felt like I could get along and work with just about anyone. Some people are easier to work with than others. And some seem to do their best at being as challenging as possible. It has been my experience that some people focus their aggressions on...
