by lewsauder | Jan 14, 2013 | Client relations
Doctors are required to protect confidential patient medical information by law with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Lawyers are held to an attorney-client privilege holding them to strict confidentiality rules. Consultants are not...
by lewsauder | Aug 27, 2012 | Client relations
Some of the concepts I promote in my book and blogs could be seen by many as an old school approach to consulting. Suggestions such as showing up to meetings on time and not using your smart phone during meetings could be seen by some as passé and old-fashioned. I’ll...
by lewsauder | Aug 6, 2012 | Career Management
There comes a time in every consulting project when the project ends for a consultant, normally known as “rolling off”. Consultants are, by nature, temporary workers. The end of the gig will eventually come. There is always the possibility that the client will ask...
by lewsauder | Apr 2, 2012 | Personal Branding
I once had a new consultant join my team who entered the client site as if he owned the place. He was expected to share a cubicle with a fellow consultant but refused. “I need a desk to myself to spread out.” He exclaimed. In fact, he lobbied to get an office with a...
by lewsauder | Apr 7, 2011 | Career Management
When I started out in consulting many years ago, the dress code was very simple. You wore a suit and tie every day; even if you were on the bench, sitting in the office all day. After all, you never knew when a client would show up for a meeting. It wasn’t a whole...
