by lewsauder | Jun 25, 2012 | Communication
One of the most critical consulting skills is communication. A good consultant needs to know when to communicate, when not to, and the most effective way to do it when it is necessary. The communication consulting skill Knowing how to communicate includes...
by lewsauder | Apr 5, 2012 | Career Management
I’m pretty handy around the house. My workshop has a decent supply of tools and I can fix and maintain most of the issues that occur in my home. If something breaks, I assess the situation, decide how to best approach it, get the necessary tools and fix it. If a...
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 | Jan 18, 2012 | Career Management
An article in the New York Times from July of 2011 entitled “Can a Playground Be Too Safe?” discusses the trend over the past few decades of making playgrounds safer. By reducing the height of sliding boards and monkey bars and replacing the old pavement...
by lewsauder | Sep 26, 2011 | Career Management
When I was in high school, I had a fantastic U.S. History teacher. He had us subscribe to Time Magazine and we were required to read an editorial from the newspaper every day. We were to highlight the main issues of the editorial in one color and terms we didn’t...
