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Add You - Consultants: How To Choose, Use, And Not Abuse Them
For many of you who are businessman and businesswomen, traveling becomes second nature. As you jump from city to city, it gets to the point where people ask you what you do for a living and you have to refrain from saying, “I’m a Nomad, what about you?” Traveling for business can certainly be a pain in the bags, but with a few simple changes, you may find the transition from home to away to be
5. Meet the operating consultant. It may not be the same charming, talented person that sold you the work. And at those fee rates you don't want to train a recent MBA, who started last week and studied your industry yesterday.
6. Test – whethe
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Here are some ideas that may help you with your consultants (and your lawyers, accountants and other professionals):
1. Before you introduce consultants to the process, be sure you need what you want and want what you need. Beware of consultants that agree to do whatever you want, whether you need it or not.
2. Look internally to confirm the three "C's" of consulting project readiness: Capacity in budget, time and resources; Commitment of management and staff affected by the process; and Capability to support the project and implement the conclusions.
3. One more "C" – Compatibility. Select your consultants from an organisation that is compatible with yours - are you a corporate multinational or a local entrepreneurial business?
4. Recognize whether your consulting needs are strategic - requiring outside expertise to inspire and facilitate your business planning process; or operational - bringing knowledge, skills and experience that are not available internally.
5. Meet the operating consultant. It may not be the same charming, talented person that sold you the work. And at those fee rates you don't want to train a recent MBA, who started last week and studied your industry yesterday.
6. Test – whether
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1. Before you introduce consultants to the process, be sure you need what you want and want what you need. Beware of consultants that agree to do whatever you want, whether you need it or not.
2. Look internally to confirm the three "C's" of consulting project readiness: Capacity in budget, time and resources; Commitment of management and staff affected by the process; and Capability to support the project and implement the conclusions.
3. One more "C" – Compatibility. Select your consultants from an organisation that is compatible with yours - are you a corporate multinational or a local entrepreneurial business?
4. Recognize whether your consulting needs are strategic - requiring outside expertise to inspire and facilitate your business planning process; or operational - bringing knowledge, skills and experience that are not available internally.
5. Meet the operating consultant. It may not be the same charming, talented person that sold you the work. And at those fee rates you don't want to train a recent MBA, who started last week and studied your industry yesterday.
6. Test – whethe
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3. One more "C" – Compatibility. Select your consultants from an organisation that is compatible with yours - are you a corporate multinational or a local entrepreneurial business?
4. Recognize whether your consulting needs are strategic - requiring outside expertise to inspire and facilitate your business planning process; or operational - bringing knowledge, skills and experience that are not available internally.
5. Meet the operating consultant. It may not be the same charming, talented person that sold you the work. And at those fee rates you don't want to train a recent MBA, who started last week and studied your industry yesterday.
6. Test – whethe
Most of us have known a few LOSERS in our career. Problems surface and we face challenges. Who are the ones we call losers? Where did they come from? How did we end up with them on our payroll? Who hired them?Complainers, out on Monday, sick every other week, demanding and always looking at the clock to go home or slip out early.What do you do? You have hired someone
4. Recognize whether your consulting needs are strategic - requiring outside expertise to inspire and facilitate your business planning process; or operational - bringing knowledge, skills and experience that are not available internally.
5. Meet the operating consultant. It may not be the same charming, talented person that sold you the work. And at those fee rates you don't want to train a recent MBA, who started last week and studied your industry yesterday.
6. Test – whethe
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5. Meet the operating consultant. It may not be the same charming, talented person that sold you the work. And at those fee rates you don't want to train a recent MBA, who started last week and studied your industry yesterday.
6. Test – whether the consultant arrives with questions, not answers; will operate as neither boss nor employee; and will win the hearts and minds of your staff. Successful consultants will listen, understand, empathize, analyze, strategize, and persuade better than normal people.
7. Remember you are hiring a consultant to challenge and push you. You are not renting a friend to remind you how smart you are.
8. Can you confidently expect a solution that will be yours not theirs?
9. Ask for references. Call them.
10. Ask who is not on the reference list and why not. Learn what they think causes a project to be unsuccessful. And which list will you be on when this is over?
11. Ask for fee rates and a work plan with estimated hours. Then agree on a fixed fee for agreed deliverables - dates, documents, milestones.
12. Don't let progress reports interfere with progress. Get what you need, not what they need for "CYA" requirements.
13. Check who else is billing time to your project. Sometimes there is a very expensive partner back at the office who needs to keep his billing rate up. Your budget can be quickly
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