Each consultancy project, whether it’s a short or a long term piece of work, moves through several phases: there is a shape to the process. If a consultancy project goes wrong, it can most often be attributed to a consultant mishandling one or more of these phases. It’s not a linear journey, though – you need to keep an eye on these key stages throughout your engagement with the work,… read more →
In the final part of our blog posts on the art of consultancy and its associated skills we look at the different styles that you can come across as an in-house specialist or ‘consultant’. In your job role, you are likely to interact with a wide range of clients, in different internal functions, who all have their own unique problems. You need to be able to choose a style of… read more →
This week, in part two of our series on the art of consultancy, we turn our attention to the framework of a consultancy project. In particular, we look at what this means if you’re an in-house functional specialist, someone who, although an employee of an organisation, is actually operating as a consultant. Each consultancy project, whether it lasts 10 minutes or 10 years, moves through several phases: there is a… read more →
“What do you mean”, you might say, “there seem to be ‘consultants’ everywhere, and the world and his wife is setting up in business as one!” Yes, I agree, service business is enjoying somewhat of a boom at the moment in finance, IT, management, HR, strategy, social media and so on. However, what many people engaged in supplying services of value to clients seem to have missed, is that this… read more →