“Consultant, eh? Good money for old rope!” It was my first day on-site, at my first consulting project. I was still in...
Consultant-osis and Change-itis
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Consulting
Finding Clients
Sell is a four-letter word Salespeople get a bad rap. The salesperson stereotype, is a gladhanding mental lightweight with...
Consulting: Changed and Changing
In the beginning I started as a consultant in 1980. I retired from consulting in 2018, a lifer in the industry. To say the...
Life After Consulting
Timing! A few weeks ago I wrote “Arriving for the Break,” wherein I poke fun at my way of being in the world, which might...
Hello Mid-Career Consultants
You know who you are. You decided to become a consultant for a good reason. Maybe you liked business, loved problem-solving...
What Do Consultants Know, Anyway?
“What? Me Worry?” Consultants, especially young consultants, take some stick from time to time. There are consultant jokes....
What’s Up with Consultant Jokes?
Consultants don’t do anything In the video, a man dressed in athletic shorts stands on a train platform. He puts chalk on...
Consultants Are Everywhere *
In 1991 I wrote about how I was continually amazed at the ubiquity of consulting and how I found it in the most unexpected...
eBook Intro Deal
Until January 9th the eBook is available to subscribers, reviewers and friends for $1.99, the lowest price Amazon would let...
Coming Soon
Consulting Wisdom from Unusual Places Is Consulting Wisdom an Oxymoron? Hey Newbie, Listen up! So You Want to be a...
Consulting
Strategy: It’s the Thought that Counts
An Eisenhower quote about plans and planning seems unintelligible to many, but contains the essence of strategy.
Trivial and Non-trivial Consulting Skills
Here’s some consulting skills. What’s critical? You decide.
Going Independent Redux: Avoiding 5 Bone-Headed Mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes as an independent consultant. I urge aspiring independents to avoid these five
Five Things to Think About Before You Become Independent Consultant
“I know. I’ll become an independent consultant.”
Consultants, corporate staff people, or executives came to this career epiphany before asking my advice. I gave them these five things to think about.
Consultant-osis and Change-itis
Two “diseases” consultants face in their work: Symptomes, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments
Finding Clients
It’s a paradox: Consultants seem allergic to the idea of selling, but they must find clients. Here is some of what I learned.
Leading
AI “Personalization:” Everything Old is New Again
AI personalization? Potholes and pitfalls to watch out for.
Good Grief
Processing emotions in change and the stages of grief can be similar.
Be careful “helping” others.
Change Craft
Is leading change a craft to be praticed? Absolutely.
Who Leads the Leader?
Where can leaders get good advice? A swamiguru living in a Himalayan cave? A Coach? A consultant? A mentor? A therapist? It depends.
Pondering Influence
What does it take to be an influencer? Is that what I want?
The Change Mindset
Want to make a change? Some unusual examples about the right mindset.
Living
“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men”
New Year’s resolutions are four thousand years old -will I keep mine this year?
A Community of Light
Happy solstice, in the north our shortest day -and through export of religion, hope that the Light will come again
The Grey One’s Gift
Lessons from the Grey One
The Culler Curse
My family shares a behavioral curse, which I’ve learned to mitigate (sometimes), which others might benefit from.
Halloweenophobia
Is Halloween another opportunity to conquer your fears?
Whatever It Takes
Doing “whatever it takes” is a great attitude, but it has its risks.
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