Here’s some consulting skills. What’s critical? You decide.

Consulting
Here’s some consulting skills. What’s critical? You decide.
I made a lot of mistakes as an independent consultant. I urge aspiring independents to avoid these five
“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.
Two “diseases” consultants face in their work: Symptomes, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments
It’s a paradox: Consultants seem allergic to the idea of selling, but they must find clients. Here is some of what I learned.
Given how consulting changed in the last forty years, imagine how it will change in the future
Leading
AI personalization? Potholes and pitfalls to watch out for.
Processing emotions in change and the stages of grief can be similar.
Be careful “helping” others.
Is leading change a craft to be praticed? Absolutely.
Where can leaders get good advice? A swamiguru living in a Himalayan cave? A Coach? A consultant? A mentor? A therapist? It depends.
What does it take to be an influencer? Is that what I want?
Want to make a change? Some unusual examples about the right mindset.
Living
Happy solstice, in the north our shortest day -and through export of religion, hope that the Light will come again
Lessons from the Grey One
My family shares a behavioral curse, which I’ve learned to mitigate (sometimes), which others might benefit from.
Is Halloween another opportunity to conquer your fears?
Doing “whatever it takes” is a great attitude, but it has its risks.
Pip speaks:
My humans will adapt. That’s what I trained them for.
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