Consulting firms are constantly hiring, but not all are good at on-boarding new consultants
On-Boarding New Consultants
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Consulting
Consulting: How to Engage
Engaging with a client is like “getting engaged to be married?” Maybe not but there are similarities
Consulting? What Do I Know?
I write because I look back on my life, and want to share what I’ve learned along the way. My book could be called, Don’t Do What I Did: My Mistakes . . . as a consultant.
Consulting Ain’t Easy
The privatization of British Airways 1984-1987: My first and arguably most dramatically successful large scale change project, also inspired two change experts to create a model I used throughout my career. My learning there, however, was not confined to BA’s success.
Recession Consulting
Recessions are tough. Consulting is discretionary spending, so sometimes in recessions clients save their business, by decimating yours. Sometimes consulting firms reduce force and suspend hiring. A few ideas.
Oops and OS#!T: Consulting Failure Modes
Whenever I failed at consulting, it almost always started with my belief that what I was doing would be easy.
Leading
A Tale of Two CXs
Comparing customer experiences – a lesson in leadership
New Year’s: Resolution or Rubbish
Self-leadership: What makes a successful New Year’s resolution?
A High-Performance Organization
Revisiting a memory of 21st century organization design ideas, sparked by the passing of Jon R. Katzenbach
“What’s My Motivation?”
Strange motivation connections from my previous careers
Against the Laws
# “Laws” in management science and their impact
What Do Followers Want, Anyway?
I heard leaders express frustration with their followers:
“Why won’t they just DO what I ask?”
Living
Some Gift Ideas
I’ve been told I write for exceptions to the adages, “Young consultants won’t listen, and old consultants don’t read.” and “You have to fail at change before you take it seriously.” It turns out to be a larger niche than anyone imagined.
Thank You and Please
Thanksgiving 2025, reflections from cynical to sanguine
Once Came Matluzek
A strange old man appears with unusual knowledge. Will villagers learn from him?
Workin’ on a World
Some quotes that reflect my hopes today
Glory Days
Ruminations on my sixtieth high school reunion
Gardening and Growing
I have lived my life so far surrounded by gardeners and growers. We talk all the time about growing our businesses, growing our people, growing our children. I wonder if we truly understand the implications of that analogy.
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