The first question asked by someone who wants to be an independent consultant is about fees. My answer, “It depends,” rarely satisfies. Here I finally give the answer.
What Should I Charge?
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Consulting
On-Boarding New Consultants
Consulting firms are constantly hiring, but not all are good at on-boarding new consultants
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.
Leading
Thinking about Thinking 2: Mindsets
Reviews and comparisons about books on thinking
Presidents Day
Ruminations on the third Monday in February
The Carney
I’ve had some weird jobs in my career, but I learned from all of them.
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
Living
Lost Knowledge
New technology drives out old knowledge and skill. What has lost knowledge meant in the past? What will it mean in the future?
A Little Traveling Music
Thoughts about travel given an impending trip
Longevity and Guitar
What does it take to live to 100? And what does that have to do with playing guitar?
AI Songwriting
Summary of this blog in AI Generated song -Yikes!
Wisdom from the Apocalypse
What do post-apocalyptic survival dramas teach us about the real world?
What is Wisdom? II.
Are we here to discover and share wisdom?
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