One of the main reasons companies engage consultants is to bring in some specific expertise that they lack. In almost every consulting gig I’ve been involved with, the client always asked us to bring “best practices” to the table. They expect that any consultant on your team will show up with a pocketful of best [...]
Yesterday, presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty came up with a novel idea for reducing the size of government called The Google Test. The idea is simple: ”If you can find a good or service on the Internet, then the federal government probably doesn’t need to be doing it.” For example, why do we need the US Postal Service [...]
I have been in consulting for more than 15 years and I have heard all the jokes. I usually just say that some consultants give the rest of us a bad rap. But there is one phenomenon that never ceases to amaze me and it seems true in every organization. Executives, Leaders, and Management will [...]
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