As a management consultant, you know that customer satisfaction and your business reputation are closely linked. If your consulting engagement misses the mark – or even if your client just perceives it that way – your future business prospects are on the line. That’s why it’s...
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Key Word in Managing Customer Expectations: “Communication”
Monday, January 25, 2010 - Management Consultant
Management Consultants: Take Control of Scope Creep
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - Management Consultant
Often management consultants are hired to accomplish a specific goal, but before the engagement is complete, the project’s scope has expanded to include more than you or the client bargained for. Because scope creep often happens quietly, it’s easy for a management consultant to spend time...
Protect Your Interests When Hiring Subcontract Management Consultants
Friday, October 16, 2009 - Management Consultant
In an ideal world, management consultants would be able to do it all. But in reality, no one can be in two places at one time. For some engagements, it makes good business sense to hire a subcontracted management consultant to assist with specific aspects of the project. Using subcontractors can be a...
Mastering the Management Consulting Project Timeline
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - Management Consultant
A project timeline is a central component in any good project management strategy. But as many management consultants have learned the hard way, creating and sticking to a timeline is not as easy as it sounds. Depending on the type of consulting engagement, many project elements – from people to...
Contracts Protect Management Consultants from Liability
Friday, August 28, 2009 - Management Consultant
Before beginning work on a consulting engagement, smart management consultants protect their business interests and reduce their liability with legally binding contracts, signed by their clients. During the initial stages of project development, management consultants may tend to rely on informal documentation...
Translating Customer Needs into Projects - Management Consultants
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Management Consultant
Every management consulting project is driven by a business requirement. Often, management consulting businesses are called upon to meet those business requirements by enhancing the productivity, management, delivery or performance of a company’s information technology investment. Investing in...
Why Clients Require You to Carry Insurance - Management Consultants
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - Management Consultant
If you’re in the management consulting business, you probably have clients that require you to carry some level of insurance. Maybe you run a small firm with a few employees, or maybe you’re a one-person shop. Either way, you might wonder if you’ll ever actually use all that coverage...
