Archive for May, 2008
Stakeholder, Stakeholder, Stakeholder
Thanks for visiting Consultize - your source for management consulting. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed or sign up to receive new consulting articles via convenient email updates. Enjoy your visit.A lesson I learned the hard way, lack of stakeholdering is one of the most common reasons behind [...]
Know Your Client
Coincidentally the first consulting tip, and quite possibly the most important.
You may argue that you know your client, but here’s a quick and easy litmus test: ask your consulting colleagues the following questions:
What is the client stock symbol?
What was yesterday’s closing price of the client stock?
What is the client company’s market capitalization?
How much revenue did [...]
Consulting Glossary: De-mystifying "Consultant Speak"
Consultants are notorious for using acronyms and terminology that often confuse those around them. Whether it is meant to impress the client or indeed a way to communicate more effectively, to the uninitiated, making sense of consultant speak can be overwhelming.
This article aims to help the non-consultant decipher some of the terms often used by [...]