Easy mistakes catch the best of us off guard. After 15 years as a consultant, I’ve seen it all – and done it all. Fortunately, I’d like to think most of my mistakes were in the early years and that I have at least moved on to mistakes that take experience to make. Ha! So I’m in a great position to point out six easy mistakes many people make with their consulting businesses.
When you hear the word "competitor", do you get all warm and fuzzy inside? I didn’t think so. In business and in life, our competitors are the people who contest with us for resources. Most of us have been taught to see competitors as "bad guys". You don’t have to see all your competitors as bad …
What is business? It’s a question I asked when I was about 16 or 17. I lived in a small town where most people had jobs in the natural resources, government, health care, education or retail. "Just what is business?" I asked my parents, upon seeing it listed as a potential major in the university …
As consultants, we all have favourite sources for helping us with professional growth. In today’s post, we’re opening up the floor for you, so that you can share your favourite professional resources. And, hey, we understand that Consultant Journal may not be your only resource. We’ve got good self esteem. We can handle that.
