by Rob O'Byrne | Feb 28, 2020 | Consulting Clients, Tips on Consultng
If you’ve ever been involved in a project with external consultants (in your previous corporate life), you probably noticed that they seem to absolutely love PowerPoint presentations. The truth is, we don’t spend hour upon hour making pretty slides for the fun of it...
by Rob O'Byrne | Feb 21, 2020 | Consulting Clients, Tips on Consultng
As a management consultant, it’s important to aid your consulting customer to make decisions based on the work you do for her. Without your help in decision-making, the customer has an excuse to shelve your work and pass off the expense as a mistaken belief in your...
by Rob O'Byrne | Feb 19, 2020 | Mentoring, New Businesses, Start Consulting
The trend is accelerating. More and more professionals are quitting their corporate jobs and setting up as business consultants. We look at the reasons. The Rise and Rise of the Independent Business Consultant What began as a trickle during the financial crisis of...
by Rob O'Byrne | Feb 14, 2020 | Consulting Clients, Tips on Consultng
As a new consultant, you will need to find ways to gain your customers’ trust, especially if you want to tempt customers away from consulting businesses they’ve worked with previously—remember the age-old adage “better the devil you know.” Gaining Customer Trust...
by Rob O'Byrne | Feb 12, 2020 | New Businesses, Start Consulting
There is a good reason that consultancy is now a $250 billion (US) growth industry: companies and businesses across the world are employing external consultants like never before. And it is for this very reason that more and more consultants are quitting corporate...
