by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 3, 2020 | Tips on Consultng
While highly rewarding, a career as an independent management consultant is hard work; make no mistake about it. You’ll work long hours, possibly juggling a number of projects concurrently. When you aren’t helping your clients, you’ll have all the other...
by Rob O'Byrne | Mar 16, 2020 | Tips on Consultng
The more you become indoctrinated into the world of business and management consulting, the more you will find yourself incorporating jargon into your communication—it’s inevitable, but not necessarily beneficial. If you are able to remain one of the rare independent...
by Rob O'Byrne | Mar 13, 2020 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
If you think that managing your time is challenging now, in your regular job, and you’re planning to set out on your own as a consultant, here’s a reality-check. Managing your time as an independent consultant is going to be much tougher, I promise you. Just...
by Rob O'Byrne | Mar 6, 2020 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
In my previous post, I took you briefly through the whys and wherefores of using Microsoft PowerPoint and explained why it’s such a popular application with management consultants. PowerPoint is the medium you will use to deliver much of your communication...
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...
