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Consulting Consultants: Hyper-Communication
One of the biggest lessons that I have learned in the past year of consulting is about communication. Communication with your company (if you work for a consulting firm like me), communication with your team mates, and most importantly communication … Continue reading
Consulting Consultants: Expanding Your Skillset
Your skillset is your most important asset in consulting. You want to keep it honed and you want to be constantly expanding it. If one area of your skillset becomes unmarketable, you want to have other things that can get you hired and/or keep you billing. Expanding your skillset is one of the best investments you can make in yourself and in your future. Continue reading
Consulting Consultants: What’s Your Skillset?
A skillset is like you own personal toolbox. In construction you have guys that specialize in concrete, sawing, and even high buildings work. Each has their own set of tools for their specific task. You as a consultant will have your own toolset that you developed overtime. Continue reading
Consulting Consultants: Commitment
In consulting your commitment is important. Your commitment to your job, your client, and even yourself are all extremely important. Without commitment, a client would not know if you can be trusted to complete the job. Future clients will look at your commitment on other jobs to determine if you are worth both their time and their money. So to remain commited is important. Continue reading
Consulting Consultants: If You Must Specialize in Something
In the article I linked above I touch on something. That something was the idea of specializing in a programming language. Because learning one can help you easily learn many and it can keep you billable and relevant as a consultant. There is more to specializing in a programming language than learning more than one. There is the logic that comes with learning how to develop and program applications that can be transferred to other areas and other platforms, services, and architectures. Continue reading
Consulting Consultants: Honesty versus Exaggeration
There is always a need to, as a consultant, to oversell yourself to some degree. Especially if you are a freelance consultant and not working for a consulting firm. The desire to answer “Yes” to every “Can you do” or “Do you understand” question can be overwhelming when you are trying to land clients, jobs, and projects. The question always exists about when you should be honest and when you should exagerate your skillset. For this week’s Consulting Consultants I want to look at a couple points on both sides. Continue reading
