Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a consultant but not sure what the consultant's role entails? Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? How I Discovered the True Consultant's Purpose (1:48).

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JANUARY 20, 2017

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Conversely, I represent several consultants who are always in demand. Let’s look at some examples. Translation: turnaround expert.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Managing Boundaries in Systems By Jim Smith on September 28, 2010. Organization Development is all about change in work systems. Everybody talks about systems but what does that mean? Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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MAY 17, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Designing and Building Real-Time Learning Systems By Jim Smith on May 17, 2010. ” The response to the second question is on the one hand, “isolated problems,” and on the other hand, “whole systems.”. Translate This.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations By Carter McNamara on October 26, 2011. Is the business getting started, i.e., new in a market OR has it been so successful and grown fast that it needs internal systems? Translate This.

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APRIL 14, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Why I’m Cynical about the Consulting Profession By John Dupre on April 14, 2013. Years ago, I remember going out on sales calls with one of the partners in our consulting firm, Marv Weisbord. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 6: Good Reasons to Hire Consultants and Poor Reasons to Hire Consultants By Carter McNamara on February 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 25, 2024

Additionally, I began a mentee relationship with Alan Landers, from whom I learned much about organizational development and change leadership through a certification course offered by The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. The show has captured my attention and a little of my heart.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 4: Types of Consultants By Carter McNamara on November 15, 2010. Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do?, That post also listed numerous roles that a consultant might play.

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JULY 26, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Systems Thinking- What’s That? It was 1968 when an obscure academic at the University of Edmonton, Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, publish the book General Systems Theory. Living Systems. Organizations are living systems.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do? One of the greatest frustrations of consulting is the desire to change your client’s organization, but not having direct influence to accomplish that change.

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MARCH 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 5: Internal and External Consultants By Carter McNamara on March 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting. What Is an External Consultant?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 2: How Do Consultants Work? Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do? Many consultants use a systematic, or planned, approach. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Peter Block, in his seminal consulting book, Flawless Consulting , writes, “There is a set of skills that is an essential part of consulting over and above technical expertise and interpersonal skills – and these are consulting skills” (Jossey-Bass, 2000, p. Perhaps that is why so many consulting projects fail.

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MAY 5, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Welcome to this 3-part article on managing resistance in consulting projects. Part 3 will describe how to deal with your own resistance as a consultant.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Training Versus Consulting – a Story By John Dupre on February 3, 2013. Recently a student asked me what the primary differences in skills were required between a consultant and a trainer. I trust you to find a good consultant.”.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 23, 2017

See Challenges in Consulting to Small Organizations (Part 1 of 3) and Challenges in Consulting to Small Organizations (Part 2 of 3). The focus of consultant projects can change frequently. However, in smaller organizations there are few internal systems to reliably notice the problems and solve them.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. As a Consultant, Know When You’re Giving Away Too Much By Carter McNamara on October 15, 2011. New consultants far too often give away far too much. Philosophy – Give Free Consulting to Show Expertise, to Establish Credibility.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This morning, I attended a Momentum session of the Society for Evidence-Based Organizational Consulting (SEBOC). This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 21, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting books often suggest a sequence of steps or phases that a consulting project goes through. Did your client establish criteria for selecting a consultant, for example, do a Request for Proposal? (If Library Blogs Home.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Gathering and Processing Information? Myers-Briggs is a registered trademark of Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.), Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Organizational Character and Leadership Development By Jim Smith on December 16, 2010. Here’s more information about leadership development and ethics. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do?

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APRIL 13, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. When Consultants Should Facilitate, Coach or Train By Carter McNamara on April 13, 2010. There are strong feelings that consulting, facilitating, coaching and training are very different roles. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How Much Should the Client Be Involved in Consulting Projects? Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting, asserts that, as a consultant, you should not be contributing more than 50% of the effort in a consulting project.

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MARCH 19, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models Our Growth as Consultants (Part 3 of 3) By Jim Smith on March 19, 2011. Given the uncertainty and complexity in our organizations, dealing with ambiguity is a critical skill for consultants. Read more.].

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JUNE 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. 7 Options for "Success" in Consulting Projects By Carter McNamara on June 10, 2010. In a highly collaborative approach to consulting, you want your relationship with your client to be as open, honest and trusting as possible.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Links to Build a Consulting Practice By Carter McNamara on January 7, 2011. Our firm gets 4-5 calls/month from people wanting to know how to start or grow a consulting practice. Defining Success Between Consultants and Clients.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Problem Solving? As a consultant, you work with clients to solve problems. Always consider that diversity in your consulting projects. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How "Disconnected Conversations" Can Kill Consulting and Collaboration By Carter McNamara on June 17, 2010. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine and I were talking about a particular consulting project. Translate This.

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MAY 21, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting? If definitions of OD are offered, they usually assert that OD is based on changing systems, especially through use of systems principles. Coaching vs. Consulting – Or Is It? and advice (“consulting”?),

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Working on Ourselves, as Consultants By Jim Smith on June 14, 2010. Why It’s Important to Work On Ourselves, as Consultants. This is why it is so important for consultants to “work on” ourselves. Library Blogs Home.

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DECEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. They were interested in pursuing OD consulting, whether it be internal or external. Years ago I was interviewing for a job in a large consulting firm in NYC. It paid quite well and I liked the consultants who I had met.

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JUNE 1, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD – Authenticity Consulting, LLC – 800-971-2250. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance?

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APRIL 19, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 3: Primary Working Goals and Assumptions of Consultants By Carter McNamara on April 19, 2010. Primary Working Goals of Consultants. How Do Consultants Work? Major Types of Consultants.

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APRIL 11, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. As a Consultant, What’s Your Blindside? Watch the following situation occur in conversations among consultants. Many consultants place extreme value on people’s feelings, beliefs and perceptions. Library Blogs Home.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. I am looking at the dynamics from three perspectives: From Western Consultants who have had experience of and have practised Change & Transformation in Asia. Consulting. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models and Our Growth as Consultants (Part 1 of 3) By Jim Smith on February 16, 2011. There are consulting lessons in this work as well as personal development lessons for people who hope to do consulting.

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