by Günter Richter | Oct 12, 2014 | Career, Consulting
I’ve spent my career consulting – 20 years now and still continue to learn on a daily basis. I’ve tried to condense some of these lessons into this article, so here we go. 1. Beware first impressions To be conscious of this, you need to understand what forms...
by Günter Richter | Oct 11, 2013 | Career, Consulting
I recently came across an article in Harvard Business Review that was rather critical of consultants. Funnily enough, it was written by a consultant. The writer had taken a two-year sabbatical from consulting and accepted a corporate job at a large organisation. His...
by Günter Richter | Aug 7, 2013 | Consulting
I’ve been a consultant ever since I started my career and have asked myself a number of times why clients hire consultants rather than do the work themselves. I continue to ask this question and the most frequent answers that come up are Consultants bring...
by Günter Richter | Nov 29, 2011 | Career, Consulting
So while I have taken a break from writing this series of articles, I hope you have been out there, in the field, actively smashing the rules of project management. In an effort to help you keep this up and smash some more, I present part 4 of ‘Smashing the Rules of...
by Günter Richter | Oct 30, 2011 | Career, Consulting
Following on from part 2, the next part of our series continues in a similar vein with another three rules of project management. Here they are. Rule 7: ‘What is not on paper has not been said’. Although many of us believe the art of chivalry is still alive and well...
