David Nyeste

Welcome back everybody. Here we go again with the series 'How to not suck at consulting'. It has been a while since my last post, but things are running a little crazy at the moment for me.   May has traditionally lots of legal holidays, so it is supposed to be a pleasure from a worker's point of view. If you have multiple projects running simultaniously, the circumstances can differ slightly. It's all about deliverables and delivering. Customers seem to care little about the difference between working days and calendar days. However there's nothing more pathetic than a consultant or even a manager complaining about excess workloads. So let's get to the point.   Well, yes and no. Yes, meaning you should care about the food you eat and how much of it you eat. Basically, food and nutrition are crucial. And no, food is one piece of the puzzle, but the whole picture is your health. So you should eat whatever nourishes your heath. In consulting, tha...

Welcome back, and without further ado here we go, how to avoid gruesome consulting. First of all, I'd like to state 3 general rules of consulting: 1. Create value - Ask yourself, what benefits your customer most. 2. Make a point - After all analysis and evaluation, put your findings in few comprehensive points. Pick the most crucial ones (A-issues) and drop the rest - yes, just cut it out. 3. Enjoy - most of the time, you'll love what you're doing. That is the easy part, because fo lks tend to be best at things the y enjoy and are passionate about. But once in a while, you won't en joy everything . Be a professional: Embrace the suck! It's part of consulting . :-D And now, back to the game: 40 tips of how not to suck at consulting. First one is a good point relate d to customers. Your customers are not only the ones you can bill. Your customers are all people that have expectations tow ards you. Your consultants expect you to be a good manager and...