Part 8 of 13 of my series on the profession of management consulting

This is it. You’ve made it to the implementation phase of your client engagement. All the analysis is done and the countless hours of debating over which steps to take are well behind you. It’s all smooth sailing from this point on right? Sorry pal. In fact, quite possibly, some of the hardest times are still to come. (Did I mention I was sorry?) Oh and did I mention that most of your budget will be spent during the upcoming implementation phase while executing your deliverables? To make matters worse, even if you’ve been clever enough to bring your client over to your side along the way, during this critical phase, he may yet turn against you – and worst yet – may not even realize he’s in fact resisting you. Read more…

Management Consulting, Project Management 8 of 13, Mana 695E, Resistance

I recently passed the CAPM exam and became a Certified Associate in Project Management. Basically, the CAPM is a fancy title that means I understand the project management process very well but don’t yet have the prerequisite 4500 hours of PM experience to acquire the PMP accreditation. Many have congratulated me recently (thanks!) and have asked whether I was looking to one day do project management as a profession. Curiously to many, I said, “No, not particularly”.  It’s not that I dislike project management. In fact, I’m a firm believer and proponent of it.  It’s just that project management is only one dimension of where I want to end up and not the destination as a whole. So why do the CAPM if you don’t intend to be a project manager? Read more…

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