Consultant or Collateral casualty? part II
Some of you have expressed interest in the solution adopted with this particular client (look at post bellow "Consultant or Collateral casualty" for the background story).
Consultants, and Management consultants in particular, should be extremely aware of the task that is being asked. This is one point. The fact that you are aware of a political situation is all to your credit, however you need to represent your company to its best and still help your client.
No "updating your CV" is not the answer (although your CV should be always updated).
The answer is
a) you protect your company by documenting absolutely all your efforts, all the reactions and effects.
b) you protect your client by documenting every possible solution and action that reasonably could be tried.
What you think of the client next is left as an exercise to the reader... but my advice is to laugh it off (grin).
Be wise and do happy consulting, it's just part of the challenges you may face one day or another as a consultant.
Consultants, and Management consultants in particular, should be extremely aware of the task that is being asked. This is one point. The fact that you are aware of a political situation is all to your credit, however you need to represent your company to its best and still help your client.
No "updating your CV" is not the answer (although your CV should be always updated).
The answer is
a) you protect your company by documenting absolutely all your efforts, all the reactions and effects.
b) you protect your client by documenting every possible solution and action that reasonably could be tried.
What you think of the client next is left as an exercise to the reader... but my advice is to laugh it off (grin).
Be wise and do happy consulting, it's just part of the challenges you may face one day or another as a consultant.
posted by Gilles Daquin at 1:14 PM
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