by Liz Weber | Jun 24, 2025 | Ethics
Take the IMC USA Consulting Ethics Challenge! Read this case study and the IMC USA Code of Ethics, then comment below. The Consulting Ethics Situation Tonia is your new junior consultant. She’s brilliant and brings a new level of energy and excitement to your... 
by Charles Everett, CMC® | Jun 8, 2025 | Message from the Chair
International Consultants Day is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of June to celebrate the global profession of management consultants and highlight their impact on societies, businesses, and economies. Established by the International Council of... 
by Stephen Kirkland | Jun 2, 2025 | Tips for Consultants
Consultants often struggle with setting fees for their own services and expertise. It is common to struggle with decisions about hourly billing versus fixed fees, premium pricing, bundling, discounting, and adjusting for scope creep. After a long career as a pricing... 
by David Norman, FCMC, CMC-AF | May 29, 2025 | Certification
In the first four blogs of this series, we outlined three (of five) key differentiators you can use to clearly separate yourself and your consulting practice from the estimated 850,000 to 1,000,000 other consultants in the U.S. today. They were: Adherence to an... 
by Liz Weber | May 22, 2025 | Ethics
Take the IMC USA Consulting Ethics Challenge! Read this case study and the IMC USA Code of Ethics, then comment below. The Consulting Ethics Situation Your 2-year contract with Elexsor is coming to an end. Nahil, is your primary client contact during this successful... 
by Charles Everett, CMC® | May 6, 2025 | Message from the Chair, Tools & Assessments
As we reflect on current national and worldwide trends, a recent Gallup survey concerning declining employee engagement is of relevance to all management consultants, not just human resource and organization development practitioners. Employee Engagement Definition... 
by Linda Howard CMC®, PMP, CVF | Apr 28, 2025 | Tips for Consultants, Tools & Assessments
As I sat down to write a recent newsletter, I had originally planned to introduce some new services. However, I felt compelled instead to refocus on a topic that has been on my mind recently. Like many of you, I haven’t been feeling very grounded in the last few... 
by David Norman, FCMC, CMC-AF | Apr 24, 2025 | Certification, Tips for Consultants
This blog post is the fourth in a series on how to differentiate your consulting practice. Continuing our series on Five Ways to Raise Your Game in Consulting, in this post I take an added step and suggest additional market differentiation through the understanding... 
by Liz Weber | Apr 17, 2025 | Ethics
Take the IMC USA Ethics Challenge! Read this case study and the IMC USA Code of Ethics, then comment below. The Consulting Ethics Situation Your firm is one of the finalists for Milikon’s $80M project. Locking down that contract would be a huge relief as... 
by David Norman, FCMC, CMC-AF | Apr 11, 2025 | Certification
This blog post is the third in a series on how to differentiate your consulting practice by using an internationally recognized competence framework. In the previous blog, Part 2 – Adherence to an Enforceable Code of Ethics, I presented that adherence of an...