First, a bit of context. IMC USA was founded in 1968 to promote ethics and excellence in consulting to management through certification, education, and professional resources. Since then, the mission has remained steadfast. Move forward nineteen years to 1987. ICMCI...
There are roughly 620,000 management consultants working in the United States today. Every one of them can point to an area of expertise: strategy, operations, finance, technology, change, or something else. That expertise, your content, is real, and it matters. It is...
How a new professional standard turns a season of very public AI mistakes into a lasting advantage for consulting firms and the management consultants who adopt it A Rough Year for AI in Consulting Over the past year, some of the biggest names in professional services...
We began this series about the consultant's role in uncertain times by asking a deceptively simple question: what is uncertainty, really? In Part 1, we found that it lives at the intersection of ambiguity, unpredictability, and the human need for control — and that it...
Last month, we opened this series by looking at what uncertainty is — not just a data gap or a business condition, but something that lives at the intersection of ambiguity, unpredictability, and the very human need for control. We looked at the language and behaviors...
For management consultants, something is different in the room lately. The CEOs and senior leaders we work with aren't just dealing with the usual pressures of competition, talent, and growth. They are navigating a more disorienting experience — client uncertainty....
‘The usual’ works for business owners in normal times—but today demands something different. Not so long ago, I reached the quarter century mark in my career coaching CEOs and owners of small and mid-sized businesses. One thing I noticed in that time—people change...
In the first of this series, Five Ways to Raise Your Game, I introduced another way to further build your brand and, thereby, your practice – by differentiating yourself and your consultancy (e.g., practice) in a deeper, more meaningful way – by focusing on How...
Alan Weiss wrote a book titled Value-Based Fees, How to Charge - and Get - What You’re Worth. Even though the book was published more than fifteen years ago, it still offers pearls of wisdom for consultants today. Here are some highlights to consider when it comes to...
Whether you aspire to become a consultant or you have been practicing for years, you may find yourself asking, “Do I have what it takes to be a management consultant?” Analyzing the Job of a Management Consultant In Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology,...