Tuesday, April 07, 2009

How to be your own (very good) management consultant

Dear fellow manager,
You can make a good case for using business management consultants. They are not committed either emotionally or intellectually to the status quo.


Not only can they see what changes are needed for business development, but have acquired expertise - which their hosts have not - in structuring a change programme, selling it to the participants (willing and unwilling), and easing the strains and pains the change is bound to bring.
But the consultant is, of course, tied to the people who pay the fees. If the executive managers can't make a clean break from the past, all the management consultants in the world can't help to achieve radical change in business strategy.
But supposing we give you the ammunition, the logic and procedures to introduce 'best practice' techniques into your work practices? As an insider, could you make change happen?

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What if two of the world's greatest management thinkers were invited into hundreds of businesses, talked to Chief Executive Officers and their executives about business theory, took an analytical look at how their management processes work, and then sent you a monthly briefing on what techniques are working and where?


Could you use that personal information to improve your own business management skills, performance and prospects? Could it help you achieve quality management? Could it boost creativity in managers you employ? Could it help you improve business strategy and put an effective business plan into place?

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