As a Consultant, What’s Your Blindside?

By Carter McNamara on April 11, 2010

Watch the following situation occur in conversations among consultants. Many consultants place extreme value on people’s feelings, beliefs and perceptions.  That’s their natural “lens” on organizations.  Many of them are from fields of psychology, human resources and coaching.  In my experience, they often conclude their clients have problems primarily with, for example, interpersonal conflicts, emotional […]

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10 Myths of Management and Organizational Consulting – Part 2

By Carter McNamara on April 6, 2010

In Part 1, we reviewed myths 1-5.  In this Part 2, we review myths 6-10. 6.  Myth That All Consultants See the Same Problem the Same Way Each consultant brings his or her own particular view, or “lens,” through which they view organizations.  Also each has his or her particular biases and assumptions about how […]

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10 Myths of Management and Organizational Consulting – Part 1

By Carter McNamara on April 3, 2010

In Part 1, we’ll review myths 1-5.  In the upcoming Part 2, we’ll review myths 6-10. #1.  Myth of the “One-Way Expert” Consultant It is not uncommon that clients work from the assumption that there are consulting “experts” who can visit a client and promptly tell the client exactly what problems exist within the organization […]

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Introduction — This Blog is About Actually Doing Consulting

By Carter McNamara on March 31, 2010

There’s a lot of resources to help people think about whether to go into consulting and also about how to market a consulting business. However, there are very few resources about actually doing consulting — about how to work with clients to: Identify and understand a) true causes of problems or b) how to achieve […]

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Welcome to the Consulting and Organizational Development blog!

By Carter McNamara on March 10, 2010

We’re Carter McNamara and Jim Smith, and we’re the co-hosts of this blog. You can read more about us next to our pictures in the sidebar.   This blog will be about various aspects of consulting and organizational development, will focus especially on practical tips and tools, and will include posts from guest writers. You […]

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