Troubleshooting the Consulting Relationship

Chapter 11 offered a series of tips that a consultant should follow when troubleshooting the relationship between client and consultant. All the tips mention were very important but one really stood out. I have seen projects go stale because people would not leave their emotions and egos out of it. We all have them, emotions and egos, some people know how to control them, and others do not. Many people still walk around with the idea that if it is not their way then it’s no way at all. In one instant, an individual that got denied funding for his department to work on a project that would benefit the entire university decided that if they would not work on project then they would make every effort possible to denied any assistance for those people that ended up picking up the project. Needless to say that the other group that picked up the project, did not receive any funding and received very minimal training. All because of someone’s ego, that if I do not get it my way, then you figure it out on your own.