consultants often do not proceed
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 4:41 am
8) In the West, “social” consulting is already quite widespread, and “ecological” consulting is also gaining popularity there.
9) Dumping probably exists everywhere. But for our consulting market this phenomenon is more typical.
10) Despite all the differences, probably all consulting markets are characterized by cyclicality and a strong dependence on the economic situation.
11) Based on the state of the global economy, the following trends may be characteristic of all consulting industries: (a) growth in the share of orders from the public sector, (b) demand for consulting aimed at reducing costs, restructuring debts, optimizing tax and social payments, (c) demand for consulting on business expansion into growing markets.
12) Moreover, throughout the world, regardless of the country, consultants are criticized quite a lot by clients, business schools, business journalists, etc. What is criticized most often?
- a lot of empty promises, lack or absence of stated experience, qualifications
— often the work of consultants ends with the provision of only a report, without implementation
— the speech and reports of consultants are filled with so-called buzzwords – “abstruse” words that cover up the triviality of conclusions and recommendations
— from the client’s real problems, but offer pre-prepared hong kong cell phone number list recipes, or promote fashionable management models (6 sigma, kaizen, etc.)
— consultants often develop recommendations and plans that are divorced from business reality and that are impossible to implement
— after the report is submitted, communication with the consultants is interrupted, and they are not interested in or involved in the implementation of the developed recommendations and plans
— the price of a consulting company's services is growing faster than its professional level
— when implementing a project, consultants often put their own interests above the interests of the client
— young and inexperienced employees of consulting companies often perform work at the rates of senior consultants
— consultants often offer results and recommendations that were already obvious
- large consulting companies are not sensitive to the requests and needs of their clients
— consulting companies rarely offer innovations
— consulting companies are characterized by opacity and “secrecy”, secrecy
9) Dumping probably exists everywhere. But for our consulting market this phenomenon is more typical.
10) Despite all the differences, probably all consulting markets are characterized by cyclicality and a strong dependence on the economic situation.
11) Based on the state of the global economy, the following trends may be characteristic of all consulting industries: (a) growth in the share of orders from the public sector, (b) demand for consulting aimed at reducing costs, restructuring debts, optimizing tax and social payments, (c) demand for consulting on business expansion into growing markets.
12) Moreover, throughout the world, regardless of the country, consultants are criticized quite a lot by clients, business schools, business journalists, etc. What is criticized most often?
- a lot of empty promises, lack or absence of stated experience, qualifications
— often the work of consultants ends with the provision of only a report, without implementation
— the speech and reports of consultants are filled with so-called buzzwords – “abstruse” words that cover up the triviality of conclusions and recommendations
— from the client’s real problems, but offer pre-prepared hong kong cell phone number list recipes, or promote fashionable management models (6 sigma, kaizen, etc.)
— consultants often develop recommendations and plans that are divorced from business reality and that are impossible to implement
— after the report is submitted, communication with the consultants is interrupted, and they are not interested in or involved in the implementation of the developed recommendations and plans
— the price of a consulting company's services is growing faster than its professional level
— when implementing a project, consultants often put their own interests above the interests of the client
— young and inexperienced employees of consulting companies often perform work at the rates of senior consultants
— consultants often offer results and recommendations that were already obvious
- large consulting companies are not sensitive to the requests and needs of their clients
— consulting companies rarely offer innovations
— consulting companies are characterized by opacity and “secrecy”, secrecy