Jan 1, 2011

The Working Advisor

The title of this blog is inspired by Leonard Sayle’s book, "The Working Leader: The Triumph of High Performance Over Conventional Management Principles"

A leader gets his hands dirty and interact with the day to day environment, adjusts his ideas to accommodate reality.

I am a consultant.  To many people, the word consultant brings to mind a professional who comes in to an organisation, looks at problems, writes up a document recommending solutions, and then leaves, without having any responsibility for implementing those recommendations.  Oh, and the sends a huge invoice for his services.

I believe a consultant is one who, although they may do the above, stays and helps execute the ideas they recommend. 

Execution and implementation reveals faults.  There is no harsher or more fair judge than reality.  Ideas that look good on paper may collapse when tried. 

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