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Collaborative Partner Consulting: How to Work with Clients for Success

Collaborative Partner Consulting: How to Work with Clients for Success

One very interesting aspect of the role of the consultant was demonstrated in a recent classroom setting where three pieces of paper were out across the floor by our facilitator to form three points on a giant imaginary triangle. In this order, they read: expert, pair of helping hands, and collaborative partner

As we pondered those phrases before discussing our interpretation of them, the exercise was to tease out how we can as consultants work best with clients to develop effective solutions that meet their unique needs.

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Fulfilment uncorked: why I choose sober

Fulfilment uncorked: why I choose sober

On New Year’s Day 2011, I drank one final pint before announcing that I was giving up “for a few days”. The plan was to go a few days, and then a few more. Partly to prove I could. And partly because I knew the party was over.

Days became months and in the eleven years since, I have not had a drink and somehow become ‘teetotal’ in the true sense of the word. It remains one of the best decisions I ever made.

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