Comments on: What makes a good consultant?

By: susmitha

susmitha — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:35:28 +0000

approching the consultancies to get a job is better r not?

By: Suraj Kalwani

Suraj Kalwani — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:15:40 +0000

Is life of a Consultant peace or its too much loaded ?

By: Anshuman Singh

Anshuman Singh — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:19:43 +0000

Correct ! The differene between people claiming to be consultants and 'Consultants' is evident from their approach. Consulting may not always be delaing with rocket science but may be as simple as letting one know the time from his own watch…very rightly pointed out by fellow reader (about watch readings in another language) and sometthing like a person helping you restore your mobile phone language setting when changed to unknown language! Thus, consulting involves simplifying complex issues/ problems for some by providing either acquired skills & experience or by doing altogether new research about the problem domain in a wholistic third eye view and resolving the problem. Consulting is an art that almost everyone of us do/ must have done in some part of life, however those who develop the art by skills & experience with an attitude to help others, when asked, and are able to communicate properly on time in an professional manner for economic activity are called Consultants.

By: N.Balajhi

N.Balajhi — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:22:36 +0000

Doctor jokes are abound yet their value for the society is intact. The same goes with consultants. There are patients who are not happy or feel cheated with the treatment they receive(d) from their doctors. Like wise there could be businesses feeling this way.

As you put it, a good consultant must be a responsible person and deliver on time. You must say 'no' when you can't add any value, and when you can, you must deliver on time.

By: Divya Srivastava Jal

Divya Srivastava Jal — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:19:34 +0000

Consulting is an inherent trait and cannot be acquired. Its extremely important for folks aspiring to be in the space to do a thorough analysis of their personalities and then only jump into consulting as a career option.

The key traits required are : Ability to listen, 'multiple thinking' approach and above all detail orientation.These are the core skill sets of a consultant for effective client management.

By: Sandeep Chatterjee

Sandeep Chatterjee — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:39:05 +0000

That is what is expected of a consultant but people have misused their position to do an inferior kind of consulting. So it is looked upon more as a satire rather than an honest comment

By: Ali Anwer

Ali Anwer — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:43:57 +0000

"A consultant is someone who will look at your watch and tell you the time" ; Well that is completely true if the digital watch shows digits in a language you do not ready (say Telugu /Hindi / Arabic numbers) and the consultant can read. The client owns the watch that generates the data but the client does not have the point of view / expertise to analyze it with an unbiased and detached perspective. The data might as well be in Greek and Latin.

Well at least we current (as aspiring) consultants have a comeback to the old tongue-in-cheek comment.

By: Mohit

Mohit — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:12:41 +0000

excellent article, really enjoyed reading it.