Effective consultants have skills in diagnosis, practicum, and adaptation

Tags: Strategy

An effective consultant has three specific skill sets:

1) Diagnostic skills: The ability to study and understand a client's cultural landscape rather than simply the surface problems 2) Practicum skills: The ability to execute a solution through the strata of an organization, including not only the executives but also the on-the-ground teams 3) Adaptation skills: The ability to understand the dynamic nature of problems and organizations and being able to react and respond to the larger environment in which a problem exists

(Note for future: I am reminded of the competency framework for strategiests in Creative Strategy Generation)

• See Outsiders are better at diagnosing root causesOutsiders are better at diagnosing root causes
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  Understanding one's own problems or faults, and finding appropriate solutions, is difficult for people and for organizations. Just as patients are not typically the best evaluat... - The value consultants bring is an outside perspective that should let them cut through the organization's sedimented cultural layers
• See Best practices need to be adaptedBest practices need to be adapted
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  Best practices and templated approaches to problem solving rarely work "out of the box." Any situation of sufficient complexity is dynamic and applying a stock approach will fai... - The effective consultant doe snot simply apply a stock solution but can effectively diagnosis root issues and understand the shifting organizational milieu

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Effective consultants have skills in diagnosis, practicum, and adaptationEffective consultants have skills in diagnosis, practicum, and adaptation
Tags: [[Strategy]]

An effective consultant has three specific skill sets:

1) Diagnostic skills: The ability to study and understand a client's cultural landscape rather than simply the surface pr...