24 Signs of A Philosophic Consultant
Philosophy and consulting are natural partners, and the benefits to both consultant and client can be great. To find a philosophic consultant, look for a professional who . . .
- Is mature and is able to talk with good judgment about what it takes to be a rational person
- Supports people intelligently in facing the moral and ethical content of their concerns
- Compassionately manages anxieties, worries, and fears in your organization
- Improves the quality of yor organization’s conceptual thinking — its creativity, innovation, sharpness, focus, and strategic scope
- Helps people to accept what cannot be changed and adapt to the stark realities of the marketplace
- Helps workers connect the needs of the business with their own wider life needs
- Helps your organization cope with the severe but normal ambiquities and uncertainties of modern business life
- Directs the decision makers at all times to a comprehensive reality-grounded grand vision
- Is honorable and transparent at all times
- Energizes a team
- Realizes that quality resides in the attention to details
- Helps your organization to be comfortable with speed and chaos
- Injects urgency into your company’s change efforts
- Enriches your people’s understanding of courage
- Builds a cadre of self-starters
- Enhances the commitment and loyalty of the people in your organization
- Connects people’s passion with the company’s business objectives
- Is perfectly willing to risk
- Helps you win in a downturn
- Confronts people compassionately with the power and the anxiety of their freedom
- Supports your people in defeat
- Does not massage the truth about harsh reality
- Challenges organizations always to think in big-picture and long-range terms
- Is perceived as not only competent but also experienced, not only informed but also caring, and not only skilled bu also wise
To learn more about how you can find or become a philosophic consultant, read The The Philosophic Consultant: Revolutionizing Organizations with Ideas
An article by Peter Koestenbaum
Adapted from the book: The Philosophic Consultant: Revolutionizing Organizations with Ideas
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