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 . . .

1. Is mature and is able to talk with good judgment about what it takes to be a rational person
2. Supports people intelligently in facing the moral and ethical content of their concerns
3. Compassionately manages anxieties, worries, and fears in your organization
4. Improves the quality of yor organization’s conceptual thinking — its creativity, innovation, sharpness, focus, and strategic scope
5. Helps people to accept what cannot be changed and adapt to the stark realities of the marketplace
6. Helps workers connect the needs of the business with their own wider life needs
7. Helps your organization cope with the severe but normal ambiquities and uncertainties of modern business life
8. Directs the decision makers at all times to a comprehensive reality-grounded grand vision
9. Is honorable and transparent at all times
10. Energizes a team
11. Realizes that quality resides in the attention to details
12. Helps your organization to be comfortable with speed and chaos
13. Injects urgency into your company’s change efforts
14. Enriches your people’s understanding of courage
15. Builds a cadre of self-starters
16. Enhances the commitment and loyalty of the people in your organization
17. Connects people’s passion with the company’s business objectives
18. Is perfectly willing to risk
19. Helps you win in a downturn
20. Confronts people compassionately with the power and the anxiety of their freedom
21. Supports your people in defeat
22. Does not massage the truth about harsh reality
23. Challenges organizations always to think in big-picture and long-range terms
24. 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