What are the Skills a Management Consultant Should Have?

      
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		            		Mauro Piazzolla
Consultant, Italy
			            
What are the Skills a Management Consultant Should Have?

	          		Hi everyone! I'm a student and I would like to become a management consultant in the future. What are the hard and the soft skills you think a management consultant must have? Why? Thanks!
				      
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						            	claudio pizzi
Business Consultant, Argentina
												
				                Skills you Need as a Management Consultant

													Hello Mauro. I have detected three essential skills that a consultant should have to do a good job in a company.

First. Be clear about the differences between "causes and effects" and be able to make a good diagnosis.

Second, be a very good communicator.

Third. Develop skills to anticipate problems.

I hope the answer will serve you. Best regards.
				                
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						            	Bernhard Keim
Business Consultant, Germany
												
				                The Problem and its Solution are Always Owned by the Client

													Don't push a solution to the client. Just offer him insights. He, not you is in charge to accept or reject them.

Read a good introduction into philosophy and learn proper reasoning.

Strongly recommended: Peter Block: "Flawless Consulting" and consultation books by Edgar Schein. Why are these books on process consulting so important? They teach you proper understanding of complex social systems and how to intervene to make change happen. Your future clients don't need a cook who cooks for them, but someone who teaches them cooking.
				                
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						            	David Wilson
Manager, Canada
												
				                Skills Required for Management Consulting

													Hi Mauro: I agree with Bernhard. His reference to Peter Block's book is a very good starting point.
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						            	Chris Blackman
Business Consultant, Australia
												
				                Essential Consulting Skills

													Above all, you need an impeccable command of the language, both written and oral.
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						            	David Hume
United Kingdom
												
				                Consultancy Skills

													My first piece of advice would be to gain meaningful working management experience in an organisatio... Sign up
				              
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						            	David Gachoki
Entrepreneur, Kenya
												
				                Skills for Management Consultants

													Having practized Management Consultancy over the years I find the following skills coming in handy.
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						            	David Leaney
Director, Australia
												
				                Hard and Soft Skills for Management Consulting

													Hi Mauro, you've already demonstrated an important skill, which is asking questions. I'd recommend D... Sign up
				              
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						            	Alberto Privitera
Professor, Italy
												
				                Be a Manager for Some Time

													@Bernhard Keim: I agree with you. As a consultant, you are the manager I dream. You are the vision. ... Sign up
				              
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						            	David Stehlik
Professor, United States
												
				                What Management Consulting is - and How it Proceeds

													Mauro posits a dichotomy of hard/soft, into which most of the recommendations can separated. Here, I... Sign up
				              
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						            	Akintunde Olusegun
Consultant, Nigeria
												
				                What are the Skills a Management Consultant Should Have?

													In addition to the view expressed by others, management consultants must have unalloyed honesty and ... Sign up
				              
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						            	David Stehlik
Professor, United States
												
				                Yes, and There's More Light to Shed on the Challenge of that Advice

													@Akintunde Olusegun: This is a general challenge within consulting - selling the truth you're saying... Sign up
				              
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