About Consultants

Consultants provide invaluable services in our social, commercial, educational and private sector infrastructures: expertise in areas of organizational challenge and growth, staff supplementation, project management and an objective perspective, to name a few.

Whether your organization is calling on a consultant’s acknowledged expertise, or temporarily filling a staffing services gap, a few expectations are in line. What are some basics?

• Expect a written proposal of work with key objectives, tasks, timelines and costs. The important details should be on paper and agreed to by signature.
• Expect an honest assessment of your situation based on the consultant’s expertise. You are engaging an outside perspective.
• Expect that you and your stakeholders may need to work closely with the consultant. The consultant is facilitating, orchestrating your change, your growth. It is important to clarify roles at the outset.