Time Management Consultant – How to Become a Consultant
Do you want to start a career in time management consulting Then, here’s what you need to do
1. Educational background. To become an effective time management consultant, you need to have a degree in marketing, sociology, psychology, or business management. It’s really important that you understand how business works and you need to know about human behavior.
2. Experience. Individuals and organizations are most unlikely to hire you if you don’t have solid relevant experience. I recommend that you work for consulting firms first as an associate to get the kind of exposure and experience that you need. You can then opt to become a freelancer once you have built a great portfolio.
3. Trainings and seminars. It would work to your advantage and it will look good on your resume if you attend relevant seminars and trainings about time management. These are usually being offered by the best people in the industry both in the online and offline arena.
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Management Consultants – When to Fire Your Client
Most consultants don’t have a clue when it is time to fire a client. Most never even think of the idea.
When should you fire your client
You should fire your client, when they are neither ideal nor profitable.
Client Profitability is something you should evaluate regularly. Do you have a way to evaluate your client profitability and compare it to other metrics Your challenge is to consider each client on a profit basis and be disciplined enough to honestly make the tough decisions.
Some clients may be very profitable, others may be costing you money. The problem with most consultants is that they think that any business is good business. Not true and the same consultants who believe that, may have not done a client profitability profile to know the difference.
Usually 20 percent of your clients will contribute 80 of your profits. Thus, the question then arises, what do you do with your least profitable clients who absorb your most valuable resource – your time