{"id":1246,"date":"2020-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericaleeconsulting.com\/champion-for-clients\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T04:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T09:08:56","slug":"champion-for-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwardbusinessmechanics.com\/staging\/4922\/champion-for-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Champion for clients!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Erica muses on what she&#8217;s heard about consultants and why some industry leaders don&#8217;t even want to work with them.<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>W O R K I N G W I T H C O N S U L T A N T S!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Have you worked with consultants? Did you feel transformed by what they told you, brought you, did for you? Or did you feel let down, disappointed and unsupported?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I spoke to an industrial leader last week who recounted an experience where consultants basically told him what he already knew. He described the frustration: &#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me what I already know! Help me!&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When I work with clients, I&#8217;m a champion for their results. It&#8217;s not that interesting to me to just check a box, or just deliver a training course.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>What I value most are the outcomes that clients have: the changes they see, the relief they feel, the pride they experience.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>So I design engagements to ensure I am there to help them get real results.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>What have you experienced with consultants? 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