The RG School of Consulting

Being in the consulting profession for about two years now,I have seen the good the bad and the ugly of the same.

When I started there was a certain glamour associated with it, 5 star hotels, expensive restaurants, lots of travel and places to see and meeting the high and mighty. Moving on things are changing,cost cutting is the new mantra, as
more and more projects become fixed fee and extreme competition from the Indian System Integrators whom I call the Walmarts of Consulting. But in order to survive many of us consultants have taken these things in a stride.


My first manager in the firm was Mr. RG. He is a school of thought in himself and many of us who have crossed his path have always admired him. If you work under him assured you will learn things in one year which would otherwise take 5. You will not
hesitate to experiment. Look up to the client when they ask for the moon and tell them to better get astronauts for the same rather than us.If you left office by 6 pm it was a crime, if u leave at 8 pm its OK and if you leave at 9 pm you ar an asset.In the RG school of consulting when you are high on the project Bell curve put double your time and efforts and when at the edges of the curve, it doest matter, that time is your free time.Some of the commandments

1. Never sit on e-mails
2. Reply to e-mails which make sense
3. Know your subject,if you don't know don't bluff, if you bluff its adhoc, long run it only hits u
4. Have good people skills
5. Give credit where it is due, don't snatch it
6. Be ruthless where you have to be.
7. Its ok to be angry sometimes
8. Be specific and objective, the more generic the more problems


I have heard him say that most of the current generation wants to learn it fast and achieve it fast, a strong foundations needs annealling but if we try to hop bridges we are more likely to drown. One should take time develop and grow.I agree, but I think I am the former will take the risk of jumping, I know free style swimming to come back ashore!!