Bill,
You adapted something from Peter Block to define the consulting:
>If you take his definition of consulting as getting someone to do what you
>want when you don't have a power relationship over them....
This is similar to mine, but there's a twist. In my 20 years of
consulting, I've come to believe that what I do is help people to do what
THEY want when I don't have a power relationship over them. In other
words, as I often say, "I'm in the business of helping people take action
in their own long-term best interests."
On the other hand, I heard another consultant once say, "I'm in the
business of stamping out ignorance. However, I just spent the last week
in California and I have to conclude that ignorance is gaining on me!!"
--"John Gunkler" <jgunkler@sprintmail.com>
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