Friday 23 January 2015

[www.keralites.net] An Introduction to Professional Consultants

 



 

 
 
By Junaid Tahir:
Management consultants help organizations improving their business index in term of better performance, higher customer satisfaction, healthier practices implementation, tweaking strategies and management paradigms, enhanced skill sets of team members, concrete grip on internal process flows and identifying the key areas where improvements are required to be implemented. (You may want to read management consultants' role HERE). Below is the list of specific traits, management consultants are required to possess:

 
C-Competent – They are up to date with the industry. They are competent enough to understand the problems their client is facing. They have specialised soft and hard tools to ensure thorough audits and ensure continuous improvement.

 
O-Organized – They understand that staying Organized helps in many ways in terms of time saving, avoiding panic situation, better customer satisfaction and so on. Ensure accessibility of information by keeping documentation, processes and data arranged.

 
N-Niche Specialist – They are specialists of the domain. Having thorough knowledge, deep level wisdom, in sync with industry activities they ensure they are on top of it when their customers engage them in any sort of discussion related to the niche.  

 
S-Supportive – The consultants help ensure implementation and governance of processes and recommendations based on their audit and analysis. They understand that their customers' success is their success so they strive to support their customers for anything which might help cause improvement in the business domain.

 
U-Unbiased—With their focus on overall improvement and having belief in supremacy of policies they ensure they are not biased to any person. Though they take into account the sensitivity of the stance taken by different stake holders.

 
L-Listeners – They understand that effective listening is part of effective communication. They are empathic listeners so that they understand the core of the challenges with the belief in the philosophy of 'customer comes first'

 
T-Trust Worthy – Winning target is easy, winning customers/people is tough. By becoming trust worthy the consultants make their place in the heart and mind of their customers and develop permanent long-term relationship which is mutually benefit for both the parties. So the consultants develop trust by their consistent candid behaviour, by empathic listening, by giving the right advice, by judging the people fairly and eventually treating them fairly.

 
A-Analytical – This is the most critical skill all consultants must have. The prime purpose for the Analysis of any given situation is to get to know the root cause(s) of the issue, to forecast the impact and to plan corrective/preventive actions strategy. So basically analytical skill is to visualize a given situation, task, project or issue from several angles in order to breakdown it into smaller steps. Breakdown the big problem in smaller ones and fix one by one. The consultants consider the situation from multiple angles including Statistical, Financial, Operational and Social perspectives in order to come up with the most effective recommendations about the situation, task or project.

 
N-North Bound Thinkers – with the belief in continuous improvement they always think upwards. They think about perfection from Cost optimization, Quality assurance, Scope control, fault reduction, resource optimization and so on. 

 
T-Time Bound – The consultants fully understand the value of time and sensitivity of market trends hence they ensure brisk audits, fast but sound analysis, controlled implementation of new recommendations by effective delegation.  

 
S-Strategic – Consultants are Visionary. They begin with the end in mind. They see the future today and align their strategies based on their knowledge, experience, market study and risk analysis.
The consultants having these qualities can bring flying colour success to any organization
they work for
or any project they are assigned to.
 


 
About Author: Junaid Tahir is a passionate blogger. He writes articles on Leadership, Stress Management and Life Enhancement subjects at his personal blog

 

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[www.keralites.net] 7 Qualities of Highly Ethical People

 


By Junaid Tahir:
 


People are ethical because of social norms, religious beliefs and laws. Ethical foundations in an individual define the way he lives the life by differentiating between right and wrong and behave in a way which improves the situation directly or indirectly however doesn't harm it at any cost. Ethics have been defined by relevant governmental and religious authorities for several domains of life however below article occupies 'blanket' coverage for all norms of life.
Below are top seven qualities of highly ethical people.

 
1-     They are Empathic: Ethical people have high degree of emotional intelligence. They understand things from multiple perspectives covering all the direct and indirect stake holders.. They seek first to understand than to be understood. They have strong observatory, listening and analytical skills to understand things deeply. This quality makes them unique which enables them to win the trust of others; consequently, people share their problems with them with open heart and seek their support.

2-    They Forgive and Forget: It requires a brave heart to forgive and forget. Ethical people don't keep grudges for long duration. They have the tendency to establish peace all the times hence keeping the brawls open does not suit them. They stay away from such complications and move ahead with life by forgiving and forgetting the matters.
 
3-    They are Always willing to Help: Highly Ethical people always want to improve the situation regardless of their relationship with a person who is in trouble. They take either corrective, preventive or suggestive initiatives for resolving issues. Corrective approach ensures that the matter is fixed by doing some specific actions. Preventive approach guarantees that such particular matters do not appear again. They use preventive approach to reach the root cause of the issue so as to fix it permanently so as to avoid further frequency of such incidents. Suggestive methodology is used by them for guiding someone to do some specific act in order to overcome a tragic situation.      

4-    They are Implosive: Ethical people are not hyper sensitive or explosive personalities. They possess a cool mind and a soft heart. They avoid frequent mood swings in order to develop a consistent and stable personality. They handle indecencies with decency. They know how to ignore hard and harsh comments and still converse softly. They know how to handle idiotic situations. They have high degree of anger management skills which further empowers their implosive personality trait.  
 
5-    They Mind Their Own Business: A lot of people have the habit of having serious curiosity about every other person's life. This habit causes them talk about people too much, spreading rumors and scattering false news in the society without any verification. Unlike those, ethical People do not interfere in others' lives unnecessarily; they mind their own business. Ethical people understand the fact the character assassination is equally a great sin so they don't give attention to rumors and focus on crystal clear matters; and avoid peeping into others' personal matters.

6-    They are Flexible adaptable: The wise says, it is better to bend than to break. Ethical people possess a great deal of elasticity. They adapt themselves according to the situation. They don't stick to one mind set. Their continuous thought process enables them to change their minds easily in order to improve a situation without making it a matter of ego. They are not stubborn at all instead portray a flexible behavior in all kind of tough situations.
 
7-    They Do not criticize: Too much criticism is the root of several social and professional problems. Ethical people do not criticize at first place. In case they need to condemn or criticize something they follow a positive methodology to approach the relevant person and advice in a way which doesn't hurt anyone and convey the message in an effective way.

 
What are the other traits of highly effective people?

 

 

Junaid Tahir, Project Manager and a blogger, writes articles on wisdom, happiness and stress management at his personal blog. He is reachable at mjunaidtahir @ -gmail -. com for suggestions and comments.

 


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