Change management consulting is of most difficult assignment business consultant might be faced. For clients, the reason to hire consultant is obvious and want to get assistant in change management process. For business consultant, they get contract and assignment to help client initiate change process. Due to different perspective and motivation, considerations should be held by business consultant.
Leadership is of first concern in change management consulting project. No matter what methodology used in change management consulting project, high level management back up is necessary and their leadership style decides change direction. Never get involved in assignment which client leadership is weak, as weak leaders cannot initiated change process and even back up change process. Origination change process is full of difficulty and hardship and weak leaders cannot move decisive and take responsibility, which makes consulting project get caught to difficulty situation. Working for weak client, consultant should face destiny to be scapegoat for failure of change process and damage reputation.
Second concerning in change management is communication channel and method. As change process begin, communication is indispensable and vital part of change management. Chose those company with open culture which can makes chat about change more easy and even makes change process easier and more sustain. Never do business with companies which work with purpose of use consultant as communication channel and change management platform. Client should take tough responsibility to talk about and rationalized aim, outcomes of change process, and consultant should give bright idea and insight about change strategy. Those companies with aim to use consultant as way of communication channel in large extend hold aim which make consultant take responsibility of change management of failure, so never contact with those companies for avoid potential damage to consultant reputation.
Change management consulting project is high risk assignment, before signing contract and make deal, business consultant must thinking and evaluate carefully in order to get right client to work with and also avoid damaging consultant reputation and ruin consulting business.