David A Fields

JANUARY 5, 2021

Consulting engagements come in many flavors. Your consulting firm’s work for a client could range from answering questions in real time based on your knowledge and experience, to developing research-based recommendations, to constructing and implementing complex solutions. Let’s say Mabel … Continued.

Consultative 158

Consultative Construction Development Article 158

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

This is especially difficult when clients don’t pay you on time. What can you do to make sure that your invoices are handled promptly? And if a client is late, how should you address it, especially if you want to work with this company again? Is there ever a point at which you need to involve a lawyer?

Long-term 8

Long-term Follow-up Project Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

How many times have you had a strategy meeting that gathered a smart, enthusiastic team to generate interesting ideas and debate their merits, yet after the meeting… nothing… much… happened? It seems we’re all racing to get more entrepreneurial. Despite this growing obsession, however, big companies are still not very good at it.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint 9