by Günter Richter | Dec 16, 2019 | Career, Consulting
I’ve touched on the concept of developing a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) before when I wrote about how everyone is a consultant even when they think they are not. Developing your USP is part of developing your personal brand and this article will focus on...
by Günter Richter | Nov 29, 2015 | Career, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Personal
Gary Vaynerchuck Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and internet personality. He rose to fame when he transformed his fathers liquor store business into a specialist retail wine store named Wine Library. Much of this transformation was due to...
by Günter Richter | Oct 12, 2014 | Career, Consulting
I’ve spent my career consulting – 20 years now and still continue to learn on a daily basis. I’ve tried to condense some of these lessons into this article, so here we go. 1. Beware first impressions To be conscious of this, you need to understand what forms...
by Günter Richter | May 7, 2014 | Career, Consulting
The smell of bacon and fresh coffee, eggs sizzling in a pan, freshly buttered toast and reading the Sunday papers. The ideal way to end a week? Not for me. I prefer the two hours I spend outdoors on the rugby pitch teaching teams of six-year-old kids how to play...
by Günter Richter | Oct 11, 2013 | Career, Consulting
I recently came across an article in Harvard Business Review that was rather critical of consultants. Funnily enough, it was written by a consultant. The writer had taken a two-year sabbatical from consulting and accepted a corporate job at a large organisation. His...
by Günter Richter | Aug 7, 2013 | Consulting
I’ve been a consultant ever since I started my career and have asked myself a number of times why clients hire consultants rather than do the work themselves. I continue to ask this question and the most frequent answers that come up are Consultants bring...