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John D. Wyckoff, LLC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Consultant A professional who provides professional or expert advise in a particular area, who has influence over an individual, group, or organization, but who has no direct authority to implement changes. Attributes of a good consultant: • Initially seeks project clarification, puts first things first. • A communicator, seeks first to understand, then to be understood. • Always proactive, begins with the ‘end’ in mind. • Methodically plans his work, then works his plan. A computer consultant’s impact: • Helps identify and solve problems (and their causes), instead of merely treating their effects. • Clients have access to deeper levels of expertise than is feasible to retain in-house. • Helps set guidelines to do the ‘right things', ‘right’. • Sometimes even your IT personnel need a hand. Common Sense Solutions for Uncommon Problems® |