Thursday 26 April 2012

Anuj Thakur_BLP024_Consulting_03Jan2012


Day started with lot of excitement since Placement Season had started and Big companies in HR Consulting i.e. Mercer is on Campus to recruit that very special and lucky talent from the 116 students for a very lucrative offer.
In consulting skills class we discussed Chapter 9 and 10 from Flawless Consulting by Peter Block.
Chapter 9 explained how to keep resistance and associated feelings at bay while talking to clients and knowing their concerns and issues. Consultants should ask as many relevant questions to the client and listen to their answers with full concentration so that there are no issues left unnoticed. Peter Block stated a three step process to deal with resistance
1.       Pick up signals for resistance from manager
2.       Name the resistance and use neutral language
3.       Be quite and seek response by being an effective listener
  
In Chapter10 Peter Block talks about discovery phase and consultant should make sure that he is very clear and understand the client’s business and the other issues related to it. Various analyses should be done to figure out the issues and its solutions so that Manager can be told about the same and a plan can be made how those can be implemented and feedback and recommendations can be noted down.
Second half of the day was dedicated to analyze the financial plan made by SOIL to raise funds and loan from AXIS Bank to set up a residential campus. Gaurav Sir came to the class and explained all the details of the financial plan and every team was asked to come up with valuable recommendations.

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