Differences from Traditional Consulting

EC Stratagems does not work like that.

I become a part-time member of your staff. I boost the capacity of you and your staff to handle future issues, while managing, mentoring, and coaching along the way. After all, your business is not just a project, so I offer a long term program of support with the goal of performance improvement.

Typical Consultants	EC Stratagems
Expensive	Affordable Reasonable terms
Fixed term	Relationship-based Issue/Problem focused
Project-oriented	Relationship-oriented
Focused on their expertise	Focused on your business
Produce reports and prescriptions	Focused on your business and strategy Minimal paper and paperwork
Little shared knowledge	Build capacity of your business and staff Advisor and mentor to you and your staff
Theoretical knowledge	Practical and pragmatic knowledge
Knowledge leaves with the consultant	I am your staff member Knowledge transfer via mentoring and coaching
Buy the expert but work with others	Deal with principal day-to-day More focused with a smaller client base Lower overhead
Knowledge based	Client Value based

Consulting firms tend to be high-cost and temporary partners, equally focused on solving a problem and on selling additional services. They provide narrowly focused expertise, and the knowledge leaves with the consultant. Their staff are moved from project to project, so those you work with may change with little notice. Typically the most impressive consultant, with the expertise and experience your desire, becomes a part-time participant while lesser experienced people staff your project.

While typical consultants focus on their particular expertise, EC Stratagems focuses on your whole business. EC Stratagems is more affordable and returns more value than typical consulting firms. EC Stratagems is more focused, with a considerably smaller client base than typical consultants. As a client, you deal with the principal every day, not just when the firm is looking for business.

Here is a brief story to illustrate the difference.

EC Stratagems will help you understand how and why you make a presentation, help you understand what keeps you from presenting well, come as you make the presentation, and then work with you to make the ideas in the presentation into reality. A typical consultant will explain why one presentation style is better than another, train you to present well, write the presentation, perhaps give the presentation, and then leave.