In which we are urged to ask our clients “strategic questions” before year end.
“I don’t understand why we (this should be read “you, you moron”) left this until the last minute. We … have known for 18 years that our son would be applying to college this month. Why are we…. starting this at 7:00 pm, four days before the deadline?”
When I applied in Minneapolis for what would become my first job as a consultant, the lean, crew-cut, brusquely dressed, ruddy-cheeked partner in charge of consulting in that office looked me, then looked at my resume, and said, scornfully, “So, you’ve been in banking three years. What the h___ do you know?” Continue reading »
In which we consider that managing the yield from our sales activities is an “every month” focus.
My son is preparing college applications. With anywhere from three to ten or more students applying for each seat in an entering class, the college application process is my son’s first major sales job. Continue reading »
….In which we remind ourselves to prepare.
A sunny early October morning. Sweating, despite the cool air, a group of about thirty 16 – 18 year old boys sits on bleachers, listening (sort of) to final words from two coaches on whose soccer team they seek to play.
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