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Humble Consulting
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Humble Consulting

How to Provide Real Help Faster

Edgar H. Schein
Berrett-Koehler, 2016

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7

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Applicable
  • Well Structured

Recommendation

Consultants can no longer operate as they once did: Assume the role of corporate doctor, diagnose organizational challenges and provide detailed prescriptions. Traditional consultancy is inadequate for today’s daunting business environment, says Edgar H. Schein. He believes a fresh consultancy model is in order, and so he delivers it. The “father of process consultation,” he spent 50 years teaching and researching organizational culture. His “humble consulting” model helps consultants parse complex issues and help their clients institute small, productive fixes. Schein believes the client and consultant, without being too chummy, must develop “an open, trusting relationship” to be effective working partners. getAbstract recommends his insightful, instructive manual to consultants, counselors, coaches and even parents.

Take-Aways

  • Traditional consultancy is inadequate for today’s daunting business challenges.
  • Humble consulting (HC) doesn’t require a detailed diagnosis, ambitious intervention, “quick fixes” or “knee-jerk reactions.”
  • Humble consultants understand complex issues and help clients institute small, productive fixes.

About the Author

Social psychologist Edgar Henry Schein, PhD, is an organizational development expert. He formerly taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also wrote Humble Inquiry.

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