How do you deal with overly incompetent clients? There’s so much value my team can add, but my my stakeholders are so incompetent that nothing gets done. It’s so demotivating!

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Also the top exec has a fixed mindset and won’t let us challenge ANYTHING. He’s basically using as as yes-men 😡

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Literally all consulting projects...

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Was just about to comment the same. That’s why they bring in external people

Take the money and find ways to up the margin

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Yeah...I’m not new to consulting but this client is exceptionally fucked. Every time they come up with a stupid idea, I find myself trying to talk them out of it but they don’t listen. So over it, and over consulting.

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Whiskey

Welcome to consulting

Sounds like a great client. They pay you for solving problems themselves.

Next time try agreeing with them a couple of times particularly on a lower risk ones and fail together. That will gain their trust so they begin to listen to you.

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