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Since the death of my "consultant" article was published a month ago, I was asked whether Organizational Effectiveness (OE) consultants experience a similar fate. My answer is "no." Of course, that assumes that OE consultants do not follow the same destructive path that the Organization Development (OD) selected professionals.
OD professionals made the mistake of not partnering with clients to produce business results. Development professionals looked to executives companies (clients) with disdain. Business men and women saw as bourgeois money-grabbers who do not care for their workers. His anti-business, anti-capitalism, anti-management rhetoric has led to its own demise. (You can look down his nose to his business clients and hope to stay in business itself.)
OE consultants who share a different mindset, to share a different fate. OE consultants with their clients and serve as business partners. Let me make the following predictions about the future of the consultation OE:
1. OE Consultants who act as strategic business partners will rise in the status and recognition of their organizations. Salaries also rise as the value of their experience becomes more widely recognized. (A value-added approach will be essential for compliance of this prediction.)
2. The title of Chief Learning Officer (CLO) or the Director of Organizational Effectiveness will become common place in major companies. These positions are responsible for all organizational learning and change efforts.
3. The role of OD practitioners will continue declining in importance for two reasons: (a) development professionals have not taken a strategic business partner, and (b) organizational development practices many have already been adopted by major U.S. companies.
4. OE consultants will become more sensitive to the needs of senior management. Consultants OE will become a valuable house (or independent), a source of guidance on difficult issues such as management succession planning, the creation and transfer of tacit knowledge, and talent development of the organization.
5. OE Consultants develop higher levels of consulting skills to increase their value to their customers.
If you are an OE consultant, there are several things you should consider:
Bob Pike has said, "give what is needed, not only what is requested.
David Ulrich predicts, "Business organizations in the future, compete aggressively for the best talents. "
I have predicted, "In the coming years, senior executives are looking for high level of tacit knowledge and experience that will add the powers of their central organizations and competitive advantage. These basic skills in the form of highly developed human capital, will become more important the organization of sustainable competitive advantage. "How to add value to their organization (or clients) core competencies and competitive advantage? You can not sit still in a fast moving world!
About the Author:
Dr. Mike Beitler is the author of "Strategic Organizational
Change" and "Strategic Organizational Learning". His books are
used at General Motors, Coca-Cola, IBM, Wachovia, BASF, Glaxo
Smith Kline, Daimler-Chrysler, and many more great companies.
His work is written for practitioners who need real-world tools
and strategies to be truly effective in their organizations.
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