Questions to answer before hiring a business consultant

1.  What is your specific area of focus?  Process? People skills? Employee Engagement? Conflict Resolution? Team Building? Sales Management? 

2.  What does this professional bring to the table other than his, "resume"?  

3. Are they equipped to handle TODAY'S most challenging business issues?  

4. What PRACTICAL experience do they bring to your organization? 

5.  Will they have, "Street Creed" with all levels of your organization?

6.  Do they know how to motivate your team members to consider different methods

7.  Can they provide numerous resolutions while showing the pros and cons of each?

8.  What is their RECENT track record of success?  

9.  Is this the right long-term partner to grow my business for years to come?

10.  Can this individual COACH your team through live customer engagements for true change to take hold?