The cynical definition is, of course, "an out-of-work executive between jobs."

The literary version from Oscar Wilde is "an ordinary person, away from home, giving advice."

The humorist's perspective is "someone who borrows your watch and charges to tell you the time."

The formal, but limiting, definition is "a professional who gives advice and/or information to a client for a fee."

A broader, all-encompassing definition is  "a professional who, through the application of a well defined service delivery process, brings to bear a special expertise, gained through education and/or experience, for the benefit of a client, in the resolution of that client's problem or particular need."

And finally, as described by their deeds, "good consultants ask good questions; poor consultants have all the answers."

Let us ask you some good questions and together we will formulate some good answers.

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