Q&A On Management Consulting and Leadership Topics (On Quora)

For those unfamiliar with Quora, it is one of the emerging “question and answer” sites on the Internet. Although its positioning is not quite clear to me yet, a point of difference relative to other sites (like Yahoo Answers) is that Quora integrates aspects of social networking technology. Throw in a carefully-honed, early-adopter market segment and some venture capital hype – the result for now seems to be a high-quality, professional dialogue hub.

In any case, I thought I’d share some answers I’ve provided to several management consulting and leadership questions posed on the site:

• What will be the most important skill for business during the next decade?
• What is the first step in opening a consulting business?
• What are the best management consulting books available in the market?
• What are some common stereotypes of consultants you find to be accurate?
• Why the client does not care if you have an MBA
• Are MBAs required for a startup to thrive and cross the chasm between ideation and execution?
• What metrics should be used to track the performance of a professional services organization?
• What is the first important question should a management consultant ask in a first client meeting?

Let me know what you think. Thanks!