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March 2, 2016 by Eric Butts Leave a Comment

Professional Boundaries: 4 Undisputable Reasons Why You Need to Set Them With Your Clients

Why you need to set professional boundaries with clients

On time and under budget has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

In order to do that, some clear professional boundaries and expectations have to be set before agreeing to a consulting engagement. Those boundaries will act as the guiding principles if any significant changes in information come up during the course of your work.

You might be thinking your business can’t afford to turn away money because of some stupid policy.

You’d be thinking wrong. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Management Consulting Tagged With: Boundaries, client management, client proposals, consulting, Professional Boundaries, Risk, Scope Creep

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