Early Traps in Consulting Efforts: Managing Dysfunctional Client Behavior During “Entry”

Authors

Harvey A. Hornstein, Georgetown University
Eric C. Marcus, University of New HavenFollow

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Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2013

Subject: LCSH

Consulting firms, Organizational change--Psychological aspects

Disciplines

Psychology

Abstract

“A consultant’s challenge is to work with the client’s ambivalence in order to gain commitment, end the entry phase, and begin pursuing organizational change efforts… We answer this challenge by describing what the evidence suggests are three common forms of client ambivalence. We then identify some of the ambivalence-related temptations for the consultant to be mindful of and detail ways of successfully responding to the dangerous challenge presented by each form.”

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Repository Citation

Hornstein, Harvey A. and Marcus, Eric C., "Early Traps in Consulting Efforts: Managing Dysfunctional Client Behavior During “Entry”" (2013). Psychology Faculty Publications. 33.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/psychology-facpubs/33

Publisher Citation

Hornstein, H.A. & Marcus, E.C. (2013). Early Traps in Consulting Efforts: Managing Dysfunctional Client Behavior During “Entry”. In R. Sullivan and L. Carter (Eds), The Change Champion's Field Guide: Strategies and Tools for Leading Change in Your Organization (2nd Ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 531-540. ISBN: 978-1118136263