As an IT consultant, you must constantly strive to satisfy your customers. Ultimately, your business future lies in their opinions. Without their references and return business, you’re out of the game before you even begin.

As a result, consultants spend a lot of time researching ways to maintain objective long-term relationships with clients, and gathering intelligence about other firms to track their place in the market. But often, the obstacles you face are not due to a lack of knowledge, technology, or insurmountable odds—but rather are caused by your clients themselves.

Now here’s your chance to help your clients help you.

Our CIO and IT Manager Republic readers want to know what obstacles can hinder consultants’ ability to get their jobs done. Who should attend your initial meetings? What information is consistently the most difficult to attain? What’s the biggest myth about consultants that you combat regularly? How many people should you have “signing off” on major decisions?
Spend a few minutes giving us your two cents, and we’ll pass it on to the TechRepublic community of CIOs and IT managers. In the meantime, we’ll be gathering information from them about their level of satisfaction with consultants they’ve hired. You can also discuss this topic with your fellow consultants by posting your comments below. Imagine how easy your work would be if your next client took your advice!