As we all know, the most vivid and lasting impressions can be made within the first five minutes of a conversation. How would you want to present your organization, their services, and how they differentiate them selves from the competition? What kind of impression would you like to leave?
1. You’re on an elevator and the person next to you is a consultant with a competitor. The elevator gets stuck in between floors for 2 minutes.
What would you say or do?
2. You’re checking a reference on a consultant and the manager on the other end asks you what kind of services your company has to offer?
What would you say or do?
3. Car Service picks you up from the airport and the driver asks, “What does your company do?
What would you say or do?
4. You’re taking one of your consultants to lunch and he decides to bring a friend along (who happens to be a consultant, too). He’s new to the area and has a family, wants stability. He wants to know what kind of benefits your company can offer.
What would you say or do?
5. You’re at a bar and you meet someone. You take out your business card to give them your phone number. They want to know what your company is.
What would you say or do?
6. You work part time at a restaurant the nights that you aren’t staying late to recruit! You overhear the conversation at the table you are waiting on and they are discussing how many technical consultants they’ll need for a project they are implementing and how they should go about finding them.
What would you say or do?
7. You are on a plane and the person next to you strikes up a conversation. He’s a consultant with Accenture and griping about how he’s tired of working on projects that he’s never going to do anything “hands on”. He likes to travel and work in different cities.
What would you say or do?
8. You accidentally drop your business card on the subway during rush hour. A consultant with Keane finds it and calls you. He’s curious...
What would you say or do?
