For any who wish to help, please contact Eric. Peg Holman
-----Original Message----- From: Eric K. Hatch <hocinc@hoc...@earthlink.net> To: Peg Holman, Open Space Institute <o...@tmn.com> Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 1:14 AM Subject: Help with book project >Hi, Peg. Would you forward this to your list, and I hope you'll >contribute yourself! > >Help!!! > >I've been asked to be a contributing author for a book on outsourcing >HR, OD, and Training. ASTD is publishing it this fall. > >My chapter is going to be called "Client Traps," and I'd like to ask >for your input. I'm looking for examples of all the traps >consultants and clients fall into, such as thinking you're there to >help them change, but they really want you to endorse the status quo. >Or you think your client is the head of operations, and it turns out >to be somebody quite different. Or you suffer unduly from "scope >creep." That sort of thing. Client-side stories are especially >welcome, too! > >So trot out your war stories and all the clever things you did to >spot the traps and get out of them. I'll protect your identity if >you want to fess up to a few you DIDN'T get out of, and cite you as a >hero / heroine if you saved the day. > >The VERY BEST contribution will get a genuine HOC train whistle as a >prize, along with a lifetime debt of gratitude from yours truly. > >I am on deadline for this project, so PLEASE get your war stories to >me by April 22. > >Thanks again. > >Eric >Eric Hatch >President, Hatch Organizational Consulting > >"Bridging Today and Tomorrow" > >Visit our website at http://www.hocinc.com >Call us at 513 683 2265 or 1 800 586 1487 > Write us at HOC, 6812 Stagge Rd, Loveland, OH 45140 >