Those of us that have seen NBC’s hit show The Office have likely cringed at each painstakingly awkward joke or statement that came out of Dunder-Mifflin’s well-intended Regional Manager, Michael Scott. While the show is fiction (thankfully) it’s hard to argue that it doesn’t toe the line on realistic office scenarios. It’s also not that hard to believe that Michael Scott leads one of the greatest turnaround efforts in fictional business history. During the show’s pilot episod

Business consultant. It’s one of those nebulous titles almost as enigmatic as one who goes to work each day to perform his job as internal optimization coordinator, product integration analyst, or regional tactics facilitator (all of which are actual job titles I’ve seen on actual business cards.) I pretty much tell everyone I meet that I’m a “Business Consultant”. What exactly does that mean? Interestingly, because I started my career in IT consulting, some people think I’m