Consultant
noun
A person who gives expert advice to a person or organization in a particular field.
She hired a marketing consultant to help with her business.
Often appears as...
- business consultant
- management consultant
noun
A hospital doctor of the highest rank who is a specialist in a particular field.
The cardiologist consulted with the consultant on the patient's heart condition.
Often appears as...
- consultant surgeon
- consultant anaesthetist
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Technical
noun
A person who gives expert advice to a person or organization in a particular field.
She hired a marketing consultant to help with her business.
Often appears as...
- business consultant
- management consultant
noun
A hospital doctor of the highest rank who is a specialist in a particular field.
The cardiologist consulted with the consultant on the patient's heart condition.
Often appears as...
- consultant surgeon
- consultant anaesthetist
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Expertise
Consultants provide specialized knowledge that clients may lack or need assistance with.
The company brought in a consultant to streamline their workflow.
Pro Tip 2/3Objective Perspective
A consultant offers an outside perspective, which can be valuable for objective advice.
An independent consultant was hired to assess our financial strategy.
Pro Tip 3/3Short-term Role
Consultants are often hired temporarily and focus on specific projects or problems.
After the merger, a consultant was brought in to manage the transition.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Expertise
Consultants provide specialized knowledge that clients may lack or need assistance with.
The company brought in a consultant to streamline their workflow.
Pro Tip 2/3Objective Perspective
A consultant offers an outside perspective, which can be valuable for objective advice.
An independent consultant was hired to assess our financial strategy.
Pro Tip 3/3Short-term Role
Consultants are often hired temporarily and focus on specific projects or problems.
After the merger, a consultant was brought in to manage the transition.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Expertise
Consultants provide specialized knowledge that clients may lack or need assistance with.
The company brought in a consultant to streamline their workflow.
Pro Tip 2/3Objective Perspective
A consultant offers an outside perspective, which can be valuable for objective advice.
An independent consultant was hired to assess our financial strategy.
Pro Tip 3/3Short-term Role
Consultants are often hired temporarily and focus on specific projects or problems.
After the merger, a consultant was brought in to manage the transition.
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Lessons on leaving the...
long commutes, congested roads and big differences in life expectancy between the richest and the poorest. So what is our act doing to make a difference? Well, first of all, it requires our public institutions to work together. And so, as a result, the public health consultant was seconded from the health board to the local council
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How to reduce the wealth...
inequities are really laid bare across nearly every system in the United health care, education, criminal justice and finance, and people were moved to take action online, in streets, in meetings at work, in corporate boardrooms. And I, as a consultant, started having conversations with clients
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Anil Gupta: India's...
had instances of knowledge that people had shared. Now, I was paid in dollars as a consultant, and I looked at my income tax return and tried to ask "Is there a line in my return, which shows how much of this income has gone to the people whose knowledge has made it possible?
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How do focus groups...
with straightforward questions and quantifiable answers, the researchers conducted in-person interviews, sometimes with small groups, engaging them in more open discussions. Later, this method was picked up by the advertising industry with the help of consultants,
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
by a victorious army that we've got. And it's written, as we'll see in due course, by very skilled P.R. consultants. So the hyperbole is not actually surprising. And what is the great king, the powerful king, the king of the four quarters of the world going to do?
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
kazakhstan about the original amazon scythian warrior women and i was the consultant for the equipment and the script and the weapons and instead of being paid in money i asked for some props that's how adrian ended up with scythian battle
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Know your worth, and...
and I realized that I needed to reevaluate my pricing. I was really underpriced relative to the value I was delivering. It's hard for me to admit to you, because I'm a pricing consultant. It's what I do. I help companies price for value.
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Making wildlife a part...
consultant and taking these great vacations so I quit my perfectly good job and decided to get into wildlife conservation one of the first things I learned was that there's two ways that we currently use primarily to engage an
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Biomimicry in action PIPE...
And one of the largest fields right now, in the world of energy grids, you hear about the smart grid. One of the largest consultants are the social insects.
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Special Olympics let me...
on the world stage. I train five days a week for basketball and speed skating, work with top quality coaches and mental performance consultants
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Lessons on leaving the...
long commutes, congested roads and big differences in life expectancy between the richest and the poorest. So what is our act doing to make a difference? Well, first of all, it requires our public institutions to work together. And so, as a result, the public health consultant was seconded from the health board to the local council
Video examples
How to reduce the wealth...
inequities are really laid bare across nearly every system in the United health care, education, criminal justice and finance, and people were moved to take action online, in streets, in meetings at work, in corporate boardrooms. And I, as a consultant, started having conversations with clients
Video examples
Anil Gupta: India's...
had instances of knowledge that people had shared. Now, I was paid in dollars as a consultant, and I looked at my income tax return and tried to ask "Is there a line in my return, which shows how much of this income has gone to the people whose knowledge has made it possible?
Video examples
How do focus groups...
with straightforward questions and quantifiable answers, the researchers conducted in-person interviews, sometimes with small groups, engaging them in more open discussions. Later, this method was picked up by the advertising industry with the help of consultants,
Video examples
Neil MacGregor: 2600...
by a victorious army that we've got. And it's written, as we'll see in due course, by very skilled P.R. consultants. So the hyperbole is not actually surprising. And what is the great king, the powerful king, the king of the four quarters of the world going to do?
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
kazakhstan about the original amazon scythian warrior women and i was the consultant for the equipment and the script and the weapons and instead of being paid in money i asked for some props that's how adrian ended up with scythian battle
Video examples
Know your worth, and...
and I realized that I needed to reevaluate my pricing. I was really underpriced relative to the value I was delivering. It's hard for me to admit to you, because I'm a pricing consultant. It's what I do. I help companies price for value.
Video examples
Making wildlife a part...
consultant and taking these great vacations so I quit my perfectly good job and decided to get into wildlife conservation one of the first things I learned was that there's two ways that we currently use primarily to engage an
Video examples
Biomimicry in action PIPE...
And one of the largest fields right now, in the world of energy grids, you hear about the smart grid. One of the largest consultants are the social insects.
Video examples
Special Olympics let me...
on the world stage. I train five days a week for basketball and speed skating, work with top quality coaches and mental performance consultants
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
When I first started talking about running for office, a lot of people said to me, 'Don't let the consultants change you,' and I'd always assured them that I wouldn't allow it to happen. But like it or not, I had to change. Not because of a consultant, but because I started to understand the cost of a stupid mistake.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
The list of costly services that supplement some children's public education is growing longer and now includes consultants, tutors, and test prep. That's in addition to the homework help some stay-at-home parents can afford to provide.
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of outside consultants that they call in. But that is not really how an organization thinks.
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Bob Barr
American Politician
Presidential and vice-presidential debates are not about campaign staff or consultants, and it is high time we as a people took control and reminded them and their candidates of that important fact.
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Kurt Warner
American Athlete
I would love to be a creative offensive consultant where I could help design and help create plays and ways to attack other teams without having the coaching schedule.
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Matthew Stewart
American Philosopher
In the ideal scenario, consultants work for a board, and they're helping the board check on certain aspects of management. Their work is made public and transparent.
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David Mitchell
English Novelist
A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.
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Amy Cuddy
American Psychologist
A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.
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Paul Manafort
American Businessman
As an opinion manager, a campaign consultant, fixing personality negatives is a lot easier than fixing character negatives.
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Don Willett
American Judge
My political consultant said I'm the only client of his that he does not worry about.
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
When I first started talking about running for office, a lot of people said to me, 'Don't let the consultants change you,' and I'd always assured them that I wouldn't allow it to happen. But like it or not, I had to change. Not because of a consultant, but because I started to understand the cost of a stupid mistake.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
The list of costly services that supplement some children's public education is growing longer and now includes consultants, tutors, and test prep. That's in addition to the homework help some stay-at-home parents can afford to provide.
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of outside consultants that they call in. But that is not really how an organization thinks.
Quote examples
Bob Barr
American Politician
Presidential and vice-presidential debates are not about campaign staff or consultants, and it is high time we as a people took control and reminded them and their candidates of that important fact.
Quote examples
Kurt Warner
American Athlete
I would love to be a creative offensive consultant where I could help design and help create plays and ways to attack other teams without having the coaching schedule.
Quote examples
Matthew Stewart
American Philosopher
In the ideal scenario, consultants work for a board, and they're helping the board check on certain aspects of management. Their work is made public and transparent.
Quote examples
David Mitchell
English Novelist
A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.
Quote examples
Amy Cuddy
American Psychologist
A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.
Quote examples
Paul Manafort
American Businessman
As an opinion manager, a campaign consultant, fixing personality negatives is a lot easier than fixing character negatives.
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Don Willett
American Judge
My political consultant said I'm the only client of his that he does not worry about.
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