Communication challenges facing a consultant to the client organization
Communicating with clients can be challenging in consulting work as a consultant needs to spend long times at client premises and dealing with multiple stakeholders and usually consulting is done in different countries and that is how a consultant will be exposed to different cultures which may be different and challenging while dealing with. If you have a client where they live in different time-zone it is important to ask about a suitable time to have a conference call and not to consider your time zone only. Also, client religious holidays and prayer times needs to be considered during communication as this will impact how the clients perceive you in respecting his culture which directly impacts your relationship. Depending on the culture of your client the selection the meeting venue is different some cultures prefer casual venues while having food while others will prefer a quiet place especially if the language is different. Depending on the client the convenient way of com
