How is the VMP different from more traditional offerings of management consultants?
The VMP solution differs in several important respects from the offerings of many management consulting firms. Paul OMalley Associates provides a fairly standardized process with coaching support that enables more strategic management of a business over time. Management consultants are frequently engaged to perform labor intensive tasks such as collecting data, performing analysis on the data, writing a detailed business plan, etc. While such services can be valuable in specific circumstances (e.g., addressing an acute problem, or creating a written plan quickly to attract venture capital), they are often not geared toward helping the client organization manage itself more effectively in the long term. VMP and coaching vs.
