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› The Devil's Advocate

According to the Wiktionary, a Devil’s Advocate is “one who debates from a view which they may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity”

Whether you have been in your current role for years or are new to your present assignment, you are responsible for creating, proposing and implementing important plans to meet personal and business objectives.

But how do you find someone you can trust with the experience, objectivity and lack of agenda to be your Devil's Advocate?

As we know, one of the hardest messages to get across is that people are responsible for telling truth to power. But when you ask one of your employees to provide feedback on an important plan they may hear "I'd like your honest, unbiased and possibly career-ending opinion on something".

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” - Ben Franklin

Since Middlesex Consulting Group is removed from your internal politics, we can perform an independent, top down review of your plans. And since our experience is deep in many industries we bring new insights and views to your project. The final result is we uncover subtle weaknesses or omissions that may significantly impact success. Without an independent input your important plans could be defective and you will only find out when they do not meet expectations!

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower