Balance as a Useful Metaphor forConsultation and Fly-Fishing, Too

This piece was written as part of a special issue directed at members of the Managerial Consultation Division, Academy of Management. The entire issue deserves attention, but we will be selective in this handbook. A second selection by Robert Tannenbaum appears elsewhere in this handbook, Chapter 120, “Self-Awareness: An Essential Element Underlying Consultant Effectiveness,”