Note: Corporations need to be conscious of and consistent with how internal consultant costs are accounted for on both a project and organizational level to evaluate cost effectiveness. 

• Internal consultants are often uniquely suited to 

1. Lead external consulting project teams, or 
2. Act as organizational subject matter experts ‘embedded’ with external consulting teams under the direction of organizational management. 

A group of internal consultants can closely monitor and work with external consulting firms. This would ensure better delivery, quality, and overall operating relationships. 

External firms providing consulting services have a dichotomy in priority. The health of the external firm is in aggregate more important than that of their client (though of course the health of their client can have a direct impact on their own health).