Consulting firms bring both technical and political value to their clients. The technical value comes from expertise that helps diagnose and solve problems through the implementation of solutions. The political value stems from a consultant's ability to legitimize solutions, facilitate change, and help align stakeholders. While technical value can sometimes be easily measured through tangible results like cost savings, political value is more difficult to quantify and appreciate, as impacts are harder to define for areas like organizational change or complex decision-making. Overall, there is currently no standard for precisely measuring the full value created by consulting work.