As a strategies consultant my firm deals with IPOs on every scale whether we are the lead group on the project or not. Sometimes we run the project and put our own team in place, others we are part of a team for another consulting firm. One thing that I’ve learned is when is our project we need to take the ‘lead role’ because at the end of the day everyone just sits staring unless they are given exact descriptions of what needs to be accomplished and in what time frame.