Consulting category: 398 books

The Long-Awaited Update for Building a Thriving Consultancy Completely updated for today’s busier-than-ever consultants, this classic guide covers the ins and outs for competing and winning in this ultracompetitive field. You’ll find step-by-step advice on how to raise capital, attract...

Trusted advice on successful consulting from the authors of the bestselling Guerrilla Marketing series Consulting is entering the era of the guerrilla client-buyers with a glut of information at their fingertips and doubts about the value consultants add. Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants is the...

This Third Edition to Peter Block's Flawless Consulting addresses business changes and new challenges since the second edition was written ten years ago. It tackles the challenges next-generation consultants face, including more guidance on how to ask better questions, dealing with difficult clients,...

There are three ways to find out what to charge: What the market is charging; What you want to charge or What you can afford to charge.This book takes you through each of those 3 options and then guides you through a series of reasoned questions and checklists to help you determine what you can really...

Ah, the life of a consultant. Sleeping late, working in your pajamas until noon, never having to do anything you don't like. It's exactly what everyone dreams about, right? Wrong! If you've ever wondered what it's really like to be a learning and development consultant and what it takes to...

The tenth volume in the Research on Management Consulting series—ClientConsultant Collaboration: Coping with Complexity and Change—draws on papers presented at the Academy of Management’s Management Consulting Division International Conference on this theme in Copenhagen, Denmark in June 2007....

Well here we are in 2013, Christmas feels like a lifetime ago and life is… well beginning to look a lot like the previous year. I told myself that this year would be different, that this year would be great, but if today is any indication, it’s looking a lot like 2012 to me, which looked a lot...

The Leader in Resources for Training & HR Professionals for the Past Four Decades For 40 years, The Pfeiffer Annuals have helped consultants, experts, and academics in the field to stay informed and ahead of the curve. The 2012 Pfeiffer Consulting Annual is a toolkit of ideas, methods,...

Sustained growth in consulting means bigger fees, larger bonuses and being the beneficiary of an increasingly valuable asset. Most owners fail to create sustained growth, or realize any equity value from all the hard work they have put into their business. This handy book of 100 easy to read tips...

Boards and Management Consultants, the eighth volume in the Research in Management Consulting series, explores the growing complexity associated with the growing demands on boards of directors and the challenges raised by evolving expectations of what constitutes "good" governance. As a way of better...

“the definitive hands-on guide to building a consulting practice that thrives by putting your client first - from one of the acknowledged masters in the field." Dr Simon Dorris, Managing Partner, Lansdowne Consulting “a really informative description of management consulting. Great...

"I had the privilege of working closely with Marvin and McKinsey for many years. This book makes Marvin come to life and perpetuates him as a role model." -Peter F. Drucker "A wonderful book about a wonderful man. In many ways, Marvin's McKinsey framed the hypotheses in our own...

Thinking about becoming a consultant? Already a consultant but wanting to set a clear direction and clarify what you're doing? Then this is the book you need.It takes you through step-by-step the upside and the downside of consulting as a career. Offers you a quiz to see if you have what it takes...

Did you know that starting a consulting business can be a fast path to success and profit? Fact: consultants are hired by all types of business, big and small, for a wide variety of reasons and these businesses have no problem handing over big wads of cash in exchange for a little bit helpful advice and guidance.   Author:Jimmy Cai