The Flawless Consulting Fieldbook and Companion : A Guide Understanding Your Expertise

I have been in private practice for 37 years and feel about Peter Block the way most women my age feel about Mick Jagger! Imagine my delight at finding this collection of other consultants whose victories, values and - perhaps most importantly - trials and tribulations mirror mine. Cannot recommend it any more highly than saying:Read it if you are a consultant with a solid track record and very few regrets - it may save you a future mis-step and/or at the very least lend perspective on what's "really" going on within that inevitable "challenging" client organization.Read it if you are a consultant who knows you do great work and are baffled by what just happened with a particular project. Very likely at least one of these articles will speak to the heart of your situation - providing not only a hand up out of that hole of self-doubt we solo externals are so likely to fall into but very practical ways to proceed in the most ethical and professional manner possible.Read it if you're just starting out or are still in grad school. Its contributors' revelations may help you decide whether consulting is really for you and if yes - whether and how long you will be able to thrive as an external.Read it if you wonder if it's time to go in out of the cold.But read it. You will be glad you did.

A number of years ago, I found myself without a job for the first time in my adult life. At 40, this was scary until I woke up one morning, created a subchapter-S corporation and became a consultant. This book, along with others by Peter Block, was a significant help in getting started and having the confidence to persevere for two years independently. Now I'm a consultant in a big four firm and the things I learned from this book still ring true.

Still the best overall book on this subject ever published.

Poetry, fiction, mythology, psychology, and more; this is a fabulous text that incorporates multiple disciplines in order to demonstrate the breadth of its concepts. It is a must read book that will give a person insight into the frailty and courage of the human condition. This is not your average business-boring book...

I cannot say enough about the depth, accuracy and inventiveness of the material in this book. As a consultant internally and externally to organizations for decades, I use this book in my work and as a resource when I teach coaches and consultants. Packed with examples and strategies that work!

Item came just on time. Everything was exactly as described.

Palpable, is the ability of a craftsman transferring his trade executed flawlessly.The style context and tone are that of a baton being passed forward.To read it is a gift.Not to read is a loss.

Recommended to me but I would like to throw this book at the company that recommended it to me. What a waste of money

Gros pavé, tout y est pour améliorer son activité.

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