An action plan for working as a consultant Management consulting is a $250 billion industry and growing at a rate of over four percent annually. Many predict that more than 40 percent of the U.S. workforce will soon be contingent, freelance, or consulting members of the workforce--making this book more relevant than ever. Individuals become independent consultants out of necessity or preference: necessity because they lost their job or the company offered an attractive exit package; preference because they want a career change, more control over their time, or an enriched, varied work situation. Consulting also appeals to the Millennial workforce who are searching for careers that offer a good salary as well as meaningful work. The New Consultant's Quick Start Guide: - Serves as a companion to The New Business of Consulting - Provides you with a place to plan your transition into consulting - Helps you identify your niche, develop a business plan, charge what you're worth, and create a marketing strategy to ensure a steady stream of clients - Prepares you for changes you will encounter beyond your professional life, including social, family, and financial aspects The New Consultant's Quick Start Guide helps you work through the challenges of consulting such as working alone, deciding on necessary insurance coverage, finding your first clients, struggling with cash flow, and understanding market trends.

Skyrocket Your Business helps readers create a gateway to the change they want to make by showing them how not to waste another moment investing their money and effort in the wrong direction. There are several good reasons to donate to a cause. However, very few people have been able to leverage the hidden business potentials in a donation. Understanding how to make a donation to impact one's cause, business, and life will help create the next big steps and gain the competition and recognition needed to stand out. Over the past seven years, Dr. Francis N Mbunya has helped donors identify and leverage the potentials hidden in their donations in order to create massive value for themselves and their businesses. In Skyrocket Your Business at Zero Cost, Dr. Mbunya uses simple and straightforward steps to explain to donors how to: Pick their interest in the cause they donate to Pitch their interest in a donation Enable their donation to give back to themselves and their business Duplicate the impact of a donation in order to better benefit their business

The second book in the "Essential Tools For series..." on the topic of Management Consulting

Based on Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn's successful "The Essential Management Toolbox," this book focuses in greater depth on the topic of Management Consulting. This second book looks at how a management consultant needs to think, view and analyse the workings of an existing organisation in order to efficiently and effectively work to improve the issues facing a business.Check out the new series website featuring sample chapters, tool of the month and solve your management problems by talking direct to the author www.essentialtoolsseries.comSecond title in a new series that expands on the information in Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn's "The Essential Toolbox" This volume includes 30% new material in the form of new tools and techniques for guiding consultantsCovers: Development of Management Consultancy; Problem resolution and Decision Making; Top 10 Tools for Consultancy Interventions; Consultancy delivery and Facilitation; Consultancy Governance and EthicsActive author, Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn speaks regularlyEasy to use practical tools and techniques guiding the consultant and business person through their organisational conflicts

About the Author: Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn is a practising management consultant with over 30 years experience in both the public and private sectors and covering a range of organizations and industries. He holds two Master's degrees and a PhD in various Strategic Management topics. This second book includes a forward by Malik Salameh.

'No freelance stone is left unturned with this book. I wish this book had existed when I started freelancing 20 years ago' - Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One Award-winning entrepreneur and freelancer, Alison Grade, guides you through absolutely everything that you need to know to start your successful self-employed life. Starting from day one, she will help you develop your personal brand, pick up the financial essentials, grow your client base, manage your work-life balance, negotiate deals and value your time as you become more established. This is your complete guide to turning your talent into a fulfilling and sustainable career. 'If you have talent and passion this is a very practical guide to turning that into a career, from someone who's not just done it but taught many others how to do it too' - Mike Southon, co-author of The Beermat Entrepreneur and Entrepreneur in Residence, Cass Business School

Management Consultancy provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the consulting industry. The text uses theory as a basis for critical discussion, ensuring students fully understand the principal ideas behind consulting, as well the limitations. The authors' engaging and accessible writing style is combined with a wealth of real-world practical examples, which place management consultancy theory into the context of the business environment. The book's strong critical perspective encourages students to develop their analytical skills, while practitioner insights in every chapter provide guidance from leading industry professionals. Case studies throughout the text and a chapter devoted entirely to consulting skills, ensure students are equipped with the necessary tools to succeed within this complex and competitive industry. The text is supported by a fully integrated Online Resouce Centre, providing a range of additional resources for students and lecturers. For students: An additional chapter on 'types' of clients and forms of interventions and Chapter 11 on preparing for and conducting a case interview (NEW) Appendices to the book, including a sample consultancy contract, CV, covering letter, and RFI Excel (R) workbook containing the calculations contained in chapter 7 of the book Glossary Web links An author blog will link to Joe O'Mahoney's existing webpage and blog, which also includes a regularly updated RSS feed (NEW) For registered lecturers: Case commentary and answer guidance Suggested discussion questions Exercise solutions Suggested group projects PowerPoint slides

Melanie Neumann und Kathrin Heck prasentieren die vielfaltigen Moeglichkeiten, die die verhaltenstherapeutisch orientierte Methode der Introvision Praktikern aus den Bereichen Psychotherapie, Coaching und Beratung bietet. Das essential vermittelt anschaulich, wie die Introvision bei stress- und angstassoziierten Erkrankungen angewendet werden kann, und zeigt, dass es sich dabei um eine wirksame Therapiemethode handelt, die problemlos mit anderen psychotherapeutischen Verfahren kombiniert werden kann. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele, Arbeitsbausteine und Anleitungen ermoeglichen eine einfache Umsetzung der Introvision in die Praxis.

Ausgrundungen werden in der betrieblichen Praxis oftmals von der Unternehmensleitung als geeignetes Instrument angesehen, um auf exogene Veranderungen zu reagieren. Im Fokus steht hier vor allem die Moeglichkeit umfassender Kostenreduktionen durch die Auslagerung von Unternehmensteilen. Im Rahmen dieses Buches sollen Ausgrundungen jedoch nicht als reines Instrument des Kostenmanagements verstanden werden, vielmehr koennen durch ein langfristig orientiertes Ausgrundungsmanagement zwei substanzielle Unternehmensziele umgesetzt werden: die Foerderung von "Unternehmertum im Unternehmen", also des unternehmerischen Denkens bei den Mitarbeitern, sowie die Schaffung einer Organisationsstruktur, durch welche die Umsetzung von Innovationen gefoerdert wird. Das strategische Management gezielter Ausgrundungsprozesse stellt eine grosse Herausforderung einer erfolgreichen und nachhaltigen Unternehmensfuhrung dar, der sich Fuhrungskrafte regelmassig stellen mussen. Mit dieser Problemstellung will sich diese Arbeit befassen - es soll der Frage nachgegangen werden, worin die zentralen Faktoren fur eine nachhaltig erfolgreiche und strategiegerechte Umsetzung von Ausgrundungen liegen bzw. woran die Integration von Ausgrundungen in das strategische Fuhrungskonzept eines Unternehmens scheitern kann.

Strategieberatung fur den Mittelstand muss kostengunstig, schnell und umsetzungsstark sein. In diesem Werk wird ein inhaltliches und methodisches Vorgehensmodell dargestellt, das unter Einbeziehung der wichtigsten Leistungstrager eines Unternehmens in 9 Tagen zu einer tragfahigen Unternehmensstrategie fuhrt. - Marktpositionierung - Interne Starken und Schwachen - Vision und strategisches Zielsystem - Operative Ziele und Massnahmen"

Electronic Business, Knowledge Management, IT-Einfuhrung: Fur die Realisierung neuer Geschaftsstrategien wird Beratungswissen immer wichtiger. Damit steigen zugleich die Anforderungen an Consultants. Dies betrifft alle Bereiche von der Strategieberatung bis hin zur Prozess- und IT-Beratung. Hierzu werden dem Leser Vorgehensweisen fur die Unternehmensanalyse und Problemlosung vermittelt. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt des Buches bilden die Soft-Skills: Lernen Sie, wie durch effektive Kommunikation bessere Projektergebnisse erzielt werden konnen. Berater internationaler Consultingunternehmen zeigen den Anwendungsbezug der einzelnen Qualifikationen auf. Praktikern sowie Berufseinsteigern bietet das Buch umfassendes Orientierungswissen sowie konkrete Hilfestellung fur das Erbringen professioneller Beratungsleistungen. Die zweite Auflage enthalt neben Erweiterungen ein neues Kapitel und eine Fallstudie."

In The World's Newest Profession Christopher McKenna offers a history of management consulting in the twentieth century. Although management consulting may not yet be a recognized profession, the leading consulting firms have been advising and reshaping the largest organizations in the world since the 1920s. This groundbreaking study details how the elite consulting firms, including McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen & Hamilton, expanded after US regulatory changes during the 1930s, how they changed giant corporations, nonprofits, and the state during the 1950s, and why consultants became so influential in the global economy after 1960. As they grew in number, consultants would introduce organizations to 'corporate culture' and 'decentralization' but they faced vilification for their role in the Enron crisis and for legitimating corporate blunders. Through detailed case studies based on unprecedented access to internal files and personal interviews, The World's Newest Profession explores how management consultants came to be so influential within our culture and explains exactly what consultants really do in the global economy.