Great Consulting Challenges: And How to Surmount Them - Hardcover

by Alan Weiss (Author)

Great Consulting Challenges: And How to Surmount Them showshow consultants can use the wisdom gleaned from Weiss's ownpractice and from other seasoned members of the profession to helpovercome persistent problems and next-level challenges. Weissexplains that as consultants' careers develop and become moresophisticated and complex, so do the challenges they encounter. Forexample, the question of price competition occurs at every level ofthe consulting business, yet the techniques for astutely resolvingthe issue can be vastly different for the veteran consultant ascompared to the novice who is merely trying to establish a newbusiness. In this book, Alan Weiss discusses the great consultingchallenges in key areas such as marketing, selling, delivery, andpractice management and offers practical advice for overcomingcommon problems and learning to thrive as a consultant.

Front Jacket

Alan Weiss, expert consultant and author of the best-selling book Million Dollar Consulting, presents Great Consulting Challenges and How to Surmount Them-- the sixth book in The Ultimate Consulting series-- an invaluable resource that reveals how highly successful consultants deal with their most compelling challenges.
Great Consulting Challenges and How to Surmount Them shows how consultants can use the wisdom gleaned from Weiss's own practice and from other seasoned members of the profession to help overcome persistent problems and next-level challenges. Weiss explains that as consultants' careers develop and become more sophisticated and complex, so do the challenges they encounter. For example, the question of price competition occurs at every level of the consulting business, yet the techniques for astutely resolving the issue can be vastly different for the veteran consultant as compared to the novice who is merely trying to establish a new business. In this book, Alan Weiss discusses the great consulting challenges in key areas such as marketing, selling, delivery, and practice management and offers practical advice for overcoming common problems and learning to thrive as a consultant. This important resource offers a wealth of suggestions and ideas that consultants can use to take the next step to

• Overcome the "industry expertise" barrier to developing new markets
• Use niche markets to leverage a consulting business in other directions
• Create a support system of team members that can be accessed on demand
• Determine when it is best to invest money to see a prospect in person
• Dramatically increase name recognition
• Manage business pipelines to develop new and ongoing business

Throughout the book, Weiss offers down-to-earth advice and illustrative examples to show how to prevail over the most common pitfalls that consultants will likely encounter as their business grows and prospers.

Back Jacket

Alan Weiss, expert consultant and author of the best-selling book Million Dollar Consulting, presents Great Consulting Challenges and How to Surmount Them-- the sixth book in The Ultimate Consulting series-- an invaluable resource that reveals how highly successful consultants deal with their most compelling challenges.
Great Consulting Challenges and How to Surmount Them shows how consultants can use the wisdom gleaned from Weiss's own practice and from other seasoned members of the profession to help overcome persistent problems and next-level challenges. Weiss explains that as consultants' careers develop and become more sophisticated and complex, so do the challenges they encounter. For example, the question of price competition occurs at every level of the consulting business, yet the techniques for astutely resolving the issue can be vastly different for the veteran consultant as compared to the novice who is merely trying to establish a new business. In this book, Alan Weiss discusses the great consulting challenges in key areas such as marketing, selling, delivery, and practice management and offers practical advice for overcoming common problems and learning to thrive as a consultant. This important resource offers a wealth of suggestions and ideas that consultants can use to take the next step to

• Overcome the industry expertise barrier to developing new markets
• Use niche markets to leverage a consulting business in other directions
• Create a support system of team members that can be accessed on demand
• Determine when it is best to invest money to see a prospect in person
• Dramatically increase name recognition
• Manage business pipelines to develop new and ongoing business

Throughout the book, Weiss offers down-to-earth advice and illustrative examples to show how to prevail over the most common pitfalls that consultants will likely encounter as their business grows and prospers.

Author Biography

Alan Weiss-- author, international consultant, and high-demandkeynote speaker-- is the founder and president of Summit ConsultingGroup. His clients have included Hewlett-Packard, State StreetCorp., Fleet Bank, Coldwell Banker, Merrill Lynch, American PressInstitute, Chase, Mercedes-Benz, GE, and American Institute ofArchitects. He is the author of twenty-one books, including TheUltimate Consultant (Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2001) and GettingStarted in Consulting (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). Weiss resideswith his wife Maria in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.