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For any consultant, in any field. Block speaks about the heart of consulting work, not only the mind of it.

Block keeps learning from his own sparkling consulting insights as time goes by. At One Big Idea Consulting Limited NZ we would read with respect an old envelope that he used to catch a fleeting insight after a dinner with a consulting client. This book may be an after-thought, but it is not to be lightly dismissed by any serious consultant or client.

Drucker The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) at his best, and Henderson Henderson on Corporate Strategy and Schaffer High-Impact Consulting: How Clients and Consultants Can Work Together to Achieve Extraordinary Results (Completely Revised and Updated) also have the same influence at One Big Idea Consulting Limited NZ. After decades of using their seminal teachings inour practical 100-Day Action Projects around the globe, if they speak from the here or from the hear-after we perk up and listen with both ears.

Peter Block's classic book's fieldbook and companion has an unusual structure and there lies it's USP. It looks at dilemmas and challenges that consultants face and also the tools that can be used.

If you want to know the innards of consulting, without getting caught up in brands, to delve into both the art and science, then read this book....it's a must for facilitators, trainers, process consultants of all hues and colors.

This book deserves to be among the TOP 10 of business books of 2001. If you work as a consultant and want to learn your customers how to fish (in stead of giving them fish), BUY this book! If you have consultants walking around in your organisation, make sure they apply these principles!

After reading this, you'll understand why re-engineering processes fail, why the balanced scorecard isn't "the" solution", why teaching people skills sometimes has no impact, why implementing SAP is so hard and why people in companies are very sceptic if you suggest any of these "popular" solutions. In fact, all these solutions share the same underlying principle: some knowledge and procedures need to be added to the company to "fix" problems. This notion is wrong! Overcoming resistance to change has to do with giving people a chance to participate.

When studying projects of famous consultants and big 5 consulting comapnies, I have often wondered: "Why did the implementation of this project fail?" My first personal lesson was that PEOPLE matter more than methodology and tools. (I have been writing about this for years...).

Next to this first learning, I knew that it's not the consultants that have to bring the solution, it's the persons IN the organisation. And I have been looking for years for solutions to this paradox (being a consultant, that is). SO: methodology IS important: if you use a methodology which will mine the knowledge of the company as a WHOLE, you are the enabler of the change. As a consultant, you do not have to bring the CONTENT, the knowledge of WHAT needs to be changed, but you have to GUIDE the change process, and bring knowledge to the organisation so that they can change themselves. This book is one of the few that will really help you understand which processes are needed for this (many of the 30+ people that helped to write this book have a proven track record in this area).

If you don't know how to put systemic thinking into practice (or you think it's just about designing a solution with the system in mind), and/or if you haven't heard about whole-scale change, apreciative inquiry or the engagement paradigm, this is a good place to start: you will literally discover a new way of consulting, one that lives up to the title of this book and might even really enable "flawless" implementation processes.

And if putting this book into practice isn't flawless: go to the last chapter: Peter Block added a "trouble-shooting guide" that helps you get trough 12 common roadblocks.

Make consulting flawless, learn how to make people share THEIR solution.

Patrick E.C. Merlevede, co-author of "7 Steps to Emotional Intelligence"

I have the 2nd edition of Block's "Flawless" and find it an essential reference, true to its reputation. Disappointingly in this Companion many of the authors seem to treat the readers as a captive audience - at the level of first year college students. For example - a diatribe on Romeo and Juliet as an illustration of human diversity, or three pages of "my worse experiences" one of which transpired to be freezing on stage and losing the point. These type of chapters annoyed me and distracted me from some of the worthy contributions. So much so that I returned the book to the bookshop and asked for my money back - the first time I have done so in 30 years of buying management books. In my opinion this book is a dud riding on the coat tails of the previous 'flawless' success.

I would love to see "Forgiving Rose" made into a play. The dialogue and the characters would make an unforgettable and hilarious theatrical production. Janet McCart is a great storyteller and writes with warmth and great wit. This was a very entertaining and satisfying story.

This book really made me think back to earlier days in my life, the good and the bad times came rushing back. . It was very well written and easy to read.

If you liked this book you will also love Stolen Moments by Barbara Jeanne Fisher. I intended to give the book a quick read, but I got so caught up in the story that I couldn't put the book down. From the very beginning, I was fully caught up in the heart-wrenching account of Julie Hunter's battle with lupus and her growing love for Don Lipton. This love, in the face of Julie's impending death, makes for a story that covers the range of human emotions. The touches of humor are great, too, they add some nice contrast and lighten things a bit when emotions are running high. I've never read a manuscript more deserving of being published. It has rare depth. Julie's story will remind your readers that life and love are precious and not to be taken for granted. It has had an impact on me, and for that I'm grateful."

"Stolen Moments " which is reminiscent of "Love Story" is written with so much sensitivity that it made me want to cry. Like"Love Story" it is about a dying woman who has found true love. It is the love story of the nineties."

Forgiving Rose is a wonderful read, it kept me turning pages faster and faster until the end. The author weaves a delightful story mixed with mystery, fun, romance and an insightful look at the intricacies of friendships. The characters and their antics seem so real, I'm sure every reader will see pieces of themselves and their friends in Forgiving Rose. Janet McCart has done an excellent job of portraying friendships in all their reality - the good and the bad. This is the type of book that can be read for the pure enjoyment of a light-hearted mystery/romance or the reader can take a much deeper look at friendships and the fragile hold we have on life - indeed it can be very thought provoking. It's a definite thumbs-up for this first-time novelist, I hope to see more from her in the near future!!

An enjoyable tale about woman's friendships old and new and the intricate ways in which friendships evolve and change through the years. The mystery twist added an exciting dimension to the story. The Alaska setting added to the flavor of the novel.

I picked up "forgiving Rose" for my plan ride home from Alaska. It is a totally enjoyable light read. I found myself chuckling, commiserating and thoroughly entertained. So much so, I was shocked when they announced the plan would soon be landing. Try it, you'll like it. Try it, you'll like

Anyone who still can't get an interview after using the methods in this guide should probably reexamine their skill set or go get another internship. I sent out a lot of resumes but got some responses from a few of the key firms.

Killer Consulting Resumes....I used the methods in this book to pursue the big management consulting firms. Most recruiters gave me hints on how to change the resume to bring out my skill set which eventually resulted in me abandoning this book altogether.

Very helpful - I would recommend this to anyone thinking about applying to a management consulting firm!

Everyone's got an opinion on how best to organize your resume, but I figured I'd get some professional advice on the subject. WetFeet's guide on how to construct a killer consulting resume was a godsend. By reading through this in-depth guide, which had a bunch of "bad" and "good" examples of resumes to look at, I felt more confident in making tweaks and improvements to my resume. It confirmed that some of the things i'd already done were right; and it also showed me the areas I really need to beef up as well as clean up. Anyway, the proof is in the pudding--I've snagged a few interviews at consulting companies. Now for the interviews! I'll be looking at your articles on the website for guidance there!

But bad for Vault.com employees, if the review below is indication. I found it useful. Not as essential as Ace Your Case, but good for those who don't feel 100% confident approacing the top consulting firms.

I approached the concept of MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) like most of America, leery and un-informed. I came out of this book having not only a better understanding but a true idea of what the people suffering from this disorder go through and how they can become better.

The book's author, Dr. Lighthart, is not only a doctor who treats and diagnoses MPD but also suffers from the disorder herself. This alone gives her an entirely different aspect of the problems involved and how to solve them. In this book, she covers her diagnosis and her road to recovery. She gives you an insight like no other to what not only the patient goes through but the patient's family, friends and doctors. Actual transcripts of her meetings with her doctor/psychiatrist and art work that she drew to explain her thoughts and feelings make it not only very real but bring you to realize that she is a regular human being that suffers from a not so 'regular' disorder. The mere and simple fact that as a sufferer of MPD she not only thrives well in the normal world but helps others with this disorder makes you realize that MPD is not a lost cause where we need to put these people away and cast them aside. Very treatable and often misunderstood, she brings a spark of reality to the disease that makes you understand and realize, if even only a small portion of, what's going on in their mind.

This book would be a wonderful gift to anyone in the psychology field or for anyone with a friend or loved one that suffers from the disease. I enjoyed it just to understand more about the people around us who might suffer from MPD and finally get a better understanding that isn't biased or untrue like "Sybil" and other stories we've heard or read about it. A realistic viewpoint that shares some of the most intense and private moments of a woman and her life with MPD.

This book has perhaps the wrong title. Most of the book is about Debra's time in therapy. In the early stages of the book Debra explains how she came to terms with the diagnoses of MPD (Later called DID) before focusing on how spiritual help (Jesus, Mary and the Holy Spirit) was of benefit during the counselling process. Chapter 4 contains information of the different tools and techniques that were used during the therapeutic process. Debra explains how integration took place and her thoughts and feelings in the following days. It is an interesting book, giving insight to one persons life who states that have continued to remain integrated, some five years later.

Life After MPD written by Debra Lighthart is a book about Multiple Personality Disorder and the path less chosen. By the path less chosen I am speaking about the path to healing through the leading and power of the Holy Spirit, which I believe is the only way to find true and total healing. While psychology and counselors and therapists all play an important role in this process, none of them alone have the power to bring hope, help and true healing to the disorderly and confusing life of a multiple.

With in the pages of her book, Debra outlines what the path looked like for her. How she sought the power of the spirit and allowed it to guide her process and ultimately bring true healing within her life. She encourages a person with MPD to remember first and foremost, to not depend on anyone or anything but God within them to bring about the external change, for in God's eyes, everyone including the multiple is whole. It is a refreshing outlook for one to be reminded that MPD does not define who a multiple is, but only a symptom of a world gone awry.

If you are seeking an easy path through MPD, this is not the book for you, for God says that the path to Him is narrow, however if you are seeking true healing from the inside out, this book offers itself to be an effective guide to setting a path towards your own healing process.

This book will primarily appeal to mental health professionals and students in related fields. Some patients who may have Dissociative Identity Disorder or Multiple Personality Order may also wish to read the book, as potentially will their family and friends.

Beginning with Freud, mental health professionals have made it a practice to write somewhat disguised, anonymous case histories of their patients. These try to look "in" where no one can really go, someone else's mental processes and experiences.

I have always found case histories of mental issues that are written by trained mental health professionals who were the patients made for more valuable case histories. That's what drew me to this book.

Before reading this, all I knew about the subject was seeing the move, The Three Faces of Eve.

Dr. Lighthart is clearly a highly intelligent, sensitive, multitalented, imaginative and observant person. What she describes about her therapy makes an experience that is beyond my comprehension somewhat understandable to me. She chooses to say relatively little about the abuse she suffered as a child, which makes the book easier to read. Since she didn't really remember the abuse until going into therapy, you find yourself learning to perceive it in much the same way she did.

Of all the case histories I have read about mental healing, this is the only one I can remember that places spiritual values in a central role. I was pleased to see that the book explained why that is a helpful approach.

Overall, my reaction to the book was to reinforce my belief that with the right questions and mental processes we can solve any problem in a magnificent way.

The book's main draw back is that the writing is loosely, rather than tightly related to the subject of telling her story. So you'll find a lot of unnecessary repetition . . . such as the many references to Dr. Lighthart's discussions with her art instructor.

Overall, I found that I learned a lot about the problems she had in overcoming her challenges.

If you decide to read this book, take some time afterwards to get to know someone you love much better by asking about her or his childhood memories. Be supportive and loving as you do!

This is not a lurid account of multiple personality disorder such as "Sybil." Nor are there graphic details of the abuse that Debra Lighthart, a licensed clinical psychologist, suffered as a child. This is a journal-like book outlining the steps Lighthart took during her therapy to deal with MPD, a result of childhood trauma.

The most interesting part of the book is Lighthart's description about how the multiple identities ("alters") emerged. They were not all living in her, fully formed with her swapping people in and out through some kind of mental revolving door. Instead, she gives a very different view of discovering how these "alters" function, one taking tests, another drawing and painting, another emerging as a healer ("Turtle"), the part seeking health and unity. Some of the alters seem to solidify into discrete entities only when analyzed. It's not exactly like you see in movies. And this would probably be of great help to someone going through therapy for this disorder, or doing therapy for other childhood trauma or post-stress difficulties. This is a good read for a clinical psychology student or a patient.

The book was used for a class in spiritual gifts. This is the 2nd class that I've taken and if I didn't know what the gifts were and how they are used, I would not have received the information from the book. Not for new believers.

This is a great guide for the seeker or believer who has a heart to serve and needs a process to explore their personal uniqueness. The servant profile of passion, spiritual gifts and personality is a simple yet effective framework for facilitating a person to find pertinent ministry outlets. Having experienced the process personally, I found the design and flow of the course to be especially good, from the video vignettes to the huddle groups to the gift affirmation process, in which you have others help give perspective to your gifts. I also found the immplementation and leadership materials to be quite helpful in proposing and putting to work a gift-based ministry design in the local church. The only downside to the Network gift-based approach MIGHT be the "modernist" flavor that permeates the material. If you identify more with "postmodern" perspectives you might find Rick Warren's SHAPE process a bit more resonating. Overall though, a very good book that has had a signifigant impact in how churches are designing ministries and placing volunteers for service....I heartily recommend it.

Network is an amazing system and assessment tool that assists Christians in discovering and applying their spiritual gifts and talents to building God's Kingdom. These materials are definietly the means of growing transformed disciples who will transform the world through dedicated and enthusiastic service in God's Kingdom. This tool provides a three step process: 1) Discovery of an individual's Servant Profile which includes, spiritual gifts, Passion/area of minstry and personal work style, 2) Consultation and 3) Ministry placement. This system provides training modules for Teachers and Consultants and helps a church to define its minitry opportunitues for those looking to become more involved. The Leader's guide provides easy to follow teaching plans and the consultant guide gives the ins and outs of consultations with example phrases and detailed outlines. It provides a complete means of helping an individual understand his or her calling in God's Kingdom!

I just completed the class this book accompanies. This was a milestone event for my wife and me. Both of us were saying "No wonder I'm like this and you're like that." I would recommend this for you not only to find your place in church (which it can help you with), but also to find your place in life. This book can focus you in on your Passion (where you should be), your Gifts (what you should be doing) and your Personal Style (how you will be doing it). This book will shine a light on you. Stop fighting your innate makeup and tendencies. And figure out just exactly what you are and how God made you.

We've been using Network at our church for about 4 months and the comments from people regarding their personal growth as well as the dramatic difference evident in lives is nothing short of amazing. As a teacher, I found the materials easy to use and needed only minimal time to prepare. This guide is clear-cut and straight forward as I've been training additional teachers, their comments have been very possitive as well. Not simply a Spiritual Gifts assessment, Network goes the distance and assists people in discovering how and where to use their gifts AND helps people understand more about how they relate to each other in the process.

CAUTION: Network is likely to bring renewal to your congregation--use only if you are willing to change!

I am so thrilled that someone with Marion McGovern's bird's eye view of both sides of the fence has underscored so positively the free agent's role in the economy of the 21st century. I think she does an excellent job of reminding us that people who move from project to project and company to company can be real assets in today's workplace. This is especially good news for Renaissance Souls: people who prefer variety and combination to concentrating on just one thing. Why? Because, as McGovern shows so well, the life of free agents is very different from that of workers sitting in one cubicle specializing in one thing for most of their working life. Free agents have to know their material, of course, but they also have to enjoy applying what they know to a variety of different situations. In addition, free agents need to be comfortable wearing several different hats. Who is going to spread the word about what they have to offer if they don't? Who is going to be sure that the finances are in order if they don't? Even if they hire accountants and make good use of the virtual free agent supports available on the Internet, they still are the one, and only one, making the final decisions and being sure what needs doing has actually been done. As a coach specializing in life design for people with too many passions to pick just one (read Renaissance Souls,) I have already been recommending Dr. Barbara Reinhold's book, FREE TO SUCCEED: Designing the Life You Want In the New Free Agent Economy and Daniel Pinks FREE AGENT ECONOMY. Now I will add McGovern's new contribution as well.

While there is good information here I would strongly recommend some other titles. For anyone who is considering a free agent / consulting career, "Free Agent Nation" by Daniel Pink provides a good "big picture" view of what you're in for. And for advice on consulting, books by Alan Weiss are killer stuff. I read "Million Dollar Consulting in the early 90's and thought it was excellent. And I recently purchased "Getting Started in Consulting", which takes the themes from his early books and translates them into a step by step roadmap. Straightforward, succinct, practical insights into how to build a business.

This is a viable resource for networking and marketing oneself as an independent consultant and provides many suggestions as to how to effectively make the transition from full-time employment to independent consulting. Seasoned consultants may benefit as well from the re-affirmation of the non-traditional "career path" independent consulting constitutes.

I found this to be an invaluable resource for individuals who are practicing as independent consultants or just getting started. Also, leaders of tomorrow's "Fast Companies" will be convinced that using "spot talent" should be a crucial piece of their talent strategy - McGovern illustrates the many uses and successes of consultants. Her experiences in the business provide a wealth of knowledge to both sides. It's a quick read peppered with real-life examples. I have recommended this book to friends who work as free agents/gurus/etc - the advice is up to the minute and prepares individuals and companies for the workplace of the future.

A New Brand of Expertise is definitely an easy read and filled with all sorts of practical tips for both consultants and clients. As a veteran consultant, I found myself in agreement with many of McGovern's comments. When consulting works well, it sures beats "working for a living," as one of the consultants featured in the book mentioned. This book gives the rookie consultant a lot of solid advice on how to get started and be successful. I wish this book existed when I first made the transition to consulting.

As an employer, I found this to be an excellent guide for my employees. We are doing everything possible in our business to prepare for Y2K, including educating (without alarming) our staff. I was surprised to learn that our staff had very little knowledge of Y2K. By providing them with this book, we were able to educate them, and hopefully, ensure a smoother transition into the year 2000 for us all.

Great! This book took me by the hand and explained precisely what I needed to do. I appreciated that the discussions were on my level (am I the only person on earth who didn't know exactly how to drain the water from my pipes until I read this book?) A good read.

I was so happy to find a book to help us, without trying to scare us! I knew we wanted to prepare but I was so tired of all of the hype out there. This book gave us straight talk about everything we were interested in, including our investments, our bank, appliances, how much food and water to store. As a mother, I was concerned about our kids, but the chapter on the special needs of children has provided some great advice, and has allayed my fears. This book is a sane, no-nonsense, and (thank you) no hype guide to Y2K.

It was way overpriced at $19.95. I guess it would be ok for beginners , but I found it bland .

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was an easy read and did not spend a lot of time on how the "Y2K" problem came about, instead it provides a methodical approach to "Y2K" preparation. The information on how to safeguard my Social Security Information alone was worth the price of the book. A wise purchase.

I would encourage you to read this stunning portrayal of life in Alaska and heartwarming affirmation of the power of the American dream. It often reminds me of stories my own grandmother used to tell as I sat at her knee. "Udder Confusion" is a must read for anyone who isn't a baby-hating Communist. You aren't a baby-hating Communist, are you?

This book was well worth reading but even tho they move to Alaska and build a log cabin on their homestead they don't live off the land. Eventually they build a dairy farm.

The husband has to hold down jobs till they get the dairy farm going.

I guess I expected more of a "live off the land type book"

All the descriptions of picking wild berries and catching salmon makes your mouth water !!

Inspite of the silly title it was pretty good.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has everything you could want in reading material, action, adventure, drama, humor, and that unique spirit that makes it truly Alaskan. This book is a great representation of how things used to be and in some respects how they still are. Nothing beats small town, Alaskan life and nothing beats my Grandma!

Gosh, I liked this book. The stories told caused me to think back on the stories my grandmother used to tell me about homesteading in Alaska. Many of the stories she told are strikingly similar to the stories told by the author of this book. Striking to the point where I must consider whether these stories could be classified as original. I feel this book would be a valuable addition to anyone's home library. Especially if one could manage to get a copy free like I did.

It is rare in this modern age of cynicism and apathy to find such an example of family values and caring as was portrayed in the pages of this matchless work. Turn one page and be touched by a family ceaseless struggle to make it in "The Great Land", turn another and be refreshed by humorous vignettes of homestead life, turn another and be moved to tears with memories of a REAL family ( so much like my own) that laughs together and works together. Ms. Lincoln has truly captured the American spirit is this glorious telling of one family's dream.Second only to the genious who wrote this book, must have been the one who illustrated it. From what I have seen, this illustrator will surely go down in history as the greatest who ever wielded a crayon! READ READ READ!

Ross Thomas, (aka Oliver Bleek) did not write Vandenberg. An excellent book as well, it was written by Oliver Lange. Nevertheless, Ross Thomas is one of the great writers of the last century and will be sorely missed.

Allan Cole

Ross Thomas' last published book is typical of his output and agood place to start reading one of America's finest, mostunderappreciated writers.

All of the classic Thomas elements are here: the brilliant opening scene, the quirky character names, the sly political wit, and, of course, plenty of great fun.

The plot is too complicated really to describe in just a few lines. Besides, it is more fun to read and discover it for yourself. As you can expect from Thomas, it is inventive and unique, with plenty of delicious twists and turns.

When Thomas died a few years ago we lost one of the true greats in the mystery/suspense--or, truly, any--genre. His body of work matches up favorably with that of any writer. Each of his books deserves to be read and savored. He is sorely missed.

After having read 5 of Ross Thomas' books, I keep picking up another one. He writes with such style and wit that one wishes one could meet the characters. But perhaps they would be just too cool for us regular folks. His male characters are smart and well-dressed and tough. His female characters are smart and well-dressed and tough. "Ah, Treachery!" is an excellent story about intrigue and the US military and second chances and revenge and impeccable taste in dress and getting the girl.

Read a Ross Thomas novel. You won't regret it.

Millicent Altford of Los Angeles is a Democratic Party insider of long standing. A $1.2 million slush fund has been stolen from right under her nose and she is determined to get it back. To assist her in this task, she hires an ex-Army major by the name of Edd "Twodees" Partain.
Meanwhile back in Washington, D.C., two active Army officers, a colonel and a general, plot to have Mr. Partain rubbed out. You see, he has information linking them to some very serious crimes committed in El Salvador some 3 or 4 years earlier.
Ah, Treachery! has a lot in common with many other Ross Thomas novels. Deliciously bizarre characters, intricate plotting with an abundance of surprising twists and very engaging dialogue are all here, just as we've come to expect from Thomas.
Darkly funny with a body count that steadily increases as the narrative unfolds, Ah, Treachery! is a very entertaining book. The dialogue is exceptionally good and there's plenty of it. I particularly enjoyed a scene where Millicent Altford tells the political facts of life to a newly elected Congressman and a wet behind the ears subcommittee counsel.
This is the last novel Thomas wrote and it is a very fitting finale to an illustrious and prolific writing career. Age did not diminish his literary prowess one bit.

I've read at least half of Thomas' twenty some novels (including Vandenberg, written under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck) and I don't know that I could rate any of them higher than Ah, Treachery!(a pretty strong statement considering how fondly and vividly I remember The Fools In Town Are On Our Side, even after twenty-five years). Thomas has a dry and ironic tone in his fiction and a gift for understated outrageousness that is pretty nearly incomparable among today's writers. It's no exaggeration to say that Thomas does better in a paragraph what takes a goodly number of authors a page. He's been compared to Raymond Chandler, and I think he "out-Chandlers" Chandler. As I read Ah, Treachery!, knowing it was his last, I had to marvel at the control and effortlessness of the work--no fading talent here.

This is the first book I bought on the subject of consulting and it served as a reliable guide in taking my first steps when I finally left my former job to launch my practice.

It covers all the basics, including how to review and develop your skills inventory, identify and exploit consulting opportunities, sell and market your services etc. Of particular value from my point of view are the chapters on low cost/no cost marketing.

I have read other consulting how-to guides, but this one really puts me on the path of more satisfied customers and greater profits. Besides going over contracts, it covers useful elements for websites, strategic marketing plans, and even provides methods to market your services (with examples too)! I should have bought this book when I have my first consulting gig in 1992 it would have saved me thousands.

If you can't afford this book right now, get a used copy while they are available, go to the library, but what every you do get this book. Consider that my free advice to consultants, if you would like to discuss this further, consultations are available.

Generally IT consultants do not have extensive marketing experience. This books provides excellent insights to indirect marketing techniques that work. Consultants, IT consultants in particular, will derive keen marketing insights from this book. The book is written in an easy-to-read style and structured very well. When bulleted items are presented, they are immediately followed by an explanation, one for each item.

This book is a great resource. The author covers everyhing from small details to larger issues. This book is a good resource for people wanting to become a consultant or who are already consulting.

shenson was the consultants consultant

this book tells you how to do it but also gives you the metrics you need to make sure that you do it right

this was the first full coverage consulting book. there was a groundbreaking one some years earlier by another author but it did not cover as many considerations nor give any solid numbers.

this book covers all the aspects you need to be successful. if it does nothing more than keep you from charging too little then it was worth the price.

i have used the advice when i was a consultant and found that it works.

if you have an interest in being an independent consultant you must read it. if you are only a contract employee you could still gain by reading it.

ted nicholas is a master marketer and his inputs strengthen a book taht was already the best. . .