Consulting Career

In her first book Clarifying What Matters: Creating Direction for Your Career, executive coach and career advisor Erica Mattison draws upon her expertise to guide mission-driven professionals to leverage their strengths and make a great living. Reflecting on her own diverse career journey and her coaching clients' transformations, Erica shares mindsets and tactical steps to help you clarify what matters most to you.

Few decisions we make are more important than the ones about the direction of our career. With good reason, more and more people are questioning whether the employee model is right for them. Most have recognized that job security is based on what they are now contributing, and past contributions matter little. They look around and see others who made the leap to become an independent consultant (or freelancer), making far more money, doing more exciting work, and just having more fun.

Straighten the spin of your thoughts from negative to accurate. Imagine a life where you do not believe every story in your head. Imagine controlling your attitude by PUSHing through to accurate and empowering thoughts. Imagine being given permission to quit negative thoughts and think differently. Thoughts spin inside our head at an uncontrollable pace. It’s time to own our spin and master our thought intelligence.

Former consultant Dr. Paul Friga distills the guiding principles first presented in the best-selling The McKinsey Way and the tested-in-the-trenches methodologies outlined in The McKinsey Mind, and combines them with many of the principles and procedures implemented by the military and other organizations. The result is nothing less than the business equivalent of a Special Forces Field Manual.

Oracle's world-famous consultants are leaders in delivering best-in-class services, solutions, and client satisfaction. Now for the first time, this practical insider's guide reveals the secrets behind Oracle's astonishing success - a virtual crash course in the best practices and proven methods that can take your career to the next level.

10 Skills Every Solo Consultant Needs to Succeed: Practical Tools to Advance Your Career and Transition into Consulting Second edition. Revised and expanded. Success as a solo consultant isn’t just about technical expertise—it’s about mastering the essential skills that help you communicate, influence, and build lasting client relationships. In 10 Skills Every Solo Consultant Needs, veteran consultant Phil Charles shares the key non-technical skills that separate thriving consultants from those who struggle. From communication and problem-solving to negotiation and leadership, this ...

Experiencing challenges, being broken, and having to pick up the pieces of our lives is part of the human condition. Eventually, we learn how to fit those pieces back together so they make sense, we are stronger, and our faith becomes greater. Steven Edgley knows about putting the pieces back together after experiencing a devastating life event. As a stroke survivor, he has written Life Between Two Gardens to record his amazing journey of survival, recovery, and faith in the Lord.

It's not easy being an IT manager. There are constant staffing issue, budget issues, project issues, and the challenge of keeping your management informed about what is going on. The one thing that too many of us end up overlooking as we try to accomplish all of these things is that we have one more management job to do: Manage our careers.

If you're looking for a get rich quick scheme, then this book is not for you. The business model you are about to reveal is a clever way to sell products online without buying them first. People love to buy stuff online. And there are tons of cool products that people will be shocked to discover and purchase. All you have to do is to find those cool products and sell them to the right people. As silly as it may sound - this simple business model has already created millionaires all over the world - and there is no reason why you won't do that as well.

In today's dynamic workplace landscape, success isn't just about technical skills—it's about mastering the art of workplace etiquette and behavior. Whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your career journey, this comprehensive guide will empower you to navigate professional environments with confidence, integrity, and grace.

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When we sit down to negotiate, we are really entering into a very specialized conversation with the other side of the table. We have a set of goals and they have their own set of goals. The purpose of the negotiation conversation is to find out if there is a way that the needs of both sides of the table can be met.

Hundreds of thousands of people make a living doing one thing and one thing only...telling other people what to do. Right now, you get up early every day. You survive the commute to your work. You take orders from someone else - and then you get a paycheck. One that's probably a lot smaller than your boss' check - even if you know a lot more about what's going on than he or she does. But you know what? If you've taken the time to learn your trade...if you've gained experience in the real world...you may be able to find people who will PAY YOU to tell them what to do.

Wie Sie Ihr eigenes Verhalten dem Verhalten Ihrer Kunden anpassen. Auf welchen Ebenen Sie die Reaktion Ihrer Gesprächspartner beeinflussen können. Welche Fragen Sie dabei unterstützen, im Verkauf das bestmögliche Ergebnis zu erzielen. Worauf es ankommt, wenn Sie das Wissen um verschiedene Metaebenen in ihr Verkaufsgespräch einfließen lassen wollen.

This audiobook offers to solve the UK productivity conundrum and dramatically improve health and care services while reducing their cost and much more, besides. And it is no promise or dream. It is evidenced by those who have followed John's prescription, which is to change the way they think about management. Beyond Command and Control exposes the fallacies in command and control management, and they are not what people expect them to be.

52 Weekly Sales Meetings is more than a book—it’s a complete sales coaching system. Designed for managers, team leaders, and anyone responsible for driving sales performance, this guide delivers a full year of impactful, ready-to-use meeting plans that build skills, boost morale, and drive results.

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is not a revolutionary new technology. Instead, it is better to think of this as being a new way of organizing computer network functionality. SDN allows the network to be virtualized. That's where the real power of SDN comes from, and that's what we'll be exploring in this book.

Selling. It's at the heart of all business, but it's one of the least understood areas of successful commerce. A big reason for this is that the traditional methods and models of sales simply do not work. Sooner or later, using any of these methods will fail...leaving you asking, "What do I do now?" John Grubbs answers this question in parable form with The Wolf Sales Method. Stories are the core of the human condition, the simplest way to tell and to teach.

If you’ve ever wondered if you could succeed as a consultant, look no further than this audiobook! From tricks of the trade to hard-earned lessons, Fizz! will teach you how to position yourself in the market, sell your services, collaborate with others, and balance your work and life along the way.

What this book is not: It is not a leadership academic resource, filled with principles, methodologies, laws, or processes – it’s a conversation. It’s like we sat down and shared stories over an ice-cold beer or chilled tequila on a hot, sunny day. It is an unconventional leadership book, an autobiography of lessons learned. By listening to this book, you’ll be taken on a ride with me through my personal leadership story.