Imagine having a respected, high paying career where executives turn to you for advice on running their businesses. In this book you will discover ...
How to carry out a business consulting project step-by-step from conducting a needs analysis to presenting recommendations to the client
How to gather information through surveys, case studies, interviews, or focus groups
How to get hired by a consulting firm or as an internal consultant for a corporation
How to start your own consulting business, price your services, and get clients
How to be certified as a professional consultant
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This book is now a textbook for the International Association of Professions Career College. Business Consultant Certificate Courses are available from the publisher's website.
Craig Coolahan is a freelance writer and editor with degrees in jounalism and English. A former newspaper reporter he has written hundreds of articles for a variety of publications including the
Times Higher Education Supplement. Tag Goulet is a leading career expert who has consulted for multi-national corporations and conducted business training programs for organizations such as American Management Association International. Her career advice appears frequently at AOL.com and MSN.com, and she has been featured in media from ABC and Oprah.com to Entrepreneur and The Wall Street Journal online. Tag is contributor to more than a dozen books including USA Today and Amazon.com bestsellers, and has spoken before hundreds of thousands of people in dozen of cities over the past 15 years. She is also a part-time university instructor of management courses.
Marg Archibald started her own consulting business three decades ago and soon after began coaching others how to start consulting businesses and manage them for growth. A former director of corporate communications for an airline, she has taught university courses on business consulting and presented courses nationally and internationally about pitfalls to avoid and the systems to establish.