Presents the information you need to start up and run a consulting business. This guide offers practical advice on how to turn your knowledge of a specific field into a profitable business opportunity. It features information on discovering market opportunities, understanding regulations and laws, and maintaining client relations.

This text complements the author's book on the future of management consultancy. While that book examined the structure and trends in the industry, this volume tackles the more micro questions about how consultants understand what clients value and create value for clients.

A manual that shows how to start a consulting practice and build it successfully in minimal time and with little risk of investment or resources. This third edition has new chapters on how to do effective research and using the Internet to find a multitude of business opportunities.

Grants are available from thousands of sources, both private and public. Where are the grants I need and what do I need to do to submit my ideas and proposals? This book is designed to answer such questions by aiming the grantseeker to both the grant givers and by providing a bibliography of book for further research.

The World Bank finances consulting assignments in all sectors, from socioeconomic and environmental projects to reforms of state and financial sectors, privatization, information technology, and infrastructure. This edition provides guidance to Bank staff and Borrowers on how to select and use consultants in accordance with Bank procedures.

Describes the consulting approaches and methods applied to various types of management and business problems, organizations and environments.

Explains the internal consultant's role and describes the various tasks in which they become engaged. This book provides information that enables users to improve their performance and deliver greater value.

Everything you need to know to successfully apply for a grant from corporations, foundations, or the federal government This comprehensive resource shows anyone how to tap into the millions in grant dollars available from various institutions.

Useful for trainers, consultants, facilitators, and performance improvement technologists, this work helps the reader in designing their own materials.

The consulting industry has been on a roller-coaster ride since the 1990s. This book looks at how consulting firms worldwide create a platform for success: what values they need; who they recruit and what recruitment processes work best; how they keep their finger on the pulse of the market; and how they match the right people to particular jobs.

A guide for managers who have been searching for a way to cut costs on expensive external business advice. Template-Driven Consulting (TDC) allows companies to trim down expenses at another source: external consultants.

A practical resource for consultants who want to enhance their relationship with senior leaders in order to drive broad organization change.

Based on the author's 7Cs model - Client, Clarify, Create, Change, Confirm, Continue, Close - this abridged audio programme offers both budding and experienced consultants a solid framework for managing any consultancy assignment. Single CD, running time approx 1hr 10mins.

Illustrates the principles of inspiring client loyalty through a business fable. This title explains the theory of vulnerability in-depth and presents concrete steps for putting it to work in any organization. It follows a small consulting firm, Lighthouse Partners, which often beats out big-name competitors for top clients.

Based on a consultancy course taught at Harvard University's Continuing Education Centre, this text leads newcomers through the unfamiliar terrain of creating a business. It explains how to develop a client base, how to promote the business and how to oversee financial operations.