Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice, Fifth Edition

Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice, Fifth Edition

Duration
6H 21min
Language
English
Format
Category

Economy & Business

Build a thriving consultancy with the updated edition of this classic bestseller

Having inspired generations of consultants and entrepreneurs around the world, the “Rock Star of Consulting” Alan Weiss returns with a revised and completely updated edition of his authoritative guide to consulting success.

Weiss provides his time-tested model on creating a flourishing consulting business, while incorporating and focusing on the many dynamic changes in solo and boutique consulting, coaching, and entrepreneurship. In addition to guidance on raising capital, attracting clients, and creating a marketing plan, he also gives brand new step-by-step advice on:

* Harnessing today's global opportunities

* Developing brands across markets

* Creating and licensing intellectual property

* Avoiding the pitfalls of social media

* Landing unsolicited referrals through counterintuitive methods

* Managing and organizing your time wisely

* Succeeding in the face of continuing turbulence

Find out why this book has been the classic go-to for consultants for nearly twenty-five years, and learn how to grow your business into a $1 million-per-year firm today!

© 2016 McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio (Audiobook): 9781638417132

Release date

Audiobook: 27 April 2016

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth
    The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth Daniel Jones
  2. Toyota Talent: Developing Your People the Toyota Way
    Toyota Talent: Developing Your People the Toyota Way Jeffrey K. Liker
  3. One Step Ahead: How to Dominate Your Market with Innovation Leadership
    One Step Ahead: How to Dominate Your Market with Innovation Leadership Nicholas J. Webb
  4. The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit For More Efficient and Effective Team Problem Solving
    The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit For More Efficient and Effective Team Problem Solving Paul N. Friga
  5. Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age
    Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age Greg Satell
  6. Designing the Future: How Ford, Toyota, and other World-Class Organizations Use Lean Product Development to Drive Innovation and Transform Their Business
    Designing the Future: How Ford, Toyota, and other World-Class Organizations Use Lean Product Development to Drive Innovation and Transform Their Business James M. Morgan
  7. Discover Your CEO Brand: Secrets to Embracing and Maximizing Your Unique Value as a Leader
    Discover Your CEO Brand: Secrets to Embracing and Maximizing Your Unique Value as a Leader Suzanne Bates
  8. The Lean CEO: Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence
    The Lean CEO: Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence Jacob Stoller
  9. Think on Your Feet: Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills on the Job
    Think on Your Feet: Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills on the Job Jen Oleniczak Brown
  10. The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance
    The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance Peter S. Pande
  11. The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative Potential
    The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative Potential Robin Landa
  12. The Wall Street MBA, Third Edition: Your Personal Crash Course in Corporate Finance
    The Wall Street MBA, Third Edition: Your Personal Crash Course in Corporate Finance Reuben Advani
  13. Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, Third Edition
    Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, Third Edition Aubrey C. Daniels
  14. 7 Habits of Egalitarian Managers: An Executive Guide for Employee Engagement
    7 Habits of Egalitarian Managers: An Executive Guide for Employee Engagement Linda L. Keefe
  15. The Golden Apple: Redefining Work-Life Balance for a Diverse Workforce
    The Golden Apple: Redefining Work-Life Balance for a Diverse Workforce Mason Donovan
  16. Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk
    Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk Denise Shull
  17. Perfect Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Handling Conflict, Confrontations and Challenging Personalities
    Perfect Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Handling Conflict, Confrontations and Challenging Personalities Susan Benjamin
  18. Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results
    Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results Mike Rother
  19. Fast Forward Investing: How to Profit from AI, Driverless Vehicles, Gene Editing, Robotics, and Other Technologies Reshaping Our Lives
    Fast Forward Investing: How to Profit from AI, Driverless Vehicles, Gene Editing, Robotics, and Other Technologies Reshaping Our Lives Jon Markman
  20. Executive Presence, Second Edition: The Art of Commanding Respect Like a CEO
    Executive Presence, Second Edition: The Art of Commanding Respect Like a CEO Harrison Monarth
  21. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
    The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer Jeffrey K. Liker
  22. Leading With Passion: 10 Essentials for Inspiring Others
    Leading With Passion: 10 Essentials for Inspiring Others John J. Murphy
  23. Day Trading: The Ultimate Investment Guide To Understand How Day Trading Works And How To Easy-Make A Passive Income With Options
    Day Trading: The Ultimate Investment Guide To Understand How Day Trading Works And How To Easy-Make A Passive Income With Options Michael Bateman
  24. Crucial Confrontations: Tools for talking about broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior
    Crucial Confrontations: Tools for talking about broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior Joseph Grenny
  25. Beyond the Startup: Sparking Operational Innovations for Global Growth
    Beyond the Startup: Sparking Operational Innovations for Global Growth Ralf Specht
  26. Understanding Options
    Understanding Options Michael Sincere
  27. The Profit Process: Building a Successful Business without Profit Leaks
    The Profit Process: Building a Successful Business without Profit Leaks Brent Trenholm
  28. The Toyota Way to Service Excellence: Lean Transformation in Service Organizations
    The Toyota Way to Service Excellence: Lean Transformation in Service Organizations Jeffrey K. Liker
  29. The New Articulate Executive: Look, Act and Sound Like a Leader
    The New Articulate Executive: Look, Act and Sound Like a Leader Granville N. Toogood
  30. Time Traps: Proven Strategies for Swamped Salespeople
    Time Traps: Proven Strategies for Swamped Salespeople Todd Duncan
  31. Jack Welch & The G.E. Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO
    Jack Welch & The G.E. Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO Robert Slater
  32. Social Media Strategies for Professionals and Their Firms: The Guide to Establishing Credibility and Accelerating Relationships
    Social Media Strategies for Professionals and Their Firms: The Guide to Establishing Credibility and Accelerating Relationships Bruce W. Marcus
  33. 100% Kiwi Business: 9 Kiwi Success Navigators
    100% Kiwi Business: 9 Kiwi Success Navigators Ryan L. Jennings
  34. Marketing = Customers + Heart: How to build your small business growth strategy
    Marketing = Customers + Heart: How to build your small business growth strategy Judy Celmins
  35. Coaching for Breakthrough Success: Proven Techniques for Making Impossible Dreams Possible
    Coaching for Breakthrough Success: Proven Techniques for Making Impossible Dreams Possible Jack Canfield
  36. Lead Like Reagan: Strategies to Motivate, Communicate, and Inspire
    Lead Like Reagan: Strategies to Motivate, Communicate, and Inspire Dan Quiggle
  37. Don't Talk For Free: Step by Step, Selling and Closing Tools
    Don't Talk For Free: Step by Step, Selling and Closing Tools John Reger
  38. Future-Proofing Your Business: Real Life Strategies to Prepare Your Business for Tomorrow, Today
    Future-Proofing Your Business: Real Life Strategies to Prepare Your Business for Tomorrow, Today Troy Hazard
  39. Stealing Genius: The Seven Levels of Adaptive Innovation
    Stealing Genius: The Seven Levels of Adaptive Innovation Steve Miller
  40. Game-Time Decision Making: High-Scoring Business Strategies from the Biggest Names in Sports
    Game-Time Decision Making: High-Scoring Business Strategies from the Biggest Names in Sports David Meltzer
  41. Estimating Construction Profitably: Developing a System for Residential Estimating
    Estimating Construction Profitably: Developing a System for Residential Estimating Michael C. Stone
  42. The Perfect Buyer: What to Ask Before You Buy a Home - and the Answers You Should Receive
    The Perfect Buyer: What to Ask Before You Buy a Home - and the Answers You Should Receive William Walls
  43. Street Smart Negotiations with Brandon Steiner
    Street Smart Negotiations with Brandon Steiner Brandon Steiner
  44. Customer Success Manifesto: How to get clients to stay longer, feel happy and achieve better results.
    Customer Success Manifesto: How to get clients to stay longer, feel happy and achieve better results. Ben McLellan
  45. Recession Proof Riches: how to survive and thrive when the economy tanks
    Recession Proof Riches: how to survive and thrive when the economy tanks Quentin Carlisle MBA
  46. Evergreen Assets
    Evergreen Assets John Lamerton
  47. Immigrant, Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (and how they will save the American worker)
    Immigrant, Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (and how they will save the American worker) Richard T. Herman
  48. Dare to Scale: How to grow your business gracefully
    Dare to Scale: How to grow your business gracefully Warsha Joshi
  49. Do It, Mean It, Be It: The Keys to Achieve Success, Happiness, and Everything You Deserve at Work and in Life
    Do It, Mean It, Be It: The Keys to Achieve Success, Happiness, and Everything You Deserve at Work and in Life Corrie Shanahan
  50. The Lenovo Way: Managing a Diverse Global Company for Optimal Performance
    The Lenovo Way: Managing a Diverse Global Company for Optimal Performance Yolanda Conyers
  51. The Sales Coach's Playbook: Breaking the Performance Code
    The Sales Coach's Playbook: Breaking the Performance Code Bill Bartlett
  52. 7Twelve: A Diversified Investment Portfolio with a Plan
    7Twelve: A Diversified Investment Portfolio with a Plan Craig L. Israelsen
  53. Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success In A World Of Exponential Information
    Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success In A World Of Exponential Information Ross Dawson
  54. Entrepreneurship Bible: Crowdfunding To Global Success 6 Books In 1: Step-By-Step Guide To Write A Business Plan, Build Your Dream Team, Attract Investors And Sell Your Business
    Entrepreneurship Bible: Crowdfunding To Global Success 6 Books In 1: Step-By-Step Guide To Write A Business Plan, Build Your Dream Team, Attract Investors And Sell Your Business Will Weiser
  55. The Predictive Edge: Outsmart the Market using Generative AI and ChatGPT in Financial Forecasting
    The Predictive Edge: Outsmart the Market using Generative AI and ChatGPT in Financial Forecasting Alejandro Lopez-Lira
  56. Upstanding: How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth
    Upstanding: How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth Frank Calderoni
  57. The New Rules of Retirement: Strategies for a Secure Future, 2nd Edition
    The New Rules of Retirement: Strategies for a Secure Future, 2nd Edition Robert C. Carlson
  58. Find. Build. Sell.: How I Turned a $100 Backyard Bar into a $100 Million Pub Empire
    Find. Build. Sell.: How I Turned a $100 Backyard Bar into a $100 Million Pub Empire Stephen J. Hunt
  59. Ace It!: How Sales Champions Win New Business
    Ace It!: How Sales Champions Win New Business Bernie Weiss
  60. Magnetic Entrepreneur: A Personality That Attracts
    Magnetic Entrepreneur: A Personality That Attracts Robert J Moore
  61. Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: Managing in a Downturn
    Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: Managing in a Downturn Ram Charan
  62. Let's Close a Deal: Turn Contacts into Paying Customers for Your Company, Product, Service or Cause
    Let's Close a Deal: Turn Contacts into Paying Customers for Your Company, Product, Service or Cause Christine Clifford
  63. The Come Back Culture: 10 Business Practices That Create Lifelong Customers
    The Come Back Culture: 10 Business Practices That Create Lifelong Customers Jonathan Malm
  64. Saved From Success: How God Can Free You from Culture’s Distortion of Family, Work, and the Good Life
    Saved From Success: How God Can Free You from Culture’s Distortion of Family, Work, and the Good Life Dale Partridge
  65. Smart Retirement Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: Retirement Living and Financial Preparation for Retirement
    Smart Retirement Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: Retirement Living and Financial Preparation for Retirement Josef Radd
  66. The Execution Factor: The One Skill that Drives Success
    The Execution Factor: The One Skill that Drives Success Kim Perell
  67. Strikingly Different Selling: 6 Vital Skills to Stand Out and Sell More
    Strikingly Different Selling: 6 Vital Skills to Stand Out and Sell More Randy Illig
  68. The Secret to Achieving All Your Goals: An Advanced Course in Personal Achievement
    The Secret to Achieving All Your Goals: An Advanced Course in Personal Achievement Roger Dawson
  69. Become a Franchise Owner! : The Start-Up Guide to Lowering Risk, Making Money and Owning What you Do: The Start-Up Guide to Lowering Risk, Making Money, and Owning What you Do
    Become a Franchise Owner! : The Start-Up Guide to Lowering Risk, Making Money and Owning What you Do: The Start-Up Guide to Lowering Risk, Making Money, and Owning What you Do Joel Libava
  70. How to Make Money While you Sleep!: A 7-Step Plan for Starting Your Own Profitable Online Business
    How to Make Money While you Sleep!: A 7-Step Plan for Starting Your Own Profitable Online Business Brett McFall
  71. Project Charter: A Complete End-to-End Guide to Create an Impactful Project Charter for Any Type of Project | Business Case | Objectives | Scope | Business Case | Requirements | Stakeholders | Risks
    Project Charter: A Complete End-to-End Guide to Create an Impactful Project Charter for Any Type of Project | Business Case | Objectives | Scope | Business Case | Requirements | Stakeholders | Risks Rahul Iyer
  72. Day Trading Cryptocurrency: Strategies, Tactics, Mindset, and Tools Required To Build Your New Income Stream
    Day Trading Cryptocurrency: Strategies, Tactics, Mindset, and Tools Required To Build Your New Income Stream Phil C. Senior
  73. Breakthrough Communication: A Powerful 4-Step Process for Overcoming Resistance and Getting Results
    Breakthrough Communication: A Powerful 4-Step Process for Overcoming Resistance and Getting Results Harrison Monarth
  74. Leader Evolution: From Technical Expertise to Strategic Leadership
    Leader Evolution: From Technical Expertise to Strategic Leadership Alan Patterson
  75. The Journey of a First Time Entrepreneur and How I Built A Profitable Business! (FROM SCRATCH)
    The Journey of a First Time Entrepreneur and How I Built A Profitable Business! (FROM SCRATCH) Glenn P Brooks Jr
  76. Grab More Market Share: How to Wrangle Business Away from Lazy Competitors
    Grab More Market Share: How to Wrangle Business Away from Lazy Competitors Ross Shafer
  77. The Strategy Activation Playbook: A Practical Approach to Bringing Your Strategies to Life
    The Strategy Activation Playbook: A Practical Approach to Bringing Your Strategies to Life Aric Wood
  78. The Family-First Entrepreneur: How to Achieve Financial Freedom Without Sacrificing What Matters Most
    The Family-First Entrepreneur: How to Achieve Financial Freedom Without Sacrificing What Matters Most Steve Chou
  79. Five P's To A Wow Business: Wow Business: An Easy-To-Understand, Easy-To-Implement, Practical Guide to Business Success
    Five P's To A Wow Business: Wow Business: An Easy-To-Understand, Easy-To-Implement, Practical Guide to Business Success Bill Matthews
  80. Intended Consequences: How to Build Market-Leading Companies with Responsible Innovation
    Intended Consequences: How to Build Market-Leading Companies with Responsible Innovation Hemant Taneja
  81. You Must Market Your Book: Increase Your Impact, Sell More Books, and Make More Money
    You Must Market Your Book: Increase Your Impact, Sell More Books, and Make More Money Honoree Corder
  82. Entrepreneurship Bible: Crowdfunding And Venture Capital Success 4 Books In 1: 33 Ways To Become A Successful Entrepreneur & Sell Your Business For Billions
    Entrepreneurship Bible: Crowdfunding And Venture Capital Success 4 Books In 1: 33 Ways To Become A Successful Entrepreneur & Sell Your Business For Billions Will Weiser
  83. I Want To Buy A House - Where Do I Start?: Navigating The New Normal
    I Want To Buy A House - Where Do I Start?: Navigating The New Normal William Walls