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The IT Consultant

A Commonsense Framework for Managing the Client Relationship

by Rick Freedman

The IT Consultant
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers
Pub. Date: 2000
ISBN: 9780787951733
No. pages: 240

Category: Industries
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In this summary you will learn

  • How to be a successful consultant
  • How to negotiate a client relationship
  • Why people skills are more important than tech skills
  • Why consultants must keep abreast of the latest industry developments

Why you should read The IT Consultant

Author Rick Freedman spent many years as a consultant and his textbook and accompanying CD offer a lot of orderly advice aimed at both the novice consultant and the veteran consultant who wants to improve. Freedman covers such topics as the business of advice, the IT (information technology) consulting framework and developing superior consulting skills. Freedman’s main argument is that consultants should train so that they can be of more help to their clients. Successful consultants, he maintains, rely more on their people skills than on their technical gifts. Freedman also gives aspiring consultants advice on how to remain competitive in securing and keeping clients. He instructs consultants to read a steady stream of periodicals and books to keep up with the vast daily changes in technology. getabstract suggests that you can use his book and CD set to find out everything you ever wanted to know about consulting - including how hard it is - but never knew who to ask.

About the Author

Rick Freedman  is the founder of Consulting Strategies, Inc., an IT training and consulting firm. He has 16 years of experience as an IT consultant, both as an employee of Fortune 500 firms such as Citicorp and Dun and Bradstreet, and as a principal consultant for Cap Gemini American and ENTEX Information Services.

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