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How to Acquire Clients
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How to Acquire Clients

Powerful Techniques for the Successful Practitioner

Wiley, 2002 mais...


Editorial Rating

8

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Recommendation

When it comes to the consulting business, Alan Weiss has been there, done that and probably consulted for the T-shirt company that sold you the T-shirt. So what does a consultant do when he’s mastered the consulting business? Why, he becomes a consultant to consultants of course. Weiss has perfected his craft. His book takes you into the buyer’s office, a rarified atmosphere where being too anxious to please can cost you business fast. Weiss has an instinctive understanding of the relationship between prospect and consultant, and an uncanny ability to communicate it. He makes you feel empowered to strike out and start your own seven-figure consultancy - except you’d be competing against the likes of Alan Weiss. getAbstract.com strongly recommends his book to both veteran consultants and neophytes

Take-Aways

  • Most consultants fail because they do not know how to sell and they don’t learn.
  • One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to over-specialize your practice.
  • Your passion for what you do plays a key role in your success and personal growth.

About the Author

After being fired in 1985, Alan Weiss started Summit Consulting Group, Inc. His clients include Hewlett-Packard, Coldwell Banker, Merrill Lynch and Merck. With a Ph.D. in organizational psychology, he’s served as a visiting faculty member at eight universities. He has published more than 400 articles and 16 books, including Getting Started in Consulting, The Ultimate Consultant and Our Emperors Have No Clothes.


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