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The Seven Principles of Professional Services
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The Seven Principles of Professional Services

A field guide for successfully walking the consulting tightrope

PS Principles, 2014 mais...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Shane Anastasi, an experienced professional services consultant, outlines seven basic principles for consulting success. He explains that consultants work in a complex environment fraught with potential for misunderstanding. Anastasi uses “walking a tightrope” as an analogy for balancing the demands of your current clients with those of the consulting firm that employs you and expects you to fulfill your jobs expeditiously and generate more contracts. Anastasi’s sound advice focuses more on how to consult and work with clients than on how to get clients or start a consulting business. He offers guidance that will be useful to service providers in many areas, even sole practitioners. getAbstract recommends his slim manual to new and veteran professional services consultants in many fields.

Take-Aways

  • Unless you are a sole practitioner, you must balance the needs of your consulting client with the needs of the firm that employs you.
  • Clients pay for your consulting expertise; your employer expects you to fulfill your engagements and generate repeat business.
  • Seven principles can help you walk that “tightrope”:

About the Author

SalesForce vice president Shane Anastasi founded PS Principles, a professional services forum. He has 20 years experience in professional services and previously worked at IBM and SingTel.


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