Suggested Reading

Getting Started In Consulting

by Alan Weiss

Getting Started in Consulting, Second Edition provides practical solutions and proven strategies for launching a consulting business. Readers will learn how low overhead and a high degree of organization can translate into a six-figure income working from a home office. The book also offers key information on how to finance a consulting practice, how to write proposals, how to set up billing and bookkeeping, and more. A new chapter also explains how to get started quickly for those who can't wait to generate cash flow or those who have a cash reserve they are immediately willing to commit.

Million Dollar Consulting

by Alan Weiss

The acclaimed Million Dollar Consulting gives consultants the tools and advice they need to grow a firm that rakes in at least $1 million per year. Alan Weiss, "the consultant's consultant," shows step-by-step how to raise capital, reel in new clients, set fees, accelerate growth, and more. This updated and expanded edition will appeal to both Weiss's many current fans and a whole new generation of readers looking for the best advice available for anyone who wants to build a million-dollar consulting/speaking career.

Consulting for Dummies

by Bob Nelson and Peter Economy

Shows you how to: assess your skills, abilities, and areas of consulting expertise, collect data, analyze research and provide your clients with valuable feedback, build your business through client referrals and new client contracts and more.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Consulting

by Robert Bacal

You're no idiot, of course. You've developed the professional skills to train professionals, but you know you're not going to make it on know-how alone. You want to learn the concepts that contribute to success and can cause failure, so you can avoid common pitfalls and succeed in consulting.

The Consultant's Quick Start Guide

by Elaine Biech

A simple, painless, and effective process for setting up a consulting firm. A unique road map for success, The Consultants Quick Start Guide is a practical approach to setting up a consulting business from an award-winning trainer and consultant. Elaine Biech provides an action plan for success for consultants in their first year of business, taking the reader step-by-step through a fill-in-the-blank process for setting up their own firm. Biech shares both her own experiences and the secrets of other successful consultants for building a profitable business, explaining how to market consulting services, establish an office, meet all the legal requirements, and set goals for the firm.

The Consultant's Toolkit

by Mel Silberman

Written and field-tested by practicing consultants, The Consultant’s Tool Kit will save consultants both time and money-as it makes their work with clients much more effective. Each tool or activity is designed to solve a common consulting problem. Reproducible worksheets, exercises, and questionnaires are easily downloaded from the web and customized by consultants to fit the exact needs of each client—and help them effectively implement the solutions.