Breakthrough Consulting

The consulting industry is a business phenomenon. Over the past 20 years it has enjoyed growth rates that are unprecedented within any industrial and commercial sector, and shows no signs of slowing. By looking at the consultancy industry, from its origins to the present day, and assessing the reasons for its growth and impact on the modern business world, Dembitz and Essinger give a unique insight into what it takes to be, and become, a consultant. With an infectious love of their jobs, the authors provide a comprehensive insight into every aspect of what makes a consultant, and a consulting business, successful. They will help you assess your potential, start up your business and drive it forward. Highly readable, Breakthrough Consulting emphasizes the need for the right attitude as much as a need to adhere to the right procedures and approaches to consultancy. It is the first book to ask many of the world's leading consulting firms, including Andersen Consulting, Deloitte & Touche and PricewaterhouseCoopers, detailed and probing questions about their activities and attitudes to consulting as a profession. Not only will you be shown what needs to be done, but you will be encouraged to enjoy it and its rewards. You will be urged to find your passion and to live it. So, if you want to discover whether consultancy is for you, now is the chance to make a breakthrough