Consulting in Career Planning & Job Hunting & Business & Finance eBooks

The Strategy Activation Playbook

A Practical Approach to Bringing Your Strategies to Life

by Aric Wood ...

Organizations spend over $160 billion a year hiring consultants to develop and execute strategies, and yet 80 percent of corporate strategies fail.Why? Because we forget the most important factor in successfully executing strategy: People.Our old models of change management and strategy execution assume that organizations are monolithic and can move directly from strategy-making to strategy-doing. ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Organizations spend over $160 billion a year hiring consultants to develop and execute strategies, and yet 80 percent of corporate strategies fail.Why? Because we forget the most important factor in successfully executing strategy: People.Our old models of change management and strategy execution assume that organizations are monolithic and can move directly from strategy-making to strategy-doing.
... Read more
Big Joe, The Rainmaker & Nephew Leech: Mind Your Business! Three Steps to Become a Great CEO

by Renzie Richardson ...

Using the art of storytelling, this business book is written with a flair of entertainment to engage the reader. It is a parable about the fatal mistakes of a business owner and the lessons he learned.Big Joe is the CEO. He hustled and grind for years before he won his first $10 million-dollar contract. But when he did, Big Joe believed he deserved and was entitled to the privileges of wealth. He ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Using the art of storytelling, this business book is written with a flair of entertainment to engage the reader. It is a parable about the fatal mistakes of a business owner and the lessons he learned.Big Joe is the CEO. He hustled and grind for years before he won his first $10 million-dollar contract. But when he did, Big Joe believed he deserved and was entitled to the privileges of wealth. He
... Read more
Se protéger des fraudes

by Auteur non assigné ...

Series series NON CLASSE
UN APPEL DE VOTRE BANQUE. UN CHALET DE RÊVE À PRIX D’AMI. UNE « AMIE » QUI S’Y CONNAÎT EN CRYPTO. UN PETIT-FILS EN LARMES AU BOUT DU FIL…Derrière chacun de ces scénarios se cache peut-être un fraudeur – et il est bien meilleur que vous ne le pensez.Chaque année, les fraudeurs soutirent aux Canadiens au minimum 700 millions de dollars. Et à peine une victime sur dix ose le signaler. Personne n’est ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

UN APPEL DE VOTRE BANQUE. UN CHALET DE RÊVE À PRIX D’AMI. UNE « AMIE » QUI S’Y CONNAÎT EN CRYPTO. UN PETIT-FILS EN LARMES AU BOUT DU FIL…Derrière chacun de ces scénarios se cache peut-être un fraudeur – et il est bien meilleur que vous ne le pensez.Chaque année, les fraudeurs soutirent aux Canadiens au minimum 700 millions de dollars. Et à peine une victime sur dix ose le signaler. Personne n’est
... Read more
The Trusted Advisor: 20th Anniversary Edition

by Charles H. Green, Robert M. Galford, David H. Maister ...

Bestselling author David Maister teams up with Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford to bring us the essential tool for all consultants, negotiators, and advisors.In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough, assert world-renowned professional ... Read more

$22.50 CAD

Bestselling author David Maister teams up with Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford to bring us the essential tool for all consultants, negotiators, and advisors.In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough, assert world-renowned professional
... Read more
E-Myth Mastery

The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company

by Michael E. Gerber ...

The bestselling author of the phenomenally successful essential entrepreneur handbook The E-Myth Revisited presents the next big step in entreprenuerial management and leadership for your small business.In this practical, real-world business development program that can be implemented real-time into any business, Michael E. Gerber begins by explaining why the entrepreneur is so critical to the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The bestselling author of the phenomenally successful essential entrepreneur handbook The E-Myth Revisited presents the next big step in entreprenuerial management and leadership for your small business.In this practical, real-world business development program that can be implemented real-time into any business, Michael E. Gerber begins by explaining why the entrepreneur is so critical to the
... Read more
Managing The Professional Service Firm

by David H. Maister ...

International expert and consultant David Maister offers a brilliant and accessible guide to every management issue at play in professional firms.Professional firms differ from other business enterprises in two distinct ways: first, they provide highly customized services and thus cannot apply many of the management principles developed for product-based industries. Second, professional services ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

International expert and consultant David Maister offers a brilliant and accessible guide to every management issue at play in professional firms.Professional firms differ from other business enterprises in two distinct ways: first, they provide highly customized services and thus cannot apply many of the management principles developed for product-based industries. Second, professional services
... Read more
Power Questions

Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others

by Andrew Sobel, Jerold Panas ...

An arsenal of powerful questions that will transform every conversationSkillfully redefine problems. Make an immediate connection with anyone. Rapidly determine if a client is ready to buy. Access the deepest dreams of others. Power Questions sets out a series of strategic questions that will help you win new business and dramatically deepen your professional and personal relationships. The book ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

An arsenal of powerful questions that will transform every conversationSkillfully redefine problems. Make an immediate connection with anyone. Rapidly determine if a client is ready to buy. Access the deepest dreams of others. Power Questions sets out a series of strategic questions that will help you win new business and dramatically deepen your professional and personal relationships. The book
... Read more
The Power to Change

Stoic Strategies to Transform Your Life

by Chuck Chakrapani ...

THE REAL-LIFE GUIDE TO USING STOIC PRINCIPLES TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE"A GIFT TO ANYONE SEEKING TO LIVE A MORE FULFILLING LIFE." -- DONALD J. ROBERTSON, bestselling author of How to Think Like a Roman EmperorThe Power to Change shows how to use Stoic principles to create a successful life and provides a clear road map and directions to get there. It will guide you in designing a life that flows ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

THE REAL-LIFE GUIDE TO USING STOIC PRINCIPLES TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE"A GIFT TO ANYONE SEEKING TO LIVE A MORE FULFILLING LIFE." -- DONALD J. ROBERTSON, bestselling author of How to Think Like a Roman EmperorThe Power to Change shows how to use Stoic principles to create a successful life and provides a clear road map and directions to get there. It will guide you in designing a life that flows
... Read more
D'endetté à millionnaire

Un plan pour les milléniaux, les jeunes familles et tous ceux qui veulent s'enrichir

by David Descoteaux ...

Series series AFFAIRES
Des milliers de Québécois ont un besoin urgent de sortir de l'endettement chronique et d'accumuler des économies pour leur retraite. Bonne nouvelle : tu peux y arriver, peu importe ton âge ou ton salaire, mais tu devras y mettre les efforts. Dans ce livre, tu apprendras, entre autres :• comment éviter (légalement) de payer des impôts;• comment assainir tes finances en t'imposant le Protocole d ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Des milliers de Québécois ont un besoin urgent de sortir de l'endettement chronique et d'accumuler des économies pour leur retraite. Bonne nouvelle : tu peux y arriver, peu importe ton âge ou ton salaire, mais tu devras y mettre les efforts. Dans ce livre, tu apprendras, entre autres :• comment éviter (légalement) de payer des impôts;• comment assainir tes finances en t'imposant le Protocole d
... Read more
The Firm

The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business

by Duff McDonald ...

Series series A Business Bestseller
The story of McKinsey & Co., America’s most influential and controversial business consulting firm, “an up-to-date, full-blown history, told with wit and clarity” (The Wall Street Journal).If you want to be taken seriously, you hire McKinsey & Company. Founded in 1926, McKinsey can lay claim to the following partial list of accomplishments: its consultants have ushered in waves of structural, ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

The story of McKinsey & Co., America’s most influential and controversial business consulting firm, “an up-to-date, full-blown history, told with wit and clarity” (The Wall Street Journal).If you want to be taken seriously, you hire McKinsey & Company. Founded in 1926, McKinsey can lay claim to the following partial list of accomplishments: its consultants have ushered in waves of structural,
... Read more
The Strategist

Be the Leader Your Business Needs

by Cynthia Montgomery ...

Based on an acclaimed professor's legendary strategy course at Harvard Business School, The Strategist offers a radically new perspective on a leader's most vital role."Are you a strategist?" That's the first question Cynthia Montgomery asks the business owners and senior executives from all over the world who participate in her highly regarded executive education course. It's not a question they ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Based on an acclaimed professor's legendary strategy course at Harvard Business School, The Strategist offers a radically new perspective on a leader's most vital role."Are you a strategist?" That's the first question Cynthia Montgomery asks the business owners and senior executives from all over the world who participate in her highly regarded executive education course. It's not a question they
... Read more
Insights into Effective Coaching

by Julian Brunt, Miroslav Reljic, Karen Root ...

We hope that this book will help students, teachers, employees, managers, leaders and anyone who is curious about coaching and would like to learn more about what constitutes effective coaching.As professional coaches, over the years we have noticed that when people are asked to reflect on their own experience of being coached, the common theme is the feeling that they could have pursued coaching ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

We hope that this book will help students, teachers, employees, managers, leaders and anyone who is curious about coaching and would like to learn more about what constitutes effective coaching.As professional coaches, over the years we have noticed that when people are asked to reflect on their own experience of being coached, the common theme is the feeling that they could have pursued coaching
... Read more
Pitch Perfect

How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time

by Bill McGowan ...

Media guru and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan—a top communication coach to some of the biggest names in business and entertainment, including Eli Manning, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Welch, Thomas Keller and Kenneth Cole teaches you how to get your message across and get what you want with pitch perfect communication. He is also a trusted advisor in the C-suites of tech companies like, ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Media guru and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan—a top communication coach to some of the biggest names in business and entertainment, including Eli Manning, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Welch, Thomas Keller and Kenneth Cole teaches you how to get your message across and get what you want with pitch perfect communication. He is also a trusted advisor in the C-suites of tech companies like,
... Read more
The Big Con

How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies

by Mariana Mazzucato, Rosie Collington ...

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry—and what to do about itThere is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today that must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies’ reliance on companies such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry—and what to do about itThere is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today that must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies’ reliance on companies such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company,
... Read more
True Professionalism

The Courage to Care About Your People, Your Clients, and Your Career

by David H. Maister ...

David Maister, the world's premier consultant to professional service firms, vigorously challenges professionals to examine this essential, yet under-addressed question: What is true professionalism?Professional firms are forever trying to get their people to act like professionals—to do the right things. Though their various incentives may create employee compliance, these don't often encourage ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

David Maister, the world's premier consultant to professional service firms, vigorously challenges professionals to examine this essential, yet under-addressed question: What is true professionalism?Professional firms are forever trying to get their people to act like professionals—to do the right things. Though their various incentives may create employee compliance, these don't often encourage
... Read more
Million Dollar Consulting

by Alan Weiss ...

The Long-Awaited Update for Building a Thriving ConsultancyCompletely updated for today’s busier-than-ever consultants, this classic guide covers the ins and outs for competing and winning in this ultracompetitive field. You’ll find step-by-step advice on how to raise capital, attract clients, create a marketing plan, and grow your business into a $1 million-per-year firm, plus brand-new material ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

The Long-Awaited Update for Building a Thriving ConsultancyCompletely updated for today’s busier-than-ever consultants, this classic guide covers the ins and outs for competing and winning in this ultracompetitive field. You’ll find step-by-step advice on how to raise capital, attract clients, create a marketing plan, and grow your business into a $1 million-per-year firm, plus brand-new material
... Read more
The Secrets of Consulting

Consulting Secrets, #1

by Gerald M. Weinberg ...

Series Book 1 - Consulting Secrets
If you are a consultant, or ever use a consultant, this book is for you. The author draws on his 50+ years of consulting experience to share his secrets about the often irrational world of consulting. "This is a great book. Period! ...this advice is clearly applicable to more than just consulting; it is applicable to life in general." "The book is truly wonderful. A must have!" - Amazon reviews ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you are a consultant, or ever use a consultant, this book is for you. The author draws on his 50+ years of consulting experience to share his secrets about the often irrational world of consulting. "This is a great book. Period! ...this advice is clearly applicable to more than just consulting; it is applicable to life in general." "The book is truly wonderful. A must have!" - Amazon reviews
... Read more
Learn Your Lines

by Jonathan Stark ...

Tired of Fumbling When Clients Ask Tough Questions? Learn Exactly What To Say!We've all been there - a promising sales call takes an awkward turn when the prospect asks, "So, what's your hourly rate?" or "Can we get a discount?" Before you know it, you're hemming and hawing on the phone, wondering what to say next.In his book "Learn Your Lines," consultant and expert sales pro Jonathan Stark saves ... Read more

Free

Tired of Fumbling When Clients Ask Tough Questions? Learn Exactly What To Say!We've all been there - a promising sales call takes an awkward turn when the prospect asks, "So, what's your hourly rate?" or "Can we get a discount?" Before you know it, you're hemming and hawing on the phone, wondering what to say next.In his book "Learn Your Lines," consultant and expert sales pro Jonathan Stark saves
... Read more
Investir à la bourse et s'enrichir

by Bernard Mooney ...

Series series AFFAIRES
Avez-vous déjà fait de l'argent à la Bourse? Savez-vous que très peu de personnes en font vraiment, c'est-à-dire suffisamment pour prendre leur retraite, suffisamment pour se dire riches? Après avoir lu cet ouvrage, vous saurez pourquoi. Vous saurez aussi qu'il est possible de s'enrichir grâce aux conseils judicieux qui y sont proposés. La meilleure façon (et probablement la seule) de faire de l ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Avez-vous déjà fait de l'argent à la Bourse? Savez-vous que très peu de personnes en font vraiment, c'est-à-dire suffisamment pour prendre leur retraite, suffisamment pour se dire riches? Après avoir lu cet ouvrage, vous saurez pourquoi. Vous saurez aussi qu'il est possible de s'enrichir grâce aux conseils judicieux qui y sont proposés. La meilleure façon (et probablement la seule) de faire de l
... Read more
The McKinsey Mind: Understanding and Implementing the Problem-Solving Tools and Management Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consulting Firm

by Ethan Rasiel, Ph.D. Paul N. Friga ...

The groundbreaking follow-up to the international bestsellera hands-on guide to putting McKinsey techniques to work in your organizationMcKinsey & Company is the most respected and most secretive consulting firm in the world, and business readers just can't seem to get enough of all things McKinsey. Now, hot on the heels of his acclaimed international bestseller The McKinsey Way, Ethan Rasiel ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

The groundbreaking follow-up to the international bestsellera hands-on guide to putting McKinsey techniques to work in your organizationMcKinsey & Company is the most respected and most secretive consulting firm in the world, and business readers just can't seem to get enough of all things McKinsey. Now, hot on the heels of his acclaimed international bestseller The McKinsey Way, Ethan Rasiel
... Read more
First Among Equals

How to Manage a Group of Professionals

by Patrick J. McKenna, David H. Maister ...

Professional service gurus David Maister and Patrick McKenna have created a practical handbook on how to lead professional colleagues or peers when you lack formal authority. Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge calls it “a timely, easy to read work leavened with action plans and examples.”Whether you have recently been appointed as a group leader or are a battle-scarred veteran, you know ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Professional service gurus David Maister and Patrick McKenna have created a practical handbook on how to lead professional colleagues or peers when you lack formal authority. Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge calls it “a timely, easy to read work leavened with action plans and examples.”Whether you have recently been appointed as a group leader or are a battle-scarred veteran, you know
... Read more
Practically Radical

Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself

by William C. Taylor ...

“The most powerful and instructive change manual you’ll ever read. It will persuade and inspire you to change your business, your work, and maybe your life.” —Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of A Whole New MindIn Practically Radical, William C. Taylor, the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mavericks at Work offers a refreshing, rigorous new look at pragmatic ways for effective leadership ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

“The most powerful and instructive change manual you’ll ever read. It will persuade and inspire you to change your business, your work, and maybe your life.” —Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of A Whole New MindIn Practically Radical, William C. Taylor, the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mavericks at Work offers a refreshing, rigorous new look at pragmatic ways for effective leadership
... Read more
How to Grow Your Small Business

A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off

by Donald Miller ...

The Wall Street Journal BestsellerFor so many entrepreneurs, running a small business ended up looking different than they imagined. They’re stressed, discouraged, and not confident in their plan for growth. In How to Grow Your Small Business, Donald Miller gives entrepreneurs a 6-step plan to grow their businesses so they produce dependable, predictable results.Using the exact steps you’ll learn ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The Wall Street Journal BestsellerFor so many entrepreneurs, running a small business ended up looking different than they imagined. They’re stressed, discouraged, and not confident in their plan for growth. In How to Grow Your Small Business, Donald Miller gives entrepreneurs a 6-step plan to grow their businesses so they produce dependable, predictable results.Using the exact steps you’ll learn
... Read more
Are Your Lights On?

Consulting Secrets, #6

by Gerald M. Weinberg ...

Series Book 6 - Consulting Secrets
The fledgling problem solver invariably rushes in with solutions before taking time to define the problem being solved. Even experienced solvers, when subjected to social pressure, yield to this demand for haste. When they do, many solutions are found, but not necessarily to the problem at hand.Whether you are a novice or a veteran, this powerful little book will make you a more effective problem ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The fledgling problem solver invariably rushes in with solutions before taking time to define the problem being solved. Even experienced solvers, when subjected to social pressure, yield to this demand for haste. When they do, many solutions are found, but not necessarily to the problem at hand.Whether you are a novice or a veteran, this powerful little book will make you a more effective problem
... Read more

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Consulting eBooks

Show: