The executive's guide to consultants

how to find, hire and get great results from outside experts

1st ed.
The executive's guide to consultants
David Fields, David Fields
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The executive's guide to consultants

how to find, hire and get great results from outside experts

1st ed.

Research shows a high proportion of consultants fail to deliver results on time, on budget, and on target. Rare is the project that exceeds your expectations.

However, The Executive’s Guide to Consultants reveals how to enjoy the rare, overachieving project every time. This book will help you find experts, invest wisely, accelerate change, and achieve your most important goals by tapping into the genius of others.

The Executive’s Guide to Consultants contains breakthrough ideas covered by no other book, including:
• Sophisticated new contract structures that maximize your ROI
• Essential methods for reducing project risk
• Cutting-edge techniques for making change stick after the consultant leaves
You will also learn to:
• Spot “chameleons” and other low quality consultants who peddle tired ideas and deliver disappointing outcomes
• Get better results faster, while lowering fees!
• Find the ideal consultant, coach, agency, or advisor for your precise situation
• Enforce accountability with outside experts and your own, internal team

Imagine if you could collect the wisdom of dozens of the country’s top CEOs, combine it with the experience of a hall-of-fame consultant, and add a bucketful of unconventional thinking. You’d have The Executive’s Guide to Consultants.

Easy to read and packed with examples, checklists, templates, and guidelines, this book is the ultimate toolkit for maximizing your ROI from outside experts.

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McGraw-Hill
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Table of Contents

Why bother? : estimating the value of doing any
Can we? : should we? : when to use employees and when to use third-party help
What's the context? : become the perfect client before you call the consultant
Who's our partner? : finding & selecting great consultants
Big or small? : the surprising value of independent consultants
What could go wrong? : reducing risk
What are our options? : value wizardry and sophisticated contract negotiation
What's the deal? : fees and contracts for consultants
How do i prep for success? : readying your company before the project starts
How do i run a great project? : deriving outstanding value from your consultant
How do we lock in value? : making change stick after the consultant leaves.

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New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
658.4/6
Library of Congress
HD69.C6 F54 2013, HD69.C6F54 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25384687M
ISBN 10
0071801928
ISBN 13
9780071801928
LCCN
2012026525
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