Consulting Career

In today’s reality, fast-paced business maneuvers sometimes find us placed in leadership positions when we’re not quite ready. What if the roadmap to forging unstoppable leadership skills is easier than you think? What if navigating this roadmap could actually be fun, simple, impactful, and sustainable?

Life is full of storms, disruptions, and challenges, but it is what we do in the disruptions that really matters. Will we sink, swim, or survive? My encouragement as you experience life’s S.T.O.R.M.S. includes: Be Still, Give Yourself Time, Rely On Relationships, Stay Open To Lessons, Manage Your Mindset to Stay Motivated, and Soar Above Your Circumstances. It might be a professional disruption like the great resignation, inflation, 9/11, a pandemic, a merger that leads to layoffs, or bankruptcy.

Once, I believed success came from tireless effort and chasing every opportunity. But as jobs came and went, a revelation dawned: the work landscape had transformed without my notice. But rather than despair, I found strength in faith and a strategy for this new world. This book unveils that strategy.

You've been trying to get your solo business off the ground, networking online, sending cold outreaches, creating content, and following the advice of influencers. But time goes by, and you can't seem to break through the noise. Becoming the go-to expert in your field is not easy, but quite possible—if you follow the right path. This audiobook decodes the secrets that successful entrepreneurs have used to become thought leaders and make a lasting impact in their industries. Diego Pineda lays out the strategies and tactics you need to climb to the top of your domain.

Mandi Graziano used to think “sales'' was a dirty word. Then she made a living out of it and realized we all need sales in every aspect of our lives, not just business. Sales Tales: The Hustle, Humor, and Lessons From a Life in Sales is Graziano’s passionately told, vibrantly funny account chronicling her colorful career in sales, the skills she gained, and the lessons learned over the last 20-plus years. Honest, entertaining, and overflowing with practical tips and strategies, Sales Tales is sure to resonate within the business world and beyond.

According to Steve Jobs, "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." The rise of digital technology in business has made this statement truer now more than ever. Today, businesses can be created, marketed, and ready to interact with customers in the blink of an eye, with nothing more than an internet connection! This accelerated pace of business is wreaking havoc on companies that are "too big to fail", sometimes in a matter of months.

Just like a football game, client building requires a solid strategy executed by a series of well-designed plays. While the ultimate objective of a sports team is to put points on the board, the plays are designed to systematically get the team into scoring position. The score itself - a touchdown, a goal, a run - is the closing play. But you can't get there without great opening plays. In the world of business development and sales, getting into scoring position means being in the room with decision makers and influencers - and that's what The Opening Playbook helps you to do.

With a Power Tribe, you can build a certification program with a heart. By following the blueprint in this book, you can certify your best clients to become your largest sales channel, create powerful recurring revenue streams, and grow your company.

I have been called an observer of people and situations. I am constantly mulling over why people do what they do and how they can do it more effectively. But more than that, I am a doer. I like to dream big dreams and make them come true. In addition to running a successfully consulting business for over 35 years and raising three successful adult children with my wife Nancy, I have also found time in the last 10 years to complete six Ironman triathlons - number six in 2016, as a way of celebrating my 66th birthday.

Whether you want to build an authority-based service business, monetize your skills through coaching, or tap into the global e-commerce boom, this audiobook bundle gives you a step-by-step blueprint for success.

Welcome to the wonderful world of consulting. It's a world I know well, having lived it for more than 30 years. What does a consultant do? Well I'm glad you asked. Consultants are brought into a project for their expertise, to speed the project along, and to share their knowledge with the client. Consultants are sought more for their wisdom than for their advice. I try to help the client come to wise decisions rather than telling them what they should do - nobody likes to be told what they should do.

At 17, Alexa Carlin became CEO of her first company, designing jewelry that made a difference, one bracelet at a time. But at 21, she was induced into a medical coma and given a one-percent chance to live. In Adaptable, she shares the stories of her journey, offering powerful insights into hope, courage, and life’s challenges. Written and narrated in a heartfelt and authentic tone, Adaptable invites listeners to develop a new perspective on their past and current obstacles.

Denken wir nicht alle, wir wissen, wie Berufsalltag geht? Dass wir mit Fleiß und guter Arbeit schon die angemessene Anerkennung und die entsprechende Belohnung bekommen? Gar nichts wissen wir, sagt der Job- und Karriereexperte Daniel Rettig. Denn hätten Sie gedacht, dass Lob schadet und ein Plan B alles kaputtmacht? Von A wie "Alles dauert länger als man denkt" über I wie "Idioten werden eher Chef" bis zu Z wie "Ziele bremsen uns" enthält dieses Buch alles, was wir brauchen, um voranzukommen und dabei sogar noch geistig gesund zu bleiben.

The Better Business Book is better than your average business guide. That’s how we came up with the title. It consists of 100 people each sharing their most valuable business lesson. A real story from their business experience and the lesson they learned from it. Each time you listen to it, you will learn something new. Guaranteed.

In Innovating Innovation, David Morey, one of America’s leading strategic consultants, will teach, coach, and guide you across 11 concrete and pragmatic steps that unlock and drive day-to-day innovation in your business and help you gain a long-term competitive advantage in your marketplace.

The Think Big Movement is a business book filled with invaluable insight on how to grow your business. It gives you the tools, best practices, and step-by-step guidance you've been craving to move your business forward, at any stage in its growth. Follow Jacob, the main character in this business book told as a fable, as he experiences the ups and downs of business like most business owners. He discovers a mentor in Marc Gardner, a wildly successful, humble man who built a thriving dental practice using true grit and tenacity.

We've entered a new era. Call it the age of imagination, ideation, conceptualization, creativity, or innovation - take your pick. Creativity, mental flexibility, and collaboration have displaced one-dimensional intelligence and isolated determination as core ingredients of competitive advantage. But these methods and mindsets needed to drive innovation are only found by tapping into the discretionary levels of passion, creativity and initiative within us. This is where Out Think leadership comes in.

In recent years, professional services providers have had to rethink their sales methods and adapt to profound changes in the way clients buy services. In response, Winning the Professional Services Sale argues for fundamental changes in the seller's mindset and sales strategies. Rather than pressing the sale, salespeople must help clients buy - the way that works best for each client. This new approach gives buyers what they now want in a services seller: a consultative problem solver, change agent, and solution integrator, all rolled into one.

As we are constantly on our electronic devices, we have come to distrust curated media and traditional PR. Stephen Denny and Paul Leinberger have found that people now want to make their own decisions based on raw footage, real-time updates, and unfiltered livestreams. How, then, do marketing executives and others gain consumer trust? These Fortune 500 consultants present the answer in Unfiltered Marketing.

The 29 Natural Laws of Sales was developed based on decades of real-world experiences by sales expert Howard Berman. As the president of his own sales consulting firm Berman Consulting Associates, Inc., Mr. Berman has seen almost every sales situation that can occur. The laws presented in this audiobook shatter the illusion and misconceptions that success can be consistently achieved through the use of sales scripts, canned pitches, or a memorized patter.