A financial expert outlines what you need to understand about money in order to achieve success in business and in life.Who told you, you had to go to a bank or a lender with your hat in your hand to qualify for a loan? Who told you, you had to pay for your home, car, boat, and plane? Get someone else to pay for them! Where did you learn that it took a college education, good credit, and a savings account to become wealthy and financially independent?40 U...

Consulting in Complex and Changing TimesOrganizations face challenges today that are too messy and complicated for consultants to simply play doctor: run a few tests, offer a neat diagnosis of the “problem,” and recommend a solution. Edgar Schein argues that consultants have to jettison the old idea of professional distance and work with their clients in a more personal way, emphasizing authentic openness, curiosity, and humility. Schein draws deeply on his own dec...

Award-Winning Finalist in the Business Category of the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards SEDUCE STAKEHOLDERS There is a high demand for internal financial/accounting officers, executives, managers, controllers, project managers, or change agents who are able to drive change in their organization, without having the formal authority. How to create support, engagement, ownership, and buy-in for strategic initiatives? How to dea...

Not everyone is suited to be an employee! Operating a business to manufacture or sell a product is easy for those who have the capital resources to do so. For those brought up in the information age and educated to provide services rather than sell a product, it is not as easy. Independent contracting is a legitimate means to be self-employed in order to provide services, as long as you follow the rules. This book shows the financial and non-financial advantages of independent contracting. It...

This e-book presents the results of a survey of more than 100 IT professionals in Sydney in Nov 2012. These IT professional were asked two questions. First, what's wrong with outsourcing? Second, what percentage of value is lost or eroded in outsourcing over the lifetime of the deal?

For use by coaches, consultants, C-level execs, and anyone who seeks a more productive business and LIFE.Get a clear picture of who you are and how you work best; of who your team is and how they fit; how to hire and fire; how to juggle many projects at once and get results quickly and effectively. Get out of "busyness" and get into the BUSINESS of getting things accomplished; stay in the emotional state that facilitates accomplishment, and avoid the doldrums of a bad economy, bad b...

Organizational Energy presents a powerful and proven method for transforming organizations. Its power comes from a new understanding of organizations as living systems with their own vital energy, rather than simply mechanistic engines striving to meet their financial targets. Using the analogy between the human energy system and the organizational energy system leaders are able to understand and improve business excellence from a different perspective and improve the health and prosperity...

What if there is a way to follow a direct plan to create a powerful foundation to launch a business without doing a lot of research?Imagine what you would do if you had access to 10-20-30 years of entrepreneur advice at your fingertips?What if you could launch a business while your preparing for midterms?We have worked with many business owners of all ages and backgrounds and we have assisted them with launching their dream business that actually creates profitable re...

Business Change is normal. You can change or be changed. Stand still in business and you reduce your chances of survival.However Change is a complex subject and if you wish to create a change ready organization there are complex activities that must mesh together in a balanced way to ensure success.The approach is with an emphasis on easy readability for the busy executive.

Learn how to open a business consulting firm. A recent survey by the Association of Management Consulting Firms found entry-level consultants earn an average of 65,000 annually while senior partners earn an average of more than 300,000 (including bonuses and profit sharing).

For the USA to recover from today’s financial crisis it needs a noble President and a decent, selfless, and nationalistic government who knows how to solve national problems.Today the American middle class, that was a foundation of the nation, has disappeared.The USA government bailed out Wall Street with $787 billion and put those unsustainable debts on the shoulders of already impoverished Americans. There is high unemployment, foreclosures, skyrocketing cost of living, i...

Based on research, the code has been cracked. There is a group of successful independent consultants who no longer struggle with the ups and downs of the revenue roller coaster. This book is a how-to guide that takes the mystery out of business development with pragmatic advice in three areas: money, focus, and marketing. Follow the nine best practices in this trio of activities and you will succeed.