Product reviews for Consult Yourself - Paperback Edition

I can honestly say that Consult Yourself is one of the best books I have ever read on consultancy skills.

Carol Harris has managed to capture the most superb picture of working as a consultant and is able to express it the most accurate way possible.

Carol has been superb in describing the rue picture of working as a consultant and has so perfectly diminished the myth that consults are sharp suited people making loads of money every day. She captures and describes so well the loneliness, frustration and downsides of being a self-employed consultant. However she provides balance picture of the upside of this type of work and shows a motivational picture of the satisfaction working as a consultant can bring.

This book is superb, and is an absolute must for anyone considering giving up full time employment to set up his or her own consultancy business. I wish I had been able to read this many years ago as Carol so correctly explains that it just is not enough to be an expert in a specialised field. She makes the reader consider the full picture of being able to market and promote your business, dealing with cash flow problems, clearly defining your business and for those being self employed for the first time the pit falls of self management and self motivation.

I would recommend this book to anyone as essential reading if they as many people now feel they are ready to become independent consultants. It simply is so accurate, detailed but straight forward it really is a pleasure to read.

I found that despite having worked as a training consultant for many years, it was so refreshing to read Carols book as it made one focus on issues that it's sop easy to take for granted. Consult Yourself should be part of any consultants library from new to experienced as I found there is a wealth of information for everyone to gain from.

This brilliant book covers everything for the new consultant to consider from Business issues, self-management, relationships with clients, client management ethical issues, cultural and development issues. Carol Harris has excellent experience in consultancy and she describes this by covering all aspects one has to consider when working as a consultant.

I particularly found the section on "facilitating Change through influence" absolutely invaluable. This amongst all the important points that Carol states is very important as often the consultant can describe all the answers to their clients problems yet as an outsider can remain powerless to make it happen. Positive influencing provides excellent examples for the consultant to gain credibility as one who can assist in facilitating the changes in the business, and often that's what the client wants to see.

Consult Yourself should be a must for all consultants no matter what their experience, a superb publication that I could not recommend highly enough.