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A collection of 40 issues

Counterpoint: "Trojan Horse Consultants"

My first counterpoint blog post here, on a recent article entitled "A doctor's note for virulent consultants", provided a point-by-point rebuttle of why the author's arguments fall flat in the face of reality. In the words of the author, consultants are like viruses because

New Book Review: "The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook"

New book review for The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Leading with Trust, by Charles H. Green and Andrea P. Howe, 2011, reposted here: Almost exactly four years ago today, I wrote the following about the predecessor to this text: "Truly, the content that Maister, Green, and

New Book Review: "Strategy and the Fat Smoker"

New book review for Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What's Obvious But Not Easy, by David H. Maister, The Spangle Press, 2008, reposted here: When I first saw this title, I was inclined to think that the author had intended the phrase "fat smoker" to

Past Book Review (November 13, 2003): "The Secrets of Consulting"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully, by Gerald M. Weinberg, Dorset House Publishing, 1986, reposted here: What exactly is consulting? And how does one consult successfully? This informative book attempts to answer

New Book Review: "Your Brain and Business"

New book review for Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders, by Srinivasan S. Pillay, FT Press, 2011, reposted here: It is apparent that one has a controversial text on their hands when some reviewers assign the label "too scientific", and some reviewers assign the label

New Book Review: "Million Dollar Speaking"

New book review for Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional's Guide to Building Your Platform, by Alan Weiss, Ph.D., McGraw-Hill, 2011, reposted here: As Alan Weiss states in his preface, this book was written for the professional career speaker (one who gets paid to speak), even though "

Counterpoint: "A doctor's note for virulent consultants"

One of the most entertaining articles I have read in quite some time was published in the Financial Times earlier this week. Entitled "A doctor's note for virulent consultants", author Andrew Hill quotes "a respected captain of industry" as saying that "consultants are

Past Book Review (January 10, 2009): "The World's Newest Profession"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century, by Christopher D. McKenna, Cambridge University Press, 2006, reposted here: A discussion of the consulting industry from its early origins in the late 1800s is what

Technology == Salvation ?

Due to service disruption with my print subscription to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) this past week, I was not aware of the interview with Peter Thiel entitled "Technology = Salvation" by Holman W. Jenkins Jr. in last weekend's edition until today. Thiel was one of the

New Book Review: "Amplifying Your Effectiveness"

New book review for Amplifying Your Effectiveness: Collected Essays, edited by Gerald M. Weinberg, James Bach, and Naomi Karten, Dorset House Publishing, 2000, reposted here: This book is a collection of "pre-cedings" written by 17 software consultants for a conference of the same name. In the introduction, Weinberg