Review: Maximizing the Value of Consulting

By consistently delivering and maximizing value for clients, professional consultants have become an integral and permanent part of the organizational landscape. There is an ever-growing need for those highly-trained professionals in nearly every functional business area. Maximizing the Value of Consulting is a resource offering both internal and external consultants an invaluable guide for learning how to report results to senior executives, so they can see how well it's working, the value consulting is bringing to the organization and how it connects to critical issues and business outcomes. The authors, reknowned experts from the ROI Institute and the Association of Internal Management Consultants, detail the opportunities available to consultants, show how the field has evolved, and review the profession's key issues and challenges. Step by step, the book shows the reader how to adopt the most useful tools to enhance a professional practice, what it takes to manage the process properly, how to deliver value time after time, and how to ensure that consulting remains relevant.