Cindy Tonkin is a best-selling author and the Consultants' Consultant. Her mission is to transform Australian business through working with consultants and managers.

Cindy's background in Linguistics and NLP makes her exceptional at using language to influence and persuade. Qualifications as a trainer and presenter from Australia and overseas give her what she needs to teach others to do it too.

"When coaching, mentoring and managing staff all we have is words. Managers spend up to 90% of their time writing, reading, speaking or listening. When you control your words, you have more choices about how to direct, suggest and persuade your staff and your clients," she says...(more)

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Consulting and Service Businesses - setting up and maintaining

Asking excellent questions

Being more consultative as a manager

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in Business

Art exhibition February 2004

"How to get recognised, appreciated and promoted", Executive Excellence magazine, March 2003. Full transcript of article

"Dealing with the details", Executive Excellence magazine, December 2004. Full transcript of article

"Leaving the office on time", Law Practice Management magazine, March 2005. Full transcript of article

"BPR your life ", Executive Excellence magazine, July 2006. Full transcript of article

Quoted in "Going Solo" Management Today Australian Institute of Management Magazine October 2006 on ten commandments for new consultants.