| Recommended reading list This is a collection of recommended books on consulting and skills useful in consulting. Cindy adds to them regularly so keep a look out for recent additions.
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General consulting
Consulting Mastery
- the ability myth - when being good is not enough
by Cindy Tonkin, Allen and Unwin, 2002.
True Professionalism - The courage to care about your people, your clients,
and your career
by David H. Maister, Touchstone, 1997.
First among Equals - How to manage a Group of Professionals
by Patrick J. McKenna and David H. Maister
The Consultant’s Calling - Bringing who you
are to what you do
by Geoffrey M Bellman, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1990.
Million Dollar Consulting - The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice
by Alan Weiss, McGraw-Hill, 2002
Flawless Consulting - A Guide To Getting Your
Expertise Used
by Peter Block, Jossey-Bass Pfeffer, 1981.
High Income Consulting
by Tom Lambert, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 1993.
Managing the Professional Service Firm
by David Maister, Free Press Paperbacks, 1993.
The Trusted Advisor
by David Maister, CH Green and RM Galford, The Free Press, Simon and Schuster,
2000.
Dangerous Company: The consulting powerhouses
and the businesses they save and ruin
by J O’Shea and C Madigan, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 1997.
The Australian
Consultant’s Guide 2005 version. Setting up and running your own consulting
business profitably and painlessly
by C Tonkin, Aragon Gray, 2004.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Spiral Dynamics: mastering values, leadership
and change
by DE Beck and CC Cowan, Blackwell Business, 1996.
Figuring Out People — design engineering with
meta-programs
by RG Bodenhammer and LM Hall, The Anglo-American Book Company, 1997.
Tools for Dreamers – Strategies for creativity
and the Structure of Innovation
by RB Dilts, T Epstein and RW Dilts, Meta Publications, 1991.
NLP at Work — the difference that makes a
difference in business
by S Knight, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 1995.
Introducing NLP
by J O’Connor and J Seymour, revised edition, Aquarian Books, HarperCollins,
1990.
Influence and persuasion
Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert Cialdini, Quill, 1983.
Managing with Power, Politics and Influence
in Organisations
by J Pfeffer, Harvard Business School Press, 1992.
Buzz - Harness the Power of Influence and Create Demand by Marian Salzman, Ira Matathia and Ann O'Reilly, John Wiley 2003
General management
Good to Great - Why some companies make the leap... and others don't
by Jim Collins, Random House 2001
Built to Last - Successful Habits Of Visionary
Companies
by James C. Collins and Jerry L. Porras, Century Random House, 1994.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen Covey, The Business Library, 1989.
Fad Surfing in the Boardroom. Reclaiming the
courage to manage in the age of instant answers
by EC Shapiro, Addison Wesley, 1995.
Productivity and business process re-engineering
Reengineering The Corporation - A Manifesto
For Business Revolution
by Michael Hammer and James Champy, Allen and Unwin, 1994.
Training
The 4 Mat System. Teaching to learning styles
with right/left mode techniques
by B McCarthy, Excel, Inc, 1987.
Training with NLP
by J O’Connor and J Seymour, Thorsons HarperCollins, 1994.
Personality, learning style and values
A Guide to the Development and Use of the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
by I Myers Briggs and MH McCaulley, Consulting Psychologists Press, 1985.
‘Human Nature Prepares for a Momentous Leap’,
The Futurist
by CW Graves, April 1974.
The Media Equation — how people treat computers,
television and new media like real people and places
by B Reeves and C Nass, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Futurists and trend watching
High Tech, High Touch. Technology and our
search for meaning
by J Naisbitt, N Naisbitt and D Philips, Nicholas Brealey, 1999.
Job shift - How to prosper in a workplace
without jobs
by William Bridges, Allen and Unwin, 1995.
The Age of Unreason
by Charles Handy, Harvard Business School, 1991.
The New Alchemists
by Charles Handy, Hutchinson, 1999.
The Birth of the Chaordic Age
by D Hock, Berrett Koehler Publishers, 1999.
The Dream Society. How the coming shift from
information to imagination will transform your business
by R Jensen, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
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