{ "item_title" : "Accelerate Consulting Performance", "item_author" : [" Ralph Varcoe "], "item_description" : "Accelerate Consulting Performance: The Independent Consultant's BlueprintGoing independent is one of the best decisions a senior operator can make. It's also one of the most exposing. The salary stops. The brand stays behind. The title that did half your talking is gone. What's left is you, your judgement, and the question that keeps every new consultant awake at three in the morning: where will the work come from?This book answers that question, properly. It's a practical blueprint for building a high-impact independent consulting practice, drawn from close to 30 years inside the businesses you're now selling to. A repeatable system for turning decades of experience into a business that pays well, runs steadily, and gives you the control no corporate role ever did.WHAT YOU GET INSIDEA 35-chapter, 8-part operating system for the modern independent consultantHow to set up your business properly in days rather than weeksThe maths of your runway, and how to price for a practice that sustains youA complete method for mapping and reactivating the network you've spent decades buildingThe reconnection campaign that opens doors without sounding like a pitchA business development cadence that ends the feast-or-famine cycle for goodThe art of entry: small brilliant work that leads to the bigger engagementsThe discussion document that turns a conversation into a paid engagementA scripted approach to pricing on value, so you stop leaving money on the tableHow to navigate the real power structure of an organisation, rather than the chartA practical toolkit of templates, scripts and checklists you can use from week oneA MAJOR SECTION ON AI IN CONSULTINGArtificial intelligence has reshaped what one experienced person can deliver. Used well, these tools give a one-person practice the reach of a small team. Used carelessly, they leak your client's confidential information and quietly land you on the wrong side of UK GDPR. This book gives you the honest case for AI in consulting, the data protection rules you can't afford to miss, the best tools by task, and the human judgement that still can't be automated.ABOUT THE AUTHORRalph Varcoe is the founder of Accelerate Performance, a collective of independent consultants based in London. He spent close to 30 years as a growth leader, most recently as Chief Growth Officer at Connexin, where he grew revenue from 3 million to 26 million in just over four years. He is a certified trainer of Master NLP and a Master Practitioner of Hypnotherapy, and the author of Accelerate Personal Performance and Accelerate Leadership Performance.WHO THIS BOOK IS FORThe senior operator considering the leap into independent consulting. The newly independent practitioner who wants to build the business properly from the start. The experienced consultant looking to sharpen their pipeline, pricing or use of AI. And anyone curious about joining Accelerate Performance.Build it on relationships. Run it with discipline. Use the new tools well.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/06/769/341/1067693416_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "17.44", "online_price" : "17.44", "our_price" : "17.44", "club_price" : "17.44", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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