Business of Consulting

The National Speakers Association is the predominant trade association for professional speakers. Its membership is about 3,500 and it draws about half of those people to its annual convention. It maintains a Hall of Fame, of which I’m skeptical, since

(Note: This originally appeared in the current edition (Nov. 2, 2007) of RainToday (http://www.raintoday.comm), for which I am a monthly columnist. I happen to like this one a lot, so I'm reprinting it here.) Of all the bromides and vacuous bloviation

This is an unadulerated plug for my agent Jeff Herman's newest edition of "Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, & Literary Agents, 2008." It's a treasure trove, from how to begin a story to how to reach editors, agents, publishers, and

(Note: This is a rare duplicate post also appearing on Alan's Forums. It's an important rant, so I've included it here. For more information on the Forums: www.alansforums.com.) Okay, I’m so desperate that I’M giving sensitivity lessons. You may want to

The following is absolutely true. On Monday I received a call from someone I’ll call “Howie” from the Institute of Management Consulting (IMC). His voice message told me that the organization wanted to give me an award, and was curious as

I'm at the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe outside of San Diego for one of our Private Roster Mentor Summits. This is the second time we've been to this facility, and today there was a large art fair on the

Iowa has recently ordered payment to stop for consultants A.T. Kearney after the state auditors found that Kearney was being paid more than the state saved in the project! And that was after the state kept lowering the success metrics

The May 25 editon of “Consultants News” from Kennedy Publications notes that the overall management consulting market is doing well, and they expect single-digit growth through 2009. Within that overall picture, healthcare consulting is exceeding general market growth and is

aI’ve become convinced that the consulting profession is better off with no licensing or national recognition at all. I understand this is heresy, but it turns out to be pretty smart business. One of the great advantages of consulting is the