This book provides consultants with a career framework to build, grow, and transform their consulting businesses by becoming brilliant at the basics. The Odyssey process challenges current thinking and offers a methodology to help readers rise to the top of the profession by applying leading-edge techniques and methodologies.
An ideal companion to the Odyssey Consulting Institute's suite of learning materials, this book details a proven system designed for consultants who want to work at the highest levels and achieve greater rewards.
The consultant's growth path outlined in the book demonstrates how a successful consultant builds a sustainable career by working through the Odyssey process.
Explaining what consultants must do to join the top 10 percent of the profession and be rewarded accordingly, this book delivers both the tools and the confidence to develop powerful relationships with the right people and drive greater value-based revenue.
This book provides a career framework to help consultants build, grow, and transform their consulting businesses by becoming brilliant at the basics. This companion book to the Odyssey Consulting Institute's suite of learning materials presents a system for consultants who want to work at the highest levels and achieve greater rewards. The book outlines a proven career strategy for consultants and addresses key business issues, including strategic thinking and planning, sales effectiveness, communications, marketing, financials, and metrics.
What business leaders and leading-edge consultants have to say about Odyssey - The Business of Consulting: How to Build, Grow, and Transform Your Consulting Business: Odyssey is a proven pathway to assisting professional consultants to make a greater impact with their clients. It's all about a mindset that applies proven solutions to organizational problems.-Bill J. Bonnstetter, Chairman, Target Training International, Ltd.Odyssey is undoubtedly the best journey one can take to achieve personal and consulting success, and truly supports building a premier consulting business. Simply put, the Odyssey process works.-Dave Bonnstetter, CEO, TTI Success Insights InternationalOdyssey is a value-based system that goes beyond transactional business dealings. The Odyssey Arrow helped me design and connect my consulting business to who I am, while helping me master the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. I am delighted to see that the Odyssey teachings are now in a book so that others can learn from this approach and apply it in building their businesses. Whether you are just starting out or if you're ready to take your business to the next level, this book is for you.-Dr. Jean Ann Larson, Founder and Managing Partner of Jean Ann Larson & AssociatesI travelled to Dublin, Ireland in 2006 to learn about the business of consulting from two of the best: John and Imelda Butler. What I learned has made all the difference in how I serve our clients and am rewarded. Now Imelda has captured this material in a book. It is a gold mine of wisdom, direction and inspiration. Every member of our team will have this on their desk and we will return to it over and over again.-Ron Price, Price Associates & TTI Success Insights China.This book is more than a "how-to" guide. It masterfully and deliberately describes, in exacting detail, the four levels of consulting and the continuum of growth necessary to transform your consulting mindset and deliver insightful knowledge that your clients expect from you?Odyssey is a must-read for anyone who desires the foundation of insight necessary to build a sustainable consulting practice now and into the future.-Brent Patmos CPHDA, Founder and President, Perpetual Development Inc.... a must-read for any consultant. Odyssey is the roadmap to consulting success that embodies integrity and a disciplined approach to creating trustworthy, value-based client relationships.-Dr. Donald Carmont HRXL Associates
