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The Global Consultant: How to Make Seven Figures Across Borders

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The Global Consultant contains excellent pragmatic advice on how to travel. I wish I had read this book before doing a world tour this summer (but the book wasn't out yet). It is an easy read with interesting stories that exemplify the authors' points about how to travel with less stress, reduce cell phone roaming charges, arrive well rested, enjoy your locations, and grow personally and professionally from the experience. In typical Alan Weiss style, it has strong marketing content that will help you expand your brand and reach, enhance your value to clients, price based on that value and how to get paid in foreign currencies. The strongest chapter was on "The Human Software for Global Consulting." The fourth paragraph in this chapter is an excellent business philosophy and worth many times the price of this book. If you want to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and grow your brand, this is a timely resource for our challenging economies.

Do you have something of value to offer and the ability to share that expertise in ways helpful to others? This book will teach you how to share that expertise globally.

The authors assume you already have something valuable to offer. And if you don't have that confidence, Alan Weiss has another book to help you hone that: Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice. In The Global Consultant, the authors focus specifically on using your expertise overseas and getting well paid for it.

As an trainer and coach who travels all over the world, I read The Global Consultant with a fair amount of skepticism and anticipation. I was pleasantly surprised at the accuracy and usefulness of a book that, by the nature of the subject, must deal in strange mix of generality and specificity.

The book begins with help on establishing your reputation and building relationships. Chapters include: Projecting Expertise and Building Relationships and Creating International Presence. The information and stories ring true to me. From Singapore where I live, it always amazes me that someone from the USA or Europe will be flown in for consulting (at double the price!) when there any number of local or expatriate consultants capable of the project. Why are locals overlooked, because others have established a international presence that commands attention.

The book is filled with "nuts and bolts" related to working internationally. Chapters discuss what to charge and how to get paid; what to pack, where to stay, how to fly, and how to stay healthy on the road; how to learn about cultures, and how to use that knowledge. These are the areas where my skepticism was highest, but the authors came through. I found the information valuable and consistent with "best practices" for the business traveler. (Although I'd live to fly First Class for the rest and health reasons the authors recommend, alas, I work with non-profit organizations and can only hope for an upgrade to Business Class.)

The final chapter, Life Balance, is filled with wisdom. With travel comes much ego gratification. At the beginning of a global career, everything is new and exciting. However, the trips are long and time away from family and significant personal engagements back home can get left in the dust. I appreciate Alan Weiss sharing how he's actually decreasing his travel and days away, bringing a more holistic balance to his life.

I highly recommend this book to anyone building an international presence, or already working in one. I found the author's tips valuable in developing my own practice.

Another book from "The Million Dollar Consultant" Alan Weiss.
This one, co-written with another consultant successful on the global stage, is full of pragmatic advice on how to go global as a consultant.

The funny vignettes make it all the more enjoyable to read.

As with everything written by Alan Weiss, this is recommended reading for everyone in the consulting business.

I am an Australian business consultant. I have read over 400 books on business. I have an MBA and a degree in business development. No authour has had an effect on me like Alan Weiss and this book is no different. If you are serious about consulting as an art, read this book- and others from Alan.

I buy just about everything that Alan Weiss writes, and enjoy them all, including this. However, it basically covers old ground, adding some additional information on the global opportunities for the consultant. If you want to expand an existing consulting library, then this will probably prove useful. If you want to achieve the greatest impact to your new or established consulting business, I recommend his seminal book "Million Dollar Consulting" (5 stars, any edition), or, secondly, it's companion publication "Getting Started in Consulting". Those are THE best books on consulting in my opinion, and have shaped many aspects of my practice -- when applied. While I read this book through once, and keep it for reference, the other, "Million Dollar Consulting", I have read over and over again, get each new edition and re-read it, and have given several copies to others who are in or thinking about entering the business.

With 10 years experience in global consulting, this book showed me how little I REALLY knew. Every aspect of global consulting is covered in detail, with clear, practical advice on how to over come simple and complex challenges.

Alan and Omar have clearly thought this one out and have spent a lot of time separating fact from fiction. Most of the "big 4" consulting firms don't even engage most of these tactics and solutions that benefit both buyers and consultants.

Add this book to your resource library, make copious notes in it (like I have!) and re-read it every month like I do to really learn the valuable lessons contained.

While this book has lots of fascinating stories... My favourite being the one with the female dancers on the plane on the way to the Phillippines(I wonder what happened when the author had dinner with 3 of those dancers after the plane landed), it has to be said that this book doesn't go through the details of "How To Become A Consultant".

It presupposes that you're already a consultant and it's selling you on why its super awesome to go Global and it's also showing you some things you should be doing when you're Global like hiring a limo, scheduling an "Acclimatization Period" when in another country, the perks of virtual assistants and why you should go with a travel agency instead of trying to do everything yourself online.

Its pages are filled with useful lessons which were learned "in the field", lessons which WILL save others following their path a lot of pain and heartache, and introduce fun aspects to being a gloablite... who knew that you could learn a Japanese dance from an Ambassador lol ?

Good read.

However if you're looking to get started in BEING a consultant... then you need to pick up Alan Weiss's "How To Acquire Clients" >>[...]<< (this is a safe link which goes straight to the book on Amazon)

The Global Consultant is really about how to live a fulfilling life as a global traveller, supported through high-value consulting. It is a combination of travelogue, consulting strategy, tips on thriving while traveling, and using the journey to become a more full person.

If you are looking for tips on how to get rich quick by consulting internationally, this is not the book for you. (Nor is consulting your ideal profession!)

If you aspire to live an enriching, global, life while creating value for yourself and your clients, buy it now.