Are there any "how to survive consulting" books you recommend?

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50 shades of Nay

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You have time to read? You'll be fine..

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Managing the professional services firm (an old book they used to give to Partners), the McKinsey Way, The Firm, blogs like Management Consulted, Going Concern, etc. plus find someone more Sr. and ask. Some of us live for people development.

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@BAH 2, looks like Consulting Demons was written 15 years ago. I'm concerned it won't apply.

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Consulting Demons is a good read imo

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Fishbowl is all you need.

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True. Some of it is more 'history of consulting' but it's interesting nonetheless, and some of the career survival advice is timeless; 'like don't get so drunk you sleep thru an 8.0 earthquake' and 'engineers don't want to be shoe salesmen.'

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Look at Peter Block's book Flawless Consulting

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50 shades 😂

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