Does anyone have any book recommendations that have helped them become a better consultant ?

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Anytime I read such things I want to leave consulting 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink - helped me develop a stronger perspective on how to build effective teams. Lessons can be applied both within your immediate team, as well as on the client side.

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Bulletproof problem solving

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The Bible.

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Peter Block: Flawless Consulting

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Sounds like an opportunity for Consulting for Dummies. Anyone want to shadow write and give me the glory?

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Yes they did but still the book is pretty good and talks to majority of strategic frameworks that are used in many companies today. Just because company is run poorly by morons doesn’t mean we should reject the bones.

Starts With Why-Simon Sinek

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