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""A refreshingly crisp style - well worth reading"" - The Reading Chronicle This book is perfect for anyone who needs to use contractors, consultants or other professional advisers, whatever their business. Acknowledged expert Harold Lewis uses his experience on both sides of the business relationship and explains the whole process. The first book to deal with this subject so comprehensively, Using and Choosing Consultants & Advisers.... gives best practice advie that can immediately be put into effect; doesn't take sides on client-consultancy issues but offers a balanced view; helps clients get into the mind of consultants, showing them how consultancy works from the inside; is addressed to businesses/non-commercial groups as well as individuals. The valuable advice it contains will be useful not just for new businesses, but also for established firms seeking to strengthen and extend their contracting skills. Written in a crisp, accessible and businesslike style, the book contains numerous examples and checklists as well as case studies of good and bad practice. This book will help you avoid mistakes and pitfalls, save time, money and effort, and make the process of working with consultants really worthwhile.

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Owner managers and business advisers should read this. - Business Adviser User-friendly... would recommend it to anyone involved with commissioning consultants. - Supply Management Worry no more, help is at hand... a wealth of information and advice not generally available. - Liverpool Daily Post

A core addition to personal, professional and university level business management studies reference collections...Very highly recommended and informative reading. Midwest Book Review This straightforward guide to reaching the right decision when thinking about consultants should make it a useful addiction to the bookshelf of the proprietors of every growing and ambitious business. Independent on Sunday After identifying the kinds of situations in which professional help might be necessary or useful, Lewis discusses various ways to obtain help. He also indicates circumstances in which bringing in outside advisers might not be the best course of action. www.summary.com A practical guide to employing external advisers and understanding how they operate. Supply Management Very highly recommended and informative reading for all business professionals, executives, managers, and MBA studies for its complete and helpful collection of intelligible and easy-to-follow consulting information. Midwest Book Review Firms either engaging or thinking of engaging consultants should read this book. Managing Risk A solid overview of how to work with consultants. GetAbstract A refreshingly crisp style - well worth reading The Reading Chronicle

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Harold Lewis is a writer, editor and independent consultant with more than 30 years' professional experience working with client authorities and consultancy organizations. A leading authority on the process of developing and responding to tenders, he is also the author of Bids, Tenders & Proposals, also Kogan Page.

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