Consulting Demons: inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting

by Lewis Pinault (Author)

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  2000

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  Hardcover
  2000

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  CONSULTING DEMONS Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting What is a Management Consultant? the prized MBA candidate asked. The best of us -- and that could be you -- know without ever needing to ask. Wea re a breed apart, the consultant observed, arrogance and irony in perfect balance. Okay, so that could be me, but what does that mean? the MBA persisted. Of course therea s money involved, the consultant offered. Great deals of money. World travel, first--class living. A chance to influence every corporation on the planet. Virtually no limits to whatever secrets and appetites you feel you need to indulge . Yes, but what is it that we do? the recruit tried one last time, his doubts rapidly evaporating. Youa ll see In this book Lewis Pinault takes a humorous and insightful look at the world of management consultants in this no--holds--barred view of the business. ai...For aspiring consultants, this is an unvarnished look at the life of a consultant, with essential, darkly revealing guidelines on how to get ahead and an enlightening perspective on the brutal infighting that can engulf even the most civilized consulting firm. ai...For current executives and potential clients, Pinault reveals what consultants are really thinking and scheming, and explores the unscrupulous lengths to which a consulting firm will go in order to protect and increase its own lucrative fees. ai...For the general reader, this is a rollicking yarn brimming with vignettes drawn from a consultanta s daily work, including such characteristic consulting activities as benchmarking (deep--cover corporate espionage), business transformation (mass brainwashing), and client entertainment (global debauchery) ISBN 0--471--496--197 JOHN WILEY & SONS, LTD Chichester New York Weinheim Brisbane Singapore Toronto

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  In this gripping and colorful account of the American dream gone astray, Lewis Pinault provides the essential guidelines on how to get ahead and an enlightening perspective on the brutal infighting that can engulf even the most civilized consulting firm. This stunning expose of some of the most prestigious and respected names in the business leads you into a world where a client's interests are skillfully subordinated to those of the consultants, where money rules the day, and where principles and morals are unwelcome baggage. Humorous and insightful, this no-holds-barred account takes you behind the scenes of the dehumanizing indoctrination of an academic intellectual into an exploitative -- and exploited -- global transformation contractor. Featuring new material dealing with the e-consulting industry's boom, bust, and its future, Consulting Demons offers the most complete look at an industry that exacts the highest prices for the most questionable standards of success.

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  2000

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  CONSULTING DEMONS Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting What is a Management Consultant? the prized MBA candidate asked. The best of us -- and that could be you -- know without ever needing to ask. Wea re a breed apart, the consultant observed, arrogance and irony in perfect balance. Okay, so that could be me, but what does that mean? the MBA persisted. Of course therea s money involved, the consultant offered. Great deals of money. World travel, first--class living. A chance to influence every corporation on the planet. Virtually no limits to whatever secrets and appetites you feel you need to indulge . Yes, but what is it that we do? the recruit tried one last time, his doubts rapidly evaporating. Youa ll see In this book Lewis Pinault takes a humorous and insightful look at the world of management consultants in this no--holds--barred view of the business. ai...For aspiring consultants, this is an unvarnished look at the life of a consultant, with essential, darkly revealing guidelines on how to get ahead and an enlightening perspective on the brutal infighting that can engulf even the most civilized consulting firm. ai...For current executives and potential clients, Pinault reveals what consultants are really thinking and scheming, and explores the unscrupulous lengths to which a consulting firm will go in order to protect and increase its own lucrative fees. ai...For the general reader, this is a rollicking yarn brimming with vignettes drawn from a consultanta s daily work, including such characteristic consulting activities as benchmarking (deep--cover corporate espionage), business transformation (mass brainwashing), and client entertainment (global debauchery) ISBN 0--471--496--197 JOHN WILEY & SONS, LTD Chichester New York Weinheim Brisbane Singapore Toronto