The Global Consultant: How to Make Seven Figures Across Borders

In a true "flat earth" there are no borders or impediments to importing and exporting knowledge. Such knowledge transfer, if recorded, would more than offset the current US trade deficit and balance of trade figures. The audience for this book is primarily solo or small-practice consultants (and those considering independent consulting) who seek the wealth, experience, and gratification of consulting internationally. Both "on the ground" and remote techniques are addressed, so the peripatetic and the home-anchored can achieve significant new goals, adventures and growth-experiences.

Table of Contents:
I. The Worldview 1. Why Go Global Because it's as easy to consult in Kuala Lumpur as it is in Kansas o The earth isn't flat, it's right here o We are more alike than apart o Harsh truth: American English, American dollar, American knowledge o Capitalism compels collaboration 2. Projecting Expertise and Building Relationships How to be nearby from 8,000 miles away o The trick to projecting expertise: first get the right type o Breaking in is relatively easy to do o Once you've formed the relationships, keep connecting o Amplifying the impact of your brand and presence: adapting to local need 3. Creating International Presence Alliances and the appeal of the knowledge exporter o What Drucker said o The local alliance o Physical presence o The local, formal office II The Itinerary 4. Prerequisites for Success: Material Creating your own time machine o Staying on top of your game o You don't have to be a pack animal o When things go "bump" in the night o There's feeling good and looking good 5. Prerequisites for Success: Personal Educating yourself o Education basics: before advising others, let's teach ourselves how to get things done o Educating yourself for success: understanding countries and people o Educating yourself for life: lifelong learning o Educating habits: global credibility 6. Prerequisites for Success: New Paradigms Creating global value o Creating new value o Make sure you know what you've got o To make a global impact, build momentum o Decide how you want to deliver value o Make it easy INTERLUDE: TRAVELOGUE Great, not so great, odd, and bewildering aspects of life on the road o Omar o Alan III The Journey 7. Applying Value-Based Pricing Your time is not the issue and had better not be o The philosophy of value based fees o The fundamentals of value based pricing o Overcoming objections and creating converts o Using value based pricing internationally 8. Adding Value Across Cultural Distinctions What you shouldn't adapt is as important as what you should o Experience it yourself o Be attuned to where and with whom you are interacting o Celebrating together o Reasons to ignore cultural variance IV. Distinctive Places and Sites 9. Getting Paid How not to accept 18 gross of native straw baskets (a true story) o Round up the usual suspects (normal obstacles) o Terms of endearment (how to grease the skids) o Expenses are expensive o The express lane 10. The Software for Global Consulting How to make the continuing sale to yourself o Making the ongoing sale: self-esteem o Enthusiasm for the ongoing sale: pick your friends o Opportunities for the ongoing sale: pick your clients o Calibrating the ongoing sale: choose your feedback o Progress is what matters 11. Life Balance Enjoying the challenge with family, friends, and colleagues o Time balance o Family and emotional balance o Mental balance o Energy balance o Making a life Appendices A. Best Ways to Travel o Planes o Trains o Water Travel o Other Note-Worthy Travel Modes B. Our Favorite Hotels and Restaurants in Our Favorite Cities o New York o London o Paris o Istanbul o Dubai o Bangkok o Hong Kong o Shanghai o Tokyo o Australia o And elsewhere C. Vacation Glory o Omar o Alan

About the Author :
Alan Weiss, Ph.D., has published 27 books which appear in eight languages. He has consulted with Merck, Hewlett-Packard, State Street Bank, the Federal Reserve, the British Standards Institute, Singapore's The Straits Times, and over 400 other major organizations, having visited 57 countries. He is the only non-journalist, and one of only seven people in 60 years, to have received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Press Institute. He is a member of the Speakers' Hall of Fame(r) and keynotes major conferences all over the world. Omar Khan attended University College Oxford and then went to Stanford Law School. He was one of the early pioneers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Transformational Learning. He has lived in the United States, Egypt, Germany, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Singapore. Key clients have included 3M, American Express, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, HSBC, Singapore Airlines, The Ritz-Carlton, Raffles, BusinessWeek, Microsoft, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Young Presidents' Organization and the Catholic Church. Omar's firm Sensei currently operates in five key markets around the world: the Americas, U.K. and Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and South Asia.