Reading List for Consultants

Question

Dear all,

Can you please share your reading list for consulants?
I will start with a book that helped me understand the core of consulting as a business.

Books
- David H. Maister: The Trusted Advisor

Websites
- www.consultancy.co.uk

Magazines
- WirtschaftsWoche (German)

Feel free to copy and expand the list.

Answer 1

Other interesting reads would be:

The pyramid principle by Barbara Minto
The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy: Classic Concepts and New Perspectives by Carl W.Stern
Consulting: A Practitioner's Perspective by Mohan Kancharla

Good luck.

Answer 2

I also like to use Linkedin, I browse there and for example Im following "Management Consulting" (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/feed/channel/management_consulting), sometimes they share interesting articles.

Answer 3

The McKinsey Way by Ethan M. Rasiel

Answer 4

In my opinion, the best book that truly describes management consulting as a business and profession would be:

"Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession" by the International Labour Office and edited by Milan Kubr.

Bear in mind, however, that the book is immense (roughly 900 pages) but extremely thorough.

Answer 5

Hi,

We actually did some research on this as we wanted to know the same.

From a total of 199 Consulting Books reviewed and ranked, we concluded to a Top 20 of Most Recommended Consulting Books that appear on most of the Best Consulting Books lists.

The top 5 on the list is:

The McKinsey Way – Using the Techniques of the World’s Top Strategic Consultants to Help You and Your Business
The Trusted Advisor
Case Interview Secrets: A Former McKinsey Interviewer Reveals How to Get Multiple Job Offers in Consulting
The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking
Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used

The full list can be found at:

https://www.blog.consultants500.com/consulting/top-20-best-consulting-books-recommended-times/