The WorkComp Advisory Group

Creating Exceptional Producers

Our Recommended Reading

We have put together a list of books that we have not only enjoyed reading, but have brought value to us in our own business.  Please take a look and if you would like to order one of the books, just click on the Order Now through Amazon link under each book.  From there, you will be taken directly to Amazon and you may order there.  Enjoy!

 

Getting Naked: A Business Fable
By:  Patrick Lencioni

 

Lencioni illustrates the principles of inspiring client loyalty through a fascinating business fable. He explains the theory of vulnerability in depth and presents concrete steps for putting it to work in any organization.   The story follows a small consulting firm, Lighthouse Partners, which often beats out big-name competitors for top clients. One such competitor buys out Lighthouse and learns important lessons about what it means to provide value to its clients.

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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
By: Simon Sinek

 

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?
Starting with WHY works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Those who start with WHY never manipulate, they inspire. And the people who follow them don't do so because they have to; they follow because they want to.
Drawing on a wide range of real-life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire. This book is for anyone who wants to inspire others or who wants to find someone to inspire them.

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Value Based Fees- How to Charge and Get What You're Worth
By:  Alan Weiss

 

Alan Weiss shows how consulting fees are dependent on only two things: value provided in the perception of the buyer and the intent of the buyer and the consultant to act ethically. Many consultants, however, fail to understand that perceived value is the basis of the fee, or that they must translate the importance of their advice into long-term gains for the client in the client's perception. Still others fail to have the courage and the belief system that support the high value delivered to clients, thereby reducing fees to a level commensurate with the consultant's own low self-esteem. Ultimately, says Weiss, consultants, not clients, are the main cause of low consulting fees.

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  Selling to Big Companies
  By:  Jill Konrath

 

Struggling to Get Your Foot in the Door of Big Companies?
Setting up meetings with corporate decision makers has never been harder. It's almost impossible to get them to pick up the phone. They never return your calls. And if you do happen to catch them, they blow you off right away. It's time to stop making endless cold calls or waiting for the phone to ring. In today's crazy marketplace, new sales strategies are needed to penetrate these big accounts. 

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