The Consultant's Calling: Bringing Who You Are to What You Do, New and Revised EditionISBN: 978-0-7879-5847-3
Paperback
288 pages
October 2001, Jossey-Bass
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"Taps into our feelings about our work, but it also makes
definite suggestions to improve our craft as consultants. It helped
me, even though I have twenty-nine years of experience as a
consultant."
Journal of Management Consulting
"The best book for [people who are trying to determine whether]
consulting is for them."
T & D
"A triumph of goodwill, wisdom, and a kind of humble Midwestern
practicality. If Will Rogers had given attention to the consulting
profession, this is the book he would have written."
Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting
"I must have a couple of dozen colleagues who shouldn't go
another day without this book. Bellman has found a way to portray
consulting as a way of life rather than just an abstract function.
Here it all is-what we enjoy and exult in, and what we ponder,
anguish, and whisper about. You will already know
Geoff-the-Consultant: He is yourself."
Peter Vaill, author of Managing as a Performing
Art
"A wonderful book for people who want to test the waters of
consulting, as well as for those who are looking to affirm their
role as consultant but want to enhance their impact with clients
and their own lives."
David B. Wagner, Mercer Delta Consulting
"All my life, as a girl, as a professional consultant and now a
retired elder I have shaped myself to be able to answer the
internal question: Am I truly making a difference in the world? Am
I truly living my beliefs through the contributions? And one day,
some years ago I found Geoff Bellman and The Consultant's
Calling. I wanted to shout out loud in my room, 'Yes that's it!
That's what it's all about!' It affirmed for me everything I
believed . . . .and we need affirmation with regularity, because
it's often lonely out there. This book has been an inspiration for
me and the most important part of reading it over and over is that
it affirms what's best in me and my work. Thank you for being
there, Geoff."
Kathie Dannemiller, consultant and author of
Collaborating for Change
"Geoff Bellman, you wrote my song! I laughed and cried and
hummed as I sang The Consultant's Calling. It left me
feeling affirmed for who I am, empowered with what I could be,
guilty for what I choose not to face, skilled with what I can now
do, and clearly convinced that I am living my work on
purpose."
Chip Bell, management consultant and author of Clients
and Consultants