Powerful Professionals addresses the dramatic shift in the role of professionals working inside organizations. The authors present a modern model to revolutionize professionals' view of themselves and their way of working. To get into a more powerful frame of mind, they encourage professionals and professional groups to think of themselves as an internal consulting business, offering skills and services inside their organization. This entails re-evaluating themselves--thinking of themselves as internal consultants delivering their expertise to internal customers or clients. Used effectively, the skills and models of this book will ensure professionals get their expertise used and valued within their organizations. This book is written for professionals such as project managers, engineers, systems analysts, financial professionals, human resource professionals--anyone whose expert services are used by an organization but who do not have direct control. It is a 'how-to' book full...
