Everyone in business will at some time or other need professional help. Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers is a practical guide to help businesses, organizations and individuals make the best use of consultants and advisers, and get the best value from the experts they hire. Distilling the author’s in-depth experience of both sides of the business relationship, it offers a wealth of inside information that clients cannot usually obtain. It shows you how to:

• Identify the need for professional advice;
• Understand how consultants and advisers operate and how they charge;
• Define your requirements and specify the job to be done;
• Select the consultants that are right for you;
• Go out to tender;
• Draw up contracts;
• Keep track of the work;
• Deal effectively with problems;
• Develop successful working and partnering relationships.