The Oracle Way to Consulting: What it Takes to Become a World-Class Advisor

by Kim Miller

Become a master consultant using the training program created and used by Oracle

The Oracle Consulting Way provides the essential tools and people skills a consultant must have to build trusted client relationships that lead to long-term business. The book defines what a consultant is and explains how to communicate the correct expectations early and often. Readers learn how to handle difficult clients, navigate challenging office politics, leadership techniques, leverage pseudo authority, and manage their own career path.

353 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 8, 2015

Reviews

[Jay French · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this take on “how to be a computer consultant”, although I found it a bit of a mixed bag. If this book were a consultant, I’d say it was very professional but with a chip on their shoulder. The advice leans to dealing with the customer and with co-workers about evenly. I found this mix to be excellent. Near the end, I did sense a bit too much grandstanding as the author says if you don’t believe something that was stated in the book, start over again from the beginning. And this is stated multiple times, which is just a bit too cocky, but fits in with the personality of many computer consultants I’ve dealt with. I think this would be a good book for those wanting to be a consultant who don’t have long experience or training from a top competitor like Oracle. It would also be good for the people who hire Oracle or other top-line consultants, as a way to understand how good consultants make projects work.