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The Trusted Advisor
The book in one sentence
Clients act on advice from people they trust, and trust is built from credibility, reliability and closeness, then quietly destroyed by self-interest.
Who it's for
Consultants, accountants, lawyers, account managers and anyone whose income depends on clients listening to them and acting on what they say.
The big idea
Technical expertise gets you in the door, but it doesn’t make clients take your advice. The authors argue that the most valuable professionals are those whom clients trust enough to consult on wider issues, well beyond the original brief. Trust is not a mystery or a matter of charm. It can be broken into parts, understood and built deliberately, and the most common reason it fails is that the adviser seems more focused on themselves than on the client.
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