Review of Memoirs of a Management Consultant

[Leen282]

Autobiographies give an insight in someone's life, and it is good to learn from other people's experiences. I will skip this book though, since I am not so much into reading about the administrative side of doing business, reading all the names and places that constitute a valuable memory for the author but may be slightly boring for the reader, as the reviewer pointed out.

[Joseph Phoebe]

In *Memoirs of a Management Consultant*, Franco Guazzoni underscores the power of a teachable disposition, illustrating how his commitment to lifelong learning fueled the success of his consulting firm, MIDA, and forged global professional connections from Rome to Zanzibar.

[Jelani Trotter]

The memoir vividly captures Guazzoni’s leadership in professional bodies, showcasing how his collaborative partnerships with figures like Cino Sitia and Rodolfo Winternitz amplified his influence across continents, from Brazil to beyond.

[mrlefty0706]

"Memoirs of a Management Consultant" by Franco Guazzoni is the author’s first-hand account of his personal and professional life. He wrote about more than 75-years of his life including the highs and lows of being a very successful professional management consultant. He does not only focus on the successes, he includes his regrets, failures and other low moments. One of his objectives for writing this memoir is to teach readers how to develop a teachable disposition so they are receptive to continual learning. Franco used this approach during the early stages of his consulting firm, MIDA, that he established as a partnership with four people named Cino, Renato, Rodolfo and Nuccio. His successful consulting operations led to leadership positions in the professional organizations he belonged to and this opened quality connections in several foreign countries including Rome, Brazil and Zanzibar. Franco took his failures in business and in his personal life to heart so that he could avoid the failures happening again. His love and respect for people was based on his morality and conscience. Franco had an incredible capacity for recall of names, dates, organizations and people and he showed this skill in his writings. The amount of detail may slow down the readers and it may cause some boredom. Breaking the story into chapters would have helped give the book a more organized structure but the official reviewer still gave the book a 5 out of 5-star rating. I have been a management consultant for the past 15 years of my career in the insurance world. I know I will enjoy reading the remainder of this book.