Read it for
- Client relationships
- Consultative advice
- Communication
What this book covers
David H. Maister, Robert Galford and Charles Green focus on the relationship between expertise and trust. For paid media leaders, the relevant situations include delivering disappointing results, asking better questions and discussing uncertainty with a client. Use the book to examine how advice is offered and received, alongside the technical quality of the work.
Bring it to your work
Rewrite a difficult client update to clarify what is known, what remains uncertain and what you recommend next. This is a PMC editorial prompt.
Reading context
Publisher description reviewed; its trust model is a professional-practice framework rather than a validated predictor of retention for every agency.
About this reading guide
This guide draws on the source description, contents or sample identified in the edition notes. No external review is cited for this listing.
Prepared with AI assistance from the sources identified on this page. The applications and comparisons are Paid Media Collective suggestions, not claims of full-book reading. An external review does not verify every claim in a book.
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Edition & source notes
The reference below identifies the material checked for this listing. It may differ from the format offered by the main book link.
- Reference edition
- 20th Anniversary Edition
- Format
- paperback
- Reference edition date
- 2 February 2021
- ISBN-13
- 9781982157104
Publisher or author description reviewed. Sources checked . Book not read in full.
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Publisher description reviewed; its trust model is a professional-practice framework rather than a validated predictor of retention for every agency.
Applications, priorities and coverage depth are editorial judgments. Book not read in full.
Source facts and reading prompts prepared with AI assistance. The named authors and linked publishers retain credit for the original work. Source verification is separate from an assessment of current platform tactics.
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