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Butlers & Household Managers: 21st Century Professionals

Butlers & Household Managers, 21st Century Professionals is designed to assist those seeking a new and rewarding career as a butler or the American equivalent, the household manager, as well as those seeking to employ them, whether in stately home, hotel, corporate setting or elsewhere. In the increasingly competitive and mechanistic world in which we live, service is often the only differentiator between one provider and another. Having a competent butler is one way to develop that much-needed edge.

Butlers & Household Managers, 21st Century Professionals is also useful for any man or woman who would like to use some of the butler's know-how to enhance his or her own life style.

The many checklists in Butlers & Household Managers, 21st Century Professionals cover every kind of situation a butler deals with and are designed, in conjunction with the chapter they supplement, to walk a person successfully through those situations and so increase his or her confidence. No amount of copying actions mechanically will make a butler, however. It is necessary to understand the point of view of the butler to then handle any given situation as a butler would. That is why chapters are provided to explain the butler rationale.

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Product Details:
Author: Steven Ferry
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: 2002-06
ISBN: 1591093066
Package Length: 9.9 inches
Package Width: 6.8 inches
Package Height: 0.7 inches
Package Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 8 reviews
 
 

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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

5The most informative and concise book for this topic ever  Jun 21, 2006
I loved this book and still refer to in occasionally. I wish more books were written by him and perhaps in a memoir tone so it could be an entertaining version of this one. I've read others that are "behind the scenes" and was quite put off with the arrogance of them. Big accolades to Steven Ferry for writing a practical and inspiring book, I only wish there were more from him!

8 of 8 found the following review helpful:

5You don't have to be a butler to love this book!  Sep 23, 2005
I am NOT a butler, but I sought this book out on the internet and finally purchased it after thinking I could use it for many years. I was NOT disappointed. It is the best self-help book on the market! This book can help you organize your life on nearly every level. It is an organizers dream book for most of us who have to live without at butler. Yes, I am still in the process of becoming a good household manager, but now I have the advice and skills of my "guide book man".

9 of 9 found the following review helpful:

5Simply The Best!  Oct 02, 2004
If you are involved in the world of private service, I highly recommend this book as a "must have." Mr. Ferry has gone to great lengths to get it right and the results are contained within the pages of this book.
Mr. Ferry presents us with a history of Butling (and other private service household positions,) and weaves a rich tapestry of service standards, duties, do's and don'ts, professional expectations and numerous other pieces of valuable advice throughout the book.
If you do not have this wonderful resource in your collection my advice is to get it and use it.
"The British Butler"
North Carolina, USA

3 of 6 found the following review helpful:

4Butlers & Household Managers, 21st Century Professionals  Oct 05, 2002
"I read `Butlers' cover to cover. Great! It captures the essence of good butling-competency and discretion."

5 of 8 found the following review helpful:

5Butlers & Household Managers, 21st Century Professionals  Oct 05, 2002
I've read your book cover to cover and not only enjoyed it but also learned many new things." Vice President/Secretary, International Association of Household Professionals

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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