All of the web sites listed under Professional Organizing Associations web sites have terrific ideas and resources for people considering making professional organizing their profession. Our Small Business page may also be useful as you start or grow your business. Below are books specific to organizing that you may find helpful.

Consulting for Professional Organizers

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Books

Making Peace with the Things in Your Life by Cindy Glovinsky addresses Why Your Papers, Books, Clothes, and Other Possession Keep Overwhelming You – and What to Do About It. People who desire information beyond basic organizing will appreciate Glovinsky’s insights into Things. Topics such as Thing acquisition practices, the emotionality attached to Things, Thing disposal habits, and freedom from being stuck with Things are addressed in detail in this book. Glovinsky’s inventories placed throughout the book will enable readers to apply the knowledge they are gaining to their Thing situations.
It is common knowledge that some people are more logical while others are more creatively inclined. In Time Management for the Creative Person, Lee Silber addresses the needs of the latter group. The book is full of Right-Brain Strategies for Stopping Procrastination, Getting Control of the Clock and Calendar, and Freeing Up Your Time and Your Life. Silber mixes humor with pointed truths about the ways in which creative people tend to operate and comes up with practical ideas which will enable anyone (not just creative types) to live life more efficiently and effectively. For people who have found traditional methods of organizing space and time unhelpful, they will find Silber’s ideas refreshingly useful.
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Julie Morgenstern's Organizing From the Inside Out is a must read book for beginning professional organizers. She starts by defining what organizing is and isn't and how people are affected by different obstacles when they try to organize a space. Then Morganstern sets up a basic method for organizing any type of space. This is a very reader-friendly and usable book that will help an organizing consultant to help their clients
How To Be Organized In Spite of Yourself: Time and Space Management that Works with Your Personal Style by Sunny Schlenger and Roberta Roesch helps people to discover their personal space management and time management styles. The authors give specific strategies to enable people to work with their tendencies rather than against them. This book is a good resource since organizing consultants work with clients of various organizing styles.
Julie Morgenstern's practical advice in Time Management from the Inside Out has many of the same features as Organizing From the Inside Out. She helps people define their preferences and needs. Morgenstern shows people how to create a schedule that will work for them and how to make appropriate choices for time tracking devices. The book concludes with a plan of action which is realistic. If an organizing consultant plans to work with clients to help them organize their time, this book provides a practical approach.
Judith Kolberg's Conquering Chronic Disorganization is great book for organizers who would like to expand their organizing techniques in order to be able to service clients who may not respond to the more conventional organizing methods. Among other topics, this book addresses emotional organizing, wholistic organizing, and learning & organizing styles. Kolberg provides organizing suggestions that depart from traditional techniques in an effort to address some of the unique characteristics of those who are chronically disorganized. At the same time, these techniques are not limited to use with clients who are chronically disorganized.
Kathy Waddill's The Organizing Sourcebook guides the reader through nine strategies which will simplify their life. After the Introduction which gives an overview of Kathy's philosophy of organizing, a high-level glimpse of the nine strategies, and a couple of initial exercises to start organizing, the book addresses each of the nine strategies in depth. Each chapter has an overview of the strategy, symptoms that indicate the strategy is a challenge, examples of the strategy in action, and useful hints to implement a plan of attack. The book also has several useful appendices. Organizing consultants will find the wealth of information in this book helpful as they seek to enhance their organizing skills.