If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know how strongly I advocate the need for marketing skills if you want to be a successful independent consultant. That doesn’t just mean you need to sell your brand well; you also need to know and utilise a...
As an independent consultant, you will often find yourself helping client companies manage change. It makes sense then, to ensure you know something about change management and especially how to help clients face and embrace change resistance (which should be...
It goes without saying that just about any product you buy will come with some degree of guarantee as to its quality. The same is also true of most services. But how can you possibly guarantee your consulting services, when your clients’ outcomes...
You will take notes, lots of notes, in your new career as an independent consultant. Furthermore, those notes will matter a great deal to your effectiveness, reputation, and ultimately, your career success. That’s why I feel it worthwhile to discuss some ways in...
If you’re leaving your corporate job for a new career as an independent consultant, you may never have had to write a business plan. This is rarely a task that falls upon employees, so unless you have previously owned a business of your own, there’s no...
