by Rob O'Byrne | Feb 7, 2020 | Mentoring, Tips on Consultng
If your corporate life has involved plenty of marketing activity, I apologise in advance for trying to teach you to suck eggs, but the simple fact is; many people who start out in consulting do so solely on the basis of technical expertise. So if you’ve never had to...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jan 15, 2020 | Mentoring, New Businesses, Start Consulting
So, you want to learn how to break into the consulting profession as an independent? Many entrepreneurs do. Some take degrees. Others take online courses. Many opt for hands-on experience with a large company as a starting point. No one, however, can avoid the...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jan 13, 2020 | Consulting Clients, Mentoring
The lines have blurred over the years and the terms ‘consultant’ and ‘contractor’ are now often used interchangeably. By definition, however, these two business professionals perform very different tasks, although the consultant can, in some circumstances, also do the...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jan 10, 2020 | Consulting Clients, Mentoring, Start Consulting
A few people have asked me recently why I don’t provide a live training school for those wanting to get into management consulting. Hmmm. That got me thinking. It’s actually not a bad idea. It would be easy for me to do and I would really enjoy...
by Rob O'Byrne | Dec 20, 2019 | Mentoring, Tips on Consultng
This is another question I get asked a lot. And most people don’t appreciate that the two are quite different. In very simple terms, let me explain it this way. A Contractor, is basically just like an employee. A hired hand to do a specific job or...
by Rob O'Byrne | Dec 13, 2019 | Mentoring, Tips on Consultng
Having been a consultant now since 1994, and now owning 3 consulting businesses (at the last count) I get asked this question a lot. That is the reason I put together this site with lots of free information about how to get ‘into’ consulting. It is...
