by Rob O'Byrne | Nov 22, 2014 | New Businesses, Start Consulting
Becoming a Management Consultant I was so naive! I started my first management consulting business in 1997. Another followed in 2000 and yet another in 2004. Since then I’ve added other businesses in fields such as education. But wow, I wish I knew way back...
by Rob O'Byrne | Oct 1, 2014 | New Businesses, Sales, Start Consulting
It actually came up in a board meeting at one of my management consulting companies today. Someone relatively new asked the question. So he was forgiven. That’s a simple question for me. No! I’m really black and white on this one and I explained it like...
by Rob O'Byrne | Sep 23, 2014 | Consulting Clients, Sales
A tale of two Ladies … Here’s an interesting lesson in selling consulting services that happened to me today. You see, whilst I own and manage a number of consulting businesses, I also hire consultants to help me. Often. It’s a ‘no...
by Rob O'Byrne | Sep 13, 2014 | Marketing, Start Consulting, Videos
This is a little more than stating your consulting service offering and trying to ‘differentiate’ your consulting services. Deep down, really deep down, what do you actually stand for? Why do you do, what you do? This awesome video from Simon Sinek will...
by Rob O'Byrne | Aug 12, 2014 | Mentoring, New Businesses, Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
When I started out my own consulting business in 1997, I had been consulting for 3 years but had never run my own consulting business. Youth (well at least being a bit younger) and enthusiasm made up for it and through sheer hard work and incredibly long hours for...
