by Rob O'Byrne | May 8, 2020 | Consulting Fees
One of the most important (and most difficult) tasks to complete before launching your new independent consulting business, is to determine how you will charge clients for your services and of course, how much to charge. Calculating and setting your consulting...
by Rob O'Byrne | May 1, 2020 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
Problem-solving will be at the heart of what you do in your new life as an independent consultant. Your customers will only hire you to solve their problems. Business leaders don’t typically hire consultants to fix things that they don’t consider are broken or need...
by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 24, 2020 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
As an independent management consultant, you’ll need to get used to spending plenty of time in meetings. This may be something you’ve become used to as part of your current or previous job, but your role in meetings will probably be very different as an independent...
by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 17, 2020 | Marketing, Mentoring
To some consultants, it’s a curse. To others, it’s an opportunity. For new consulting professionals though, scope creep in client projects is something to be aware of early on and to learn how to manage. If you aren’t able to manage scope creep effectively, it will...
by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 10, 2020 | Consulting Clients
If ever there was a line of work in which there’s no such thing as black and white, it’s consulting. There is no grand consultant’s code to follow. There is no standard framework within which to conduct your activities. Every project can be as clear cut or as vague as...
