It's always good to know what challenges await you in a new career, and as rewarding as independent consulting is, you will face your share of challenges once your new business gets under way. In this post, I'd like to help you prepare for just one of those...
Should You go Independent or Join a Consulting Firm? While this website is intended primarily to help you learn about independent consulting, I'm always happy to share insights with anyone keen to get into the management consulting profession, whether they want to run...
Did you know that even as a solo, independent consultant, trust in your brand from the client perspective is as important—if not more so—than the client's trust in you as a consultant? For larger consulting firms, this fact probably goes without saying, but among...
Before choosing life as an independent business consultant, your former career-roles might have required you to understand and practice executive-friendly communication. If not, the tips contained in this post may be useful to you, because communicating with senior...
Many consultants I know (and I've met a few in my career) wish they'd never have to write another consulting proposal. With the exception of those on the verge of retirement though, it's a pretty vain wish, since few are the prospective clients who will engage a...
As I've mentioned in many previous posts here at the Consulting Business School Blog, to run a successful independent consulting business, you need to be proficient in a range of skills beyond a technical knowledge of your chosen consulting field. Some of those...
When you first start your independent consulting business, and there seems to be so much to do and so little time, it's reasonable to question if marketing-tasks like designing and publishing email-newsletters are really worth all the effort. The great thing about...
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 range of effective...
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 depend...