by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 12, 2016 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
If you’re in the early throes of planning your new consulting career, you might already have pondered the question of specialising versus generalizing. It can be tricky to decide how far to limit your scope and audience by tying yourself to a consulting speciality....
by Rob O'Byrne | Mar 9, 2016 | Tips on Consultng
If you’re preparing to set out your stall as an independent consultant, I’d probably be insulting your intelligence to tell you that you’ll need to create a website for your business. However, it’s one thing to know that you need a consulting business website, but...
by Rob O'Byrne | Feb 10, 2016 | Tips on Consultng
When you go to work on a consulting customer’s project, that customer is placing a great deal of trust, not only in your abilities to help resolve a business problem, but also in your resolve to be responsible, especially with the knowledge you acquire about the...
by Rob O'Byrne | Oct 28, 2015 | Tips on Consultng
If you’re going to start your own business as an independent consultant, with no business partners at all, one thing you need to think carefully about is business continuity, in case you fall victim to circumstances leaving you unable to work for an extended time....
by Rob O'Byrne | Oct 7, 2015 | Tips on Consultng
In your first few months of management consulting, you might be tempted to spend any free time you get researching best practices for your industry. There is a best practice approach for just about every business process you can think of. Cultivating the belief...
by Rob O'Byrne | Sep 16, 2015 | Tips on Consultng
If you are like many new consultants, after the initial buzz of starting out in your own business, there comes a point when suddenly; you might start to feel a little less confident. The time is drawing near when you have to put yourself in front of prospective...
