If you’ve recently left your senior position to establish a solo consultancy business, you’ll be regularly pitching for business.
If you’ve had a successful career in the government or community services sector, you might be thinking about setting up a consulting business. But are you cut out for it?
When you first start out, how can you let people know you’re available for consulting without being that terrible cliché of a salesperson? Well it’s all about making connections with others and in this article I outline a few really good places to start.
A lot of people think about making the move to consulting, but not many actually do it. But there are a lot of good reasons why you should consider it.
Making the move from employee to consultant can be extremely rewarding – financially, professionally and personally.
One of the most common mistakes new consultants make is under quoting. And if you don’t get this right you’ll continue to be out of pocket on every project.
With a new project to start every few months and not a lot of time for orientation, solo consulting can definitely take you outside your comfort zone.
As a consultant, your working life now revolves around projects so you need to become an expert project manager if you’re going to make a success of it.
Jacq’s book Consult invites you into the often closed shop of the consulting world. You’ll learn what you need to know to get you started on the right track, as well as practical tips and simple steps for developing your consulting expertise over time.