So, you want to start a consulting business? Or interested in taking your consulting business the next level?
Most high-achieving professionals at some point in their career dream of ditching the pressure of the 70-hour workweeks and start a consulting business. But there are many factors that...
As a business mentor, I obviously get asked all the time, "How do you start your own business?"
But the question I WISH I was asked all the time is, "How do you start the RIGHT business?"
Now that's a question! Sure, you need to know the smart and strategic steps to transition from corporate...
One of the biggest mistakes that purpose-driven consultants and coaches make is pursuing a subcontracting business model.
What is a Subcontracting Business Model?
Subcontracting is what you do instead of doing the hard work to confront your fears about marketing and settling for a business...
“If your success is not on your own terms,
if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart,
it is not success at all.”
- Anna Quindlen
I really don’t know when I lost my passion for my role as an internal consultant at Walt Disney World. When I landed the job,...
A couple of days ago I wrote an article that differentiates between consultants and coaches and the respective business models.
I realized that I was remiss in pointing out one business model that both might choose: becoming a subcontractor.
Quick Recap on the Difference Between Consultants...
As a mentor who helps people turn their life work into their own businesses, I meet a lot of highly trained and experienced professionals with both vision...and fear.
Their vision is that they want to take control over their career and use their time and talents towards building their own bottom...
Want rock-solid confidence that starting or growing your own consulting or coaching business is right for you? Use these questions to help you get it.
1. What is telling you that you want to grow your own consulting or coaching business?
Which of the following reflects your answer:
- I have always...
The two most popular paths high achievers take when they leave corporate is to either start their own consulting business or start their own coaching business. In this blog post I want to help you understand the difference between the two so that you can you know which one is right for you AND...
"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world
but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all."
Anna Quindlen
Have you fallen out of love with your career (or has it fallen out of love with you?) There is nothing scarier for a high-achiever than to hit the...
I’ll never forget the moment the Disney team turned around the performance of the Animal Kingdom theme park. This beautiful park opened in 1999, full of compelling backstories and adventure. However, it wasn’t resonating with the Disney guests as expected.
The breakthrough solution to...
Rachelle Stone was an experienced meeting and events executive with 28 years in the industry until she simply imploded. She was maxed out way beyond her capacity and had no personal life and was living to work. She decided to quit and quickly hung up her shingle without really understanding what...
Jahaan Blake is a former sports executive turned consultant who was ready for some freedom and control over her personal and professional life.
Some great consulting opportunities to work on the Superbowl fell into her lap, but the one thing that was missing was her identity as a business and...
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