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Learn from your mistakes: make the most of failure
Everybody makes mistakes, but only some people know how to use them to get better. If you've made a mistake this week, that's great. It means you're...
Practical reads on all things strategy, change, and leadership.
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Everybody makes mistakes, but only some people know how to use them to get better. If you've made a mistake this week, that's great. It means you're...
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The life of a self-employed professional (SEP) is a busy one. When running a one or two-person business, there's no shortage of tasks but few people...
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The most challenging part of developing your consulting offer is deciding what to charge.
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How do you sell a consulting service? What services do you sell? How do you know what to sell?
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People are leaving traditional employment in droves. Here are three reasons to go consulting - and how to get it right.
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What should you do before leaving your job to start your own consulting business? What boxes do you need to tick, and how much money do you need in...
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I have a house guest - our former au pair, visiting from Germany. She's launching her yoga video channel and last week; she confided how disheartened...
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You're probably familiar with the opening line of a poem by Brian A. Chalker:
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I only lasted 4 years as an employee. I loved the work I was doing (strategic planning and policy in local government) and I wanted to keep doing it,...
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The Consultants of Choice Foundation Programme development journey - in a series of graphs and pictures. After banging my head into a metaphorical...
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What problems are you battling with right now? If it's one of these three things, I have some useful stuff that might help.
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Being a person is pretty scary, to be honest. If you're a mildly anxious human like me, you might face a frequent war with your brain as it churns...
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If you crave meaningful work, it might not happen by accident. Here's how to shape a fulfilling career by asking five questions. You spend a lot of...
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What problems are you battling with this week? If it's one of these three things, I have some useful stuff that might help.
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Have you got a hard choice to make? Whether it's at work, or at home, having tricky choices ahead weighs on you, even when you aren't actively...
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Let me paint you a picture of a workshop I facilitated recently. Fourteen senior leaders crowd around the boardroom table of an artful...
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Do you find yourself worrying about what people think about you?
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GET YOUR FREE WORKBOOK When you have a clear value proposition you show up with confidence and intention. You attract better clients, do better work,...
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You already know the benefits of self-employment: freedom to shape your work and lifestyle, earning potential, and more fulfilling and impactful...
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Idea technology, a term by Barry Schwartz, is an excellent framework for thinking about the ideas that drive our thinking and decisions.
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Not everyone is cut out for self-employment. Many people are best served in the safety and security of a traditional job.
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Self-employment is an alluring prospect. It’s a chance to live your life on your terms, to achieve more fulfilment and meaning from your career, and...
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Work is a pain in the proverbial. It's also where most of us will spend most of our waking hours. The average person spends over 13 years of their...
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There's a reason every job interview asks the dreaded question: "So, do you have any questions for us?" Gulp. I've got butterflies just thinking...