Welcome to the
Consulting Matters Blog

Transition from Corporate Leadership to Consulting with Confidence

Are you new to consulting and unclear about how to deliver results as a consultant, without formal authority or a position on the org chart?

OR are your entrepreneurial dreams held up because you’re just not clear on how expertise ...

If you are interested in leaving your current job for the potential of running your own consulting or coaching practice, there is only one thing you need. You may think you need a lot of money in the bank and a "rolodex" of potential clients and referrals.

While those things are important, they are...

We're coming up on the end of the year and it's time to review what worked and didn't so we can come up with plans for 2021, right?

Wrong!

If 2020 has taught us anything, we don't always have control over all the things we put into typical annual plans, complete with SMART goals and actionable str...

If you feel a pit in your stomach every time you talk money with a potential client, you’re not alone. Most consultants and coaches wrestle with the same fear:

“Am I charging too much? Will they walk away?”
“What if I charge too little and they say yes... but I regret it the second the work starts?...

This just in: doing what everyone expects of you is OUT, doing what what makes you happy is IN.

Kelly Collins-Lintz – actress of both film and movies, blogger, writer, momager (her kids are also in the acting biz on shows like Bosch, the Walking Dead, and Under the Dome) says “listening to your gut...

Christy Ogilvie is a client relations expert who helps financial planners and wealth management advisors outperform the competition by creating sticky client relationships.

She hit a crisis with her Chicago-based business as all of her consulting that was conducted live dried up. She knew she neede...

This year marked my official 10 year anniversary of starting my own consulting business. It was back in 2010 when I officially launched my website and grew my consulting business from $0-$300,000 in the first 18 months.

Sounds exciting, right? I got a vision, had the courage to pursue it, and "Bam!...

Bosses, colleagues and friends all questioned the wisdom of quitting his high-paying job and steady paycheck for the unknowns of starting his own consulting business.

After over 15 years of consistent and growing success - they now understand exactly why he did it. 

Dan Weedin is an author, speake...

There is nothing more gut-wrenching than after investing years in a company and a career than getting laid off from work. 

Your mind gets that it's not about you. You understand the business rationale and the economic conditions that led your company make this decision that is completely changing y...

Thinking about starting your own consulting business or coaching business and want to know exactly what it'll cost to make that happen and keep it running?

Then you're going to LOVE this week's tutorial video.

I asked my partner Jen Hamilton - our community Chief Operating Officer to be my guest t...

Are you tired of the endless chase for small-paying consulting gigs? Are you so over those labor intensive projects that keep you as busy as you were when you were an employee? Do you want to stop under-valuing yourself through sub-contracting with other consultants and take your place as a sought-a...

You can look at the role of a consultant as someone who simply provides solutions to enhance leadership and business results. 

Or you can see the role through a more meaningful lens as someone who comes alongside senior executives in order to speak truth to power and influence decisions that benefi...