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Have you ever felt you need to make more progress with your consulting or coaching business? Are you tired of hit-or-miss profits and feeling like you're never getting ahead?

Well, it's time to say enough already and go from surviving to thriving!

Today, we decode the profit puzzle and dive into t...

Today, we’re talking again about burnout and the CURE.

I had a fantastic conversation with burnout expert Rachelle Stone and Lori Smith a few weeks back. I had a sense then I should open up about my struggle with burnout and what I learned from it, but then I chickened out.

I went the safe route a...

Do you have the mindset and strategies you need to create a thriving consulting or coaching business so you can reach your full potential in your career and life?

Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ann Carden, a highly successful consultant and fellow mentor to other consultants.

In this e...

I’m super excited to have my treasured client and colleague Michelle Massman on the show.

During our conversation, we explore the power of taking action and openness to figure things out and its impact on long-term success as an entrepreneur.

Michelle is a seasoned entrepreneur with a ton of exper...

If you feel guilty and lazy every time you try to relax, get overwhelmed and easily distracted, want to be more present with your family, and are exhausted, you’re not alone.

Millions of intelligent, accomplished people get stuck in burnout.

Having your own business isn’t a solution.

The solution...

Want to know how to become a highly effective organizational consultant…the Disney way?

Today's guests are my treasured colleagues Harold Hill and Luis Marrero. The three of us worked together as internal consultants at Walt Disney World before starting our consulting and coaching businesses.

I'm ...

What are the top power skills that every organizational consultant ought to have? 

Today, I want to connect more specifically with those building an organizational consulting or coaching practice not just because of the money but because they want to make a difference. 

I'm sure you have personall...

Today, I'm sharing the top solutions that every consultant should know.

Do you have a goal of growing a high-impact, high-income consulting business? Do you want the control it will give you over your career, to make great use of your experience, and to make a difference?

Here's the problem – espe...

Today I'll discuss the positioning traps that hold consultants back from their impact and earning potential.

To set the context for what I mean by positioning traps – I need to take you back in time to 1997 when my mentor and professor told me – people don't get what you do and what you can offer a...

Ready to take your place as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the C-Suite? 

Today, I am sharing my secrets to working with the C-Suite in this first episode of my new Organizational Consulting 101 Series.  

More and more people want to leave corporate to start their own consulting or coac...

Have you ever gotten tongue tied when someone asks you what you do?

I know I have!

Today, I’m wrapping up my "Brand You" series by sharing tips and a script that gets people curious and excited about what you do.

"What do you do?" Is one of the first questions people ask, literally everywhere you...

Does the crowded consulting and coaching marketplace intimidate you and hold you back from what you could be doing to launch or grow your business?

I've got GREAT news! You can stop worrying about the competition because today, I will teach you how to conduct a market scan and find your niche.

The...