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7 Key Decisions for Starting Your Consulting or Coaching Business Right

Consulting Matters

Let's be real - you don't want to grow your OWN consulting or coaching business for the money. If you were in it for the money, you'd stay in corporate. Your goal is to have a career and business that supports your total life priorities and allows you to use your gifts and passions to make a difference in the world.

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Scrubbing Toilets or Resolving Conflict … Which Do You Prefer?

Makarios Consulting

Ask leaders to rank their responsibilities from “This is my absolute favorite!” to “I would rather scrub toilets than do this” and there is one duty you will consistently find at the bottom of the list: resolving conflict. And, like scrubbing toilets, it is necessary a lot more often than we would like. Low morale.

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Accountability + Psychological Safety = High Performance

Nash Consulting

Then, the realization dawned on her: teams with higher psychological safety weren't making more mistakes; they were just more transparent in reporting those mistakes! Of course, Edmondson - true to her academic rigor - didn't stop there. Take a look at the following list, and maybe consider engaging in an evaluation of your own team.

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Nice Consultants and Coaches vs. Good Ones

Consulting Matters

If you really want to make money and a difference as a consultant or coach, you can't get there by being nice. You have to be good. Nice on the surface appears more ethical and in alignment with one's integrity. Related Video: Why God Wants You to Become a Consultant. Or you can focus on being good.

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3 Battles Worth Having at Work

Organizational Talent Consulting

More than 50% of US employees are quietly quitting, and 18% are actively disengaged. You hate the lack of clear expectations and feedback. You hate the lack of clear expectations and feedback. You think finding a work-life balance is out of reach. You believe career growth opportunities are woefully inadequate.

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Top Power Skills Every Organizational Consultant Needs

Consulting Matters

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 personally lived through those 70-hour workweeks that took you from your hobbies and time with your family.

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What is a Brand and Why Do You Need One?

Consulting Matters

You can look at building a consulting and coaching practice in one of two ways. You can think of yourself as a freelancer who simply is always on the lookout for the next job. Or you can think of yourself as a brand that attracts right fit clients for years to come. Many people think a brand is nothing more than a logo.