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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

Being a self-employed consultant or “solopreneur” isn’t for everyone. I made the leap to independent consulting in 2004 and never looked back. Now I run a national talent agency for HR consultants as well as the Professional Independent Consultants of America, both organizations that help independent consultants be successful.

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Anyone Can Succeed - Celebrating 15 Years of Consulting Success with Dan Weedin

Consulting Matters

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 consulting success - they now understand exactly why he did it. So I had been selling insurance but then I started thinking.

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Wealth Management 101: The Hidden World of Private Banking

Tom Spencer

The financial services industry comprises firms that operate across a range of sectors: Asset & Wealth Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance. In simple terms, asset management firms are the ‘manufacturers’ of investment products (e.g., clients can purchase iShares on the RBC Wealth platform).

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When is a Business Prepared for Sale?

Martinka Consulting

If the management team, or part of it, leave and sales go down so does his ultimate payout. Increased costs for medical insurance, unemployment insurance, employee turnover, and more. The post When is a Business Prepared for Sale? appeared first on Martinka Consulting. Conclusion.

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15 Best Business Podcasts for Independent Consultants

Tsavo Neal

I sought to find the best podcasts for consultants: podcasts that help them provide more value for their clients, acquire new business, and expand their minds. Unleashed by Will Bachman Unleashed offers long-form interviews with successful top-tier independent management consultants. Sales for Nerds by Reuben Shwartz.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

We’re continuing our Top 10 Consulting Firms series this week by focusing our expert eye on the Middle East. Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! Currently, Strategy& does major public (read: government) consulting work outside the U.S.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

TOWERS WATSON CONSULTING. Today’s expose highlights the world’s largest employee-benefits consulting firm. Towers Watson Consulting specializes in HR consulting of all kinds, and risk management consulting in particular, while also counting actuarial and investment consulting practices under its umbrella.