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For Solopreneurs, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

The biggest stress for self-employed professionals is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. First, solopreneurs are experts who are good at helping clients solve problems or achieve certain goals, but they are not usually trained in sales or marketing. It's vexing for at least three reasons.

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Leadership Development – bringing the team together

The Management Centre

In this interview, Rebecca Cooper, Head of People and Development at ACT Training shares her experience of what effective leadership development looks like in action. Tell us about what prompted you to commission training for your senior leadership team? What did you want to see change? mc: That’s really interesting.

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From Disney to Diverse Leadership with Former Walt Disney World Parks President, Meg Crofton

Consulting Matters

Meg's impressive journey to the top and her insights on leadership and personal development are truly enlightening. Growing up with a father involved in the space program and an education in marketing, Meg’s roots have significantly influenced her perspective on leadership.

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How Parenthood Makes You a Better Leader with Valerie Cockerell

Consulting Matters

Parenthood: The unsung hero of leadership and consulting success Agree or disagree: How you parent reflects how you lead in the workplace. On the show Valerie and I chat about her background growing up in France and how she became an operational leader and leadership trainer at Disney.

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Leadership Consulting: How To Lead Your Clients As A Consultant With Melanie Parish: Podcast #144

Consulting Success

As an organization grows, so does the need for a whole army of leadership positions that need to be filled with capable individuals who can work with independence and initiative. Leadership consulting helps people develop their management and leadership skills and thrive in fast-paced environments.

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Invest In Your People Now: The 6 Biggest Benefits of Leadership Development

Clarity Consultants

They help motivate, inspire, and build confidence in their team. After all, things are going to get tough from time to time, and having that shoulder to lean on can genuinely make or break how well a company survives when things become challenging. That’s where leadership development programs come in.

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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

I’ve mentored and represented hundreds of independent consultants and repeatedly I see those with a well-defined niche win more work. If someone is going to spend tens of thousands of dollars, they want to hire an expert, not someone who has “done something sort of like it,” or “done it once or twice,” or who may be able to help them.

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