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Consulting 101: So You Want to Be a Consultant?
- Narrated by: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
Thinking of starting a consulting business? Knowing how to craft an effective business plan is the first step. What’s next? Finding clients and knowing how much to charge. Plus, the consultancy must be properly marketed. And don’t forget other aspects of consulting, from answering an RFP to knowing when to walk away from a problem client. This business course from The Teaching Company and lecturer Dr. Allison Friederichs delivers all this and more.
There’s a lot to think about and plan when it comes to being a consultant. In building her own successful consulting business, and in her teaching career, Dr. Allison Friederichs has learned many lessons and best practices—sometimes the hard way. In these 10 lectures, she’ll help spare listeners that trial-and-error anxiety and instead provide the essential tools and strategies required to start a successful independent consultancy.
Consulting 101: So You Want to Be a Consultant? guides listeners step by step through the process of turning dreams of consulting into a reality. Listeners will:
- Develop a solid understanding of what key differentiators are and what services to provide
- Learn how to connect past work experience and expertise to clients through communication and brand development
- Discover what it takes to find a great consulting gig, to rock it, and to learn from any mistakes that might happen along the way
- Tap into powerful tools and solid tips to ensure a win-win through the use of rewarding exercises and activities that can be easily modified to a particular industry.
Get ready to share learned skills and experience with the world…and get paid! Listeners will be fully prepared to launch their consultancy after taking this course.
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- John Millard
- 11-06-23
Practical and informative
The information was both practical and informative. An excellent primer with some advanced tips too
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- harad
- 31-05-22
Mildly useful advices for new consultants
The eponymous title grabbed my attention and I decided to give this audiobook a try. To my dismay, the first few chapters was generic and uninspiring, where the writer tells about what you should be consider before becoming a consultant, and the first few actions when you should take. I say uninspiring because some of the advices are like setting up a website, picking a business name and creating online presence, advices that are applicable to almost any venture/business you want to do nowadays. Towards the middle, the audiobook’s content seems more aligned and specific towards consultant but since the term consultant itself is very generic, the advice are also more of a blanket. Takeaways that I think are important:
Ask a lot of question, and even questions the ones who contracted you. It might be that they are giving the wrong information because A) They are disillusioned B) They are too close to the problem
Specify beforehand what is covered (and excluded) from consulting service.
Ask (and in some way, give) for feedbacks.
I wish the writer had given more personal and specific examples, which might not be applicable to more people, but are more memorable and easier to tailor to our own situation.
The writer’s voice is also cheery, subjective to listener’s preferences. I find this a bit annoying sometimes, but overall the voice is not too bad. The book is short too (around 6 hours listening) so it’s bearable.
Overall an okay book. Listen to it if the title piqued your interest, but I suggest to skip the first few chapters.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-06-22
Very useful practical tips
Well narrated and practical set of advice presented to improve and broaden your view of what it takes to be an effective consultant. simplicity of asking for feedback, doing your research and having a desire to serve not just add your 2 cents was the best “revelation” I had :)
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- Anonymous User
- 28-03-22
Perfect for beginners
As a consultant myself I really enjoyed this book. It has so many relatable information and I think it is perfect for consultants to be and for beginners
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