Successful Independent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2025

This article was written by Gabrielle Fontaine , PB, ASBC, and the founder of BookkeepingDirect, an accounting and business consulting firm for small businesses. Founded in 2003, BookkeepingDirect helps small consulting firms achieve freedom from financial stress so they can do their best work.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Pros and Cons of Subcontracting Basically, subcontracting is about working through intermediaries such as agencies, consulting firms, or online platforms to connect you with client projects. Agencies (and boutique consulting firms) typically involve human intermediaries who actively match consultants with projects.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Most consultants tend to use an hourly rate anyway, because it’s the easiest to figure out, there’s less risk of undercharging, and it’s what most clients are used to. Or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company, and if so, did you have access to formal training?

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Tax season is probably the most important time for independent consultants to think like business owners. Additional deductions for things like office equipment, supplies, postage, advertising, professional fees, and dues for organizations (like the Professional Independent Consultants of America ) will add up to more savings.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

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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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 18, 2025

Enter instructional design consulting. The right instructional design consultant helps companies revitalize their L&D strategies. A seasoned instructional design consultant can be your catalyst for change. Let’s explore how consultants enhance the learning experience.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 24, 2023

How can you take the skills and experience you’ve gleaned working in HR (human resources) and start an HR consulting business? They turned their HR expertise into People Spark Consulting, a successful HR consulting firm. Take Kristen Ireland and Erin Mies, for example.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 30, 2024

CAMPBELL, CA – May 30, 2024 Training Industry today announced that Clarity Consultants was named to the 2024 Training Industry Top 20 list for the Staffing and Temporary Resources sector of the corporate learning and development (L&D) market. Industry visibility, innovation and overall impact on the learning services market.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 27, 2022

Here are a few resources that students may find useful for research seminar projects that involve data scraping.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2020

As independent consultants, we’ve all worked remotely to some extent but now we are working virtually 100%. Or worse, they may still have the mindset that if they can’t see the consultant doing the work, they might think they’re overpaying. Q: Any final thoughts on how to be a terrific consultant in a virtual world?

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Consulting Success

APRIL 13, 2020

Better leaders are those who adapt to change and use the right resources to promote success for their employees and organization. Here to talk about change management consulting with host Michael Zipursky is keynote speaker Paul Gibbons.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 6, 2023

Referrals can be a great avenue in building your consulting business. In this episode, Jaime Klein, Founder and CEO of Inspire Human Resources, discusses how thought leadership creates consulting referrals. How Thought Leadership Creates Consulting Referrals With Jaime Klein: Podcast #280 is a post from: Consulting Success

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Effective Managers

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Key Steps for Effective Delegation To delegate effectively, leaders need a thoughtful approach that ensures tasks are assigned to the right people, with clear communication and appropriate resources. Provide detailed instructions and resources as needed, and clarify the level of authority the individual has in decision-making.

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David A Fields

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Delegating consulting projects to new hires and subcontractors is prone to high levels of failure and frustration. The checklist below will help you deploy new resources better. Fields Consulting Group. You’ve won a big forecasting engagement from Mercator Projections, Inc.

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Consulting Success

APRIL 1, 2024

[podcast_headshot url=”/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cathy-gillespie.jpg”] In this episode with Cathy, you’ll learn how to: – Grow your firm while maintaining your small, agile, and resourceful essence. – Utilize mentors to elevate and expand your consulting empire.

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Consulting Success

JULY 4, 2022

Elevating your consulting business involves more than having the right strategy, leadership, client, or customer approach. The best tool you can have is someone’s help to coach you with the critical resources in your business and guide your processes.

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Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2023

Let’s now examine how improper project and resource management leads to inflated costs and prevents organizations from gaining more profit. Inefficient resource utilization Due to poor resource planning and allocation, it may seem that there’s additional demand for employees.

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Effective Managers

MAY 3, 2024

In the dynamic world of management consulting, the ability to adapt and customize tools to the unique demands of each project is crucial. The ISO 20700 checklist, a pivotal tool for consultants, is designed with this flexibility in mind. Adapting to Industry Specifications Different industries have unique challenges and requirements.

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Effective Managers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Provide Training and Resources Even experienced leaders benefit from guidance on how to be effective mentors. Alternatively, external professional coaches may be better suited for specialized coaching needs or when internal resources are limited. Also, ensure that the mentors expertise aligns with the mentees developmental needs.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Provide Value-Added Services Offering additional value can differentiate your business and strengthen client relationships: Educational Content: Provide clients with valuable resources such as industry insights, white papers, and case studies.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 23, 2020

If you struggle with determining how to set a price for your consulting services, don’t worry you are not alone. To help you master the art and science of pricing consulting services, let me share with you 5 Guiding Principles : Pricing is not a separate activity you to do earn money for your consulting.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

Let's be real - you don't want to grow your OWN consulting or coaching business for the money. If your goal is to grow your consulting or coaching business to a place where it earns passive revenue so you can follow your real passions, I promise you are setting yourself up for years of spin and struggle. Why consulting or coaching?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 5, 2021

If you are interested in leaving your current job for the potential of running your own consulting or coaching practice, there is only one thing you need. In my experience, there is a direct correlation between the most successful consultants and coaches and their ability to commit fully to their practice and making it a success.

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David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Content marketing is all the rage, and for good reason when it comes to building your consulting firm. Your consulting firm’s thought leadership is a cornerstone of your efforts to be perceived as a credible, compelling resource for prospective clients. Fields Consulting Group.

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Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Try doing a quick survey of similar consultants you know (maybe ask them to select from list of price ranges). Or ask an AI tool or search the internet: for example, “typical consultant rate for organizational design in New York.”

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Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 27, 2022

In the past, I have used power calculators like GPower for straightforward research designs, but I have never really found a good, practical resource on executing the mechanics of power simulations, especially when research designs and analytical frameworks are more complex.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 15, 2020

Do you have a consulting website? For many consultants and coaches - both new and seasoned - they see their website as nothing more than an online brochure or resume. This tutorial will show you how to build a consulting website that makes you the obvious solution for your future client's most pressing problems. Transcript.

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The only way to prevail as a small consulting firm is to do something different. How Consultants Can Create & Implement Winning Business Strategies With Christian Stadler: Podcast #214 is a post from: Consulting Success. Christian is the Professor of Strategic Management at Warwick Business School.

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David A Fields

AUGUST 23, 2022

Your consulting firm delivers creative solutions and excellent execution; thinking and implementation; fresh strawberries and whipped cream. your time and resources) in order to win more clients? The post Inventor vs. Installer – The Clear Choice for Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A. Fields Consulting Group.

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Epicflow

APRIL 24, 2023

Optimum utilization of resources’ potential is not only the key to the successful completion of projects but also an essential prerequisite for an organization’s business growth. In that context, resource optimization gains particular importance. What is resource optimization?

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2022

If you tell people you are a consultant, many of them will not understand that you are an independent professional in business for yourself. Many people who call themselves consultants are employees of large global firms like Accenture, and others perform temporary assignments through a staffing agency. We are our own boss.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 6, 2025

Stephen Fleming reveals his entrepreneurial journey with Traverse Science here today, sharing how he transformed niche expertise and limited resources into a thriving consultancy. Is “Growth Mindset” Holding You Back with Stephen Fleming: Podcast #344 is a post from: Consulting Success

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The post Strategies for Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Workplace appeared first on Clarity Consultants. Building a Foundation for Continuous Learning Creating a culture of constant learning requires a strategic, multifaceted approach.

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 14, 2024

These activities, often informal, can influence decision-making processes, resource allocation, and overall organizational dynamics. Secure resources and support for your projects. Organizational politics involves activities aimed at improving personal or organizational interests by leveraging power and social networks.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How to make sure that a company utilizes its available resources wisely so that they are productive but aren’t overloaded? One of the things that makes this possible is measuring and monitoring the resource utilization rate. What is resource utilization and why is it important? What is this indicator about?

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Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Project data is the things you generally associate with projects: plans, resource usage and estimates, cost and actuals, progress information, risks, issues, and more. An essential point is that activities also have start and end dates plus resource requirements. So, what about resource management? Data on dependencies.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With thousands of management consultants applying to top MBA programs each year, consulting is one of the most overrepresented candidate pools, alongside finance. Entering class statistics at US M7 schools (2025) US M7 school Total class size (2025) % of consultants pre-MBA Is consulting the top pre-MBA industry?

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