The worst feeling for consultants is stagnation.
Especially if you’re ambitious.
Some symptoms:
– Company sets mediocre goals
– Client pressures
– Competitive games
– Stalled initiatives
– Disengaged stakeholders
– Daily grind
– Tick box annual appraisals
These would be my worst nightmare.
Instead, build a personal practice like an enterprise:
– Make the organisation your supplier (mentally, radical I know!)
– Set stretch-stretch goals for yourself
– Focus on influential relationships
– Set out to win high-value clients
– Create a stand-out personal brand
– Find and work with the best people
– Become the person best people want to work with
Rinse and repeat these and you’ll thrive, not stagnate.
Question:
How much do YOU want to drive your growth as a consultant?